Vancouver Film School Looking for Senior Network & Systems Administrator at Vancouver, BC Full Time

Vancouver Film School is hiring!

We have a newly developed temporary contract role for a Senior Network and Systems Administrator, to join our team for 6 months with the opportunity to become permanent.

Job Scope

Reporting to the Head of IT, the Senior Network and Systems Administrator is a self-motivated team player with strong and timely problem-solving abilities. The ideal candidate will be a very technical, hands-on person who isn’t afraid to get their hands dirty. The main emphasis and skill set for this position will be in Networking, with about a 70-30 split between Network Administrator and Systems Administrator tasks. The successful candidate has the ability to work under pressure in a fast paced environment while managing and prioritizing multiple tasks. In addition, the incumbent must possess effective communication skills that include strong written, verbal, and presentation abilities. Bringing their strong interpersonal skills to the forefront, the incumbent will be required to interact with internal and external parties in a professional and efficient manner. Demonstrated customer service-oriented skills are required as is a keen attention to detail.

Core Responsibilities

· Performing network design and capacity planning.

· Maintaining the current network infrastructure and policies.

· Developing, implementing and maintaining policies, procedures and associated training plans for network resource administration, appropriate use, and disaster recovery.

· Conducting research on network products, services, protocols, and standards in support of network procurement and development efforts.

· Managing servers, including e-mail, print and backup servers and their associated operating systems and software.

· Managing and maintaining security solutions, including firewall, anti-virus and intrusion detection systems.

· Managing all network hardware and equipment, including switches, firewall, VPN, and patch panels.

· Daily server administration and troubleshooting of a Microsoft Active Directory based networked environment including all supporting components such as GPO, DNS, IIS, DHCP, WUS, Site replication, etc.

· Providing network administration and troubleshooting of an Exchange 2010 Email environment.

· Continuously looking for solutions on improving availability and design of existing systems.

· Maintaining data communications and connection solutions, including LAN and VPN

· Performing server and security audits.

· Maintaining test, development and production servers for various applications and systems.

· Performing system backups and recovery.

· Planning, testing, and integrating hardware or software implementations into the network; integrating into a server virtualization environment.

· Creating and maintaining documentation as it relates to system configuration, mapping, processes, and service records.

· Planning, acquiring, and coordinating installation of in-house and remote hardware and software across the organization’s network.

· Following and maintaining change management procedures.

· Other duties as assigned by the Head of IT.

Job Types: Full-time, Seasonal
Contract length: 6 months

Salary: $80,000.00-$90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Discounted or free food
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Vancouver, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• system administration: 4 years (preferred)

Work Location: One location

Expected start date: 2023-01-02