Our federal government client is seeking a System Administrator to join their team on a full-time, contract basis in Ottawa, ON. To be considered for this position, you will need 5+ years of experience in system and network administration. Keep on reading to learn more.

About you
To be considered, you will need:

• 5+ years of experience performing installation, upgrade, configuration, and maintenance of operating systems, virtualization solutions, and physical hardware on both physical and virtual computers.
• Experience performing installation, upgrade, configuration, and maintenance of user and group specific software over the network.
• Able to perform backup and recovery of information systems, including individual machines and complete data centres.
• Offer first-line troubleshooting support for network infrastructure, connected hardware, and packaged software.

About the role
If hired, you will:

• Install, configure, and manage DSSTNi system software, hardware, network appliances, and servers, as well as client system software, virtual network appliances, and servers within the DSSTNi cloud.
• Set up user accounts, build and allocate required virtual machines, and monitor system performance.
• Perform routine maintenance, troubleshoot technical issues and system outages, and backup and restore critical DSSTNi systems and data.
• Support the testing and deployment of new system software releases for use within the DSSTNi cloud.
• Assist in developing and validating documentation for the above tasks.
• Perform other system and network administration-related tasks as requested by the TA and agreed to by the contracted resource.