Sanctuary AI Looking for Systems Administrator at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Full Time

Sanctuary AI–a multi award-winning LinkedIn Top Startup company–is seeking a Systems Administrator to join our Enterprise IT team. Reporting to the Director of IT, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of our infrastructure and services and will support the ongoing maturation of the business.

The best candidates for our Systems Administrator role will have strong skills with Windows 10/11, Microsoft 365 and GSuite ecosystems, MacOS and Linux exposure. Top candidates will also possess excellent communications skills and a decisive, action-oriented approach to their work – they thrive on “getting things done” in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

You’ll be a valued contributor as you learn and adapt to new and challenging projects, troubleshoot and resolve issues, and design and implement systems and services. You will be a key participant in enabling the scalability and performance of the infrastructure that enables the company to deliver on its mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general purpose robots.

Our Success Criteria

• Bring hands-on experience in designing, documenting, implementing, maintaining Microsoft 365, Azure, and GSuite cloud infrastructure
• Demonstrate reliability and thoroughness in problem-solving; research and implement the “right solution the first time”
• Contemplate the future needs of the business by enabling maintainability and scalability from the beginning – “right size” your work
• Implement solutions in an efficient, scalable, automated fashion with an eye for quality
• Demonstrate the ability to document and communicate relevant information about the network to a variety of audiences
• Excellent time-management and prioritization abilities, with an “action-oriented” and decisive approach to your work
• Partner with a wide variety of stakeholders to ensure their needs are met
• Grow your mentorship capabilities by sharing your work and skills with teammates
• Support a variety of “internal customers” in addition to driving internal and business facing projects

Your Experience

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience as a systems administrator with cloud-first experience
• 5+ years of hands-on Linux experience including various distributions

Skills:

• Strong experience with Windows Endpoints
• Strong experience with Linux Endpoints
• Experience with MacOS
• Experience with Microsoft InTune, Autopilot, and similar tools
• Experience with Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Foreman, or similar IaaS products and approaches
• Ability to support multi-office cloud-first infrastructure
• Experience with various cloud providers and their tool ecosystems
• Experience with an ITIL/ITSM approach to work and experience with relevant tools

Traits:

• Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
• Exceptional communication and documentation skills
• A creative and critical thinker that thrives on “getting it right the first time” when faced with complicated challenges
• Decisive and action-oriented with excellent time-management skills
• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility when approaching challenges
• Optimistic listening and conflict resolution capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to influence others without authority
• Eager to take on new challenges with tenacity and positivity
• Patience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving performance issues
• Obsession with bringing human-like intelligence to machines

Entry-rate Annual Salary: $90,000 CAD and up

Compensation:

At Sanctuary AI, we provide above average total compensation that includes three components: salary, equity, and benefits. Our goal is to ensure fairness in pay and we strive to make the overall package highly competitive with current market rates.

Equity:

Equity will play a significant role in the total compensation for this role. Our goal is to provide a generous equity compensation package, exceeding what is typically offered by companies of our size. The specific amount of equity will be communicated to candidates upon receiving an offer.

Benefits – Canadian permanent employees are eligible for:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental
• Vision
• Hearing Aids
• Life Insurance and AD&D
• Prescriptions
• Paramedicals
• Hospital
• Travel
• $500 per calendar year Healthcare Spending Account
• Unique complimentary beverages and snacks at our head office

The compensation and benefits details provided for this role in Vancouver, BC are based on Sanctuary AI’s market evaluation and may be subject to changes in the future. Your pay within the specified range will depend on various job-related factors, such as your past work experience, relevant education, and performance during interviews or work trials. Salary minimum provided is an entry-level rate for this role, as a requirement of the Pay Transparency Act in British Columbia.

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Working at Sanctuary AI

Sanctuary AI is an equal opportunity employer; employment with Sanctuary AI is governed based on skills, competence, and qualifications and will not be influenced in any way by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability, or any other legally protected status. In 2023, Sanctuary AI moved into a state-of-the-art office facility and has been recognized by LinkedIn as a Top Startup company.

Benefits

Full time (non co-op) employees enjoy medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, wellness programs, stock options, paid time off (3 weeks vacation accrued annually, paid statutory holidays, paid statutory sick leave, and statutory parental leave), scheduling and worksite flexibility by role, and more.

About Sanctuary AI

Founded in 2018 by Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert, Olivia Norton, and Ajay Agrawal, Sanctuary AI is a Vancouver, Canada-based company. Sanctuary AI is on a mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. And in the not-too-distant future, help us explore, settle, and prosper in outer space.

Members of the Sanctuary AI team founded D-Wave (a pioneer in the quantum computing industry), Kindred (first use of reinforcement learning in a production robot), and the Creative Destruction Lab (pioneered a revolutionary method for the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind). The team has experience launching market-defining innovations rooted in previously unsolved and deep scientific problems.

Recruiting & Employment Agency Notice:

Recruitment and hiring is conducted internally by Sanctuary AI. We are not seeking or soliciting any new agency partnerships or agreements at this time. Any employment agency or professional recruiter (“Agency”) that provides an unsolicited resume(s) or otherwise presents a prospective job candidate through the Sanctuary AI career site or directly to any Sanctuary AI employee, irrevocably grants to Sanctuary AI the unrestricted right to engage, hire, or contract with that candidate at Sanctuary AI’s sole discretion without any compensation to the Agency. We appreciate your interest in working together, and should the need arise our Talent Acquisition team will contact any external firms directly.