Job Description

For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we'll take you there.

Serving the world from our Canadian home and our global offices, MDA is an international space mission partner and robotics & space operations, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 50-year story of firsts on and above the Earth. Today, we're leading the charge towards viable Moon colonies, enhanced Earth observation, communication in a hyper-connected world, and more.

We're fueled by a pioneering spirit that carries us beyond. And together we enable highly skilled people to continually push boundaries and tackle big challenges requiring solutions that endure and inspire.

Are you ready to launch the next stage of your career in the new space economy? We would love to hear from you!

We're on the hunt for an Senior IT Systems Administrator

We're a dream team of purpose-driven, collaborative and passionate people, and we are constantly looking for others to join #TeamMDA to ignite new and innovative approaches to problem-solving that push us forward to improve life on and above Earth. If you're excited to expand our place in space and driven to inspire the next generation, we'll take you there.

We have entered a new era of exploration and development, and MDA welcomes all who yearn to suit up and be part of it. An equal opportunity employer prizing diversity, integrity and collaboration, we are committed to growing MDA's and Canada's leadership in this next golden age.

Role

MDA is looking for a Senior Systems Administrator who will join our IT Systems infrastructure development and support team. The successful candidate will join a team of IT professionals responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, and management of critical systems across our corporate infrastructure. These systems include a variety of enterprise class business applications such as Active Directory services, VMWare hypervisor services, Storage Area Network (SAN) Services, database and web services, and PKI services hosted mostly within an enterprise wide Active Directory environment. In addition, the successful candidate will also provide technical support to a number of engineering and customer project deliverables. A strong emphasis is placed on secure architecture design and implementation as well as the use of secure management practices.

Tasks:

As a System Administrator, you will have the opportunity to leverage your experience to develop and support both our virtual environments and Windows based operations and security infrastructure. Your responsibilities include working individually and within teams and may include:

• Configuration and maintenance of Active Directory services infrastructures
• Configuration and maintenance of various virtual environments, which are currently VMware, but may also include other types of virtual environment infrastructures
• Configuration and maintenance of Storage Area Network (SAN) services including which are currently Dell EMC but may also include other types of Storage.
• Knowledge of backup, DR technics and Cloud like AWS and Azure
• Configuration, maintenance and use of other systems services within our Windows based infrastructure, including
• Microsoft operations management services such as SCCM and SCOM
• Microsoft PKI Services
• Privileged access Management Services
• Other Windows services including SharePoint, IIS and SQL Database services
• Installation, Configuration, and Administration of our Windows based servers and applications as required by both corporate IT and internal project customers, both on premise and cloud based
• Ensuring that systems, procedures, and their corresponding or associated software are operating in accordance and comply with established Corporate security policies, procedures and standards
• Leveraging Vulnerability Assessment tools and data to maintain system security
• Produce comprehensive design and maintenance documentation and training where required;

Required Qualifications:

• Greater than 5 years system administration experience in a corporate multi-platform, multi-vendor environment;
• Knowledge of current technologies and software security best practices
• A high capacity for learning new technologies
• Possess excellent problem-solving skills
• A team oriented approach to solving technical problems
• Excellent written and verbal communications

Technical Requirements (Some combination of):

• Have a solid understanding of the architecture, design, implementation and management of all aspects of VMware Virtual Infrastructure technology.
• A thorough understanding of Fiber Channel, i-SCSI and NAS storage technology and other networking requirements related to the VMWARE VSphere environment;
• Have a strong understanding of the architecture, design, implementation and management of all aspects of Microsoft Windows operating systems as well as both on premise and cloud based application services. These include Active Directory 2016, PKI, SCCM and System Center Orchestrator, SharePoint.
• Have solid understanding of network services and interoperability
• Good proficiency in the use of PowerShell for managing IT infrastructure
• Have a solid understanding end experience of the fundamentals of IT security, including secure infrastructure design, as well as experience with security hardening practices such as those defined by the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST 800-53);
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing purchase justifications, training users in complex topics, making presentations to an internal audience, and interacting positively with end users and management;
• High proficiency in the use of PowerShell for managing IT infrastructure
• Independent problem-solving, self-direction;
• Ability to liaise with numerous departments, members and functional roles;
• Technical support and general troubleshooting;
• Monitor performance and troubleshoot alerts from commercial, and locally developed monitoring tools;

Special Considerations:

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the reliability status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP) and ITAR.

Benefits statement:

MDA provides competitive compensation and benefits packages for its employees at all locations. As a team member of MDA, you and your qualified dependents are eligible to participate in a benefit plan that ensures a comprehensive level of protection through competitive health care including; extended healthcare and flexible drug plans, dental and vision benefits, disability income protection, life insurance, group retirement savings plans; and an employee and family assistance program.

Equal opportunity statement:

MDA is an equal opportunity employer prizing diversity and inclusion. We are committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity. If you require assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please feel free to notify us.

COVID statement:

COVID-19 Hiring Update: Strengthening our workforce is more important than ever to meet our customers' mission-critical needs. We are continuing to hire many talented people, and we are closely monitoring COVID-19 to ensure safe hiring practices are used. This includes limiting onsite candidate interviews and prioritizing video interviews.