Job Title: System Administrator
Job Type: 6-month Contract (possibility of extension)
Location: 222 Bay Street, Hybrid (4 days onsite required)
Start Date: ASAP
Hours per week: 40 hours
Shift Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM
Rate: $47/hr Term OR $57/hr Inc.
Summary
Senior-level Systems Administrator responsible for supporting, maintaining, and securing enterprise infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. The role includes operational support, project delivery, and continuous improvement of messaging, backup/recovery, and infrastructure platforms while working within a geographically distributed team.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support Active Directory, Exchange, cloud platforms, and virtual infrastructure
- Provide L3 escalation support and oversee production/non-production environments
- Maintain and enhance backup, recovery, and storage systems
- Analyze and remediate security vulnerabilities
- Lead and contribute to national/global IT projects and deployments
- Perform email flow management, routing, and troubleshooting
- Create and maintain documentation, SOPs, and disaster recovery procedures
- Support and provide oversight to third-party operational teams
- Mentor junior team members and support knowledge transfer
- Participate in after-hours/on-call support (24/7 as needed)
Must-Haves
- 7–10 years Windows Server administration experience
- 7–10 years Exchange (on-prem) administration
- Strong experience with virtual infrastructure (Azure Local / Hypervisors)
- 3–5 years experience with Cloud technologies (Azure, O365, Teams)
- Experience with backup solutions (Veeam, Azure)
- Strong troubleshooting, prioritization, and communication skills
- Experience working in a structured change control environment
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with Dell servers/blades and Azure Stack HCI
- PowerShell scripting capability
- Leadership/mentorship experience within technical teams
- Experience in the legal industry
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Pay: $55.00-$105,476.48 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Toronto, ON M5J 2W4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Microsoft Windows Server: 10 years (preferred)
- Active Directory: 10 years (preferred)
- Microsoft Exchange: 10 years (preferred)
- Azure: 10 years (preferred)
- Microsoft 365: 10 years (preferred)
- Veeam: 10 years (preferred)
- Azure backups: 10 years (preferred)
- hypervisors: 10 years (preferred)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M5J 2W4
