Network Administrator

Company Name: Livewire Communications
Location: Canada
Posted by:

Natasha Kathuria, CHRL

Natasha Kathuria, CHRL

Director, People & Administration @ Livewire Communications

Livewire is looking to hire a Network Administrator. This new full-time position, reporting directly to the Vice President Digital, supports all technical aspects of the office environment for 47 full time users, several remote freelancers and a newly opened office in Chicago. There are several key technologies at play, including Unix, Windows and Mac. This is a unique opportunity to join a growing agency environment in mid-town Toronto. Enjoy a great working culture in an open loft-style work environment where you can bring your dog on Fridays!

Our ideal candidate is someone with a friendly and helpful nature who thrives in a fast paced, collaborative environment, with an approach that emphasizes proactivity, meticulous maintenance and resourcefulness.

 

Responsibilities

-Take ownership of office network and file sharing server environment, proactively ensuring reliability for the Livewire team, including responsibility for:

• Network infrastructure, i.e. cabling
• In-house Centos/Ubuntu/Windows servers
• Wireless access
• Firewall
• VPN Access
• Backups, both onsite and cloud, switches, routers, modems, etc

-Proactively undertake security procedures and ensure associated policies are enforced.

-Routinely test to ensure readiness for disaster recovery.

-Procure, maintain and support office hardware including laptops/desktops (Mac and PC), office printers (with support from vendor service), mobile phones (iOS and Android), UPS devices, etc. ----Ensure redundant hardware is available and ready for instant deployment where required to support critical business functions.

-Provide support for meeting rooms and proactively test to ensure internet-based conferencing tools for video and audio calls are functioning correctly and ready for use.

-Onboard new employees and temporary freelancers to network, software systems, and policies ensuring all members of the team are aware of the environment and their role in security.

-Ensure all employees are properly equipped with the hardware and software properly configured to perform their function.

-Manage user accounts for both network and business software, ensuring good user list hygiene to manage ongoing costs as accounts turn over.

-Provide general user support regarding network access, file sharing, digital collaboration, communications and printing.

-Support the Digital Development Team by managing virtual machine servers and playing a systems administrator role on billable client projects and hosting contracts.

Qualifications

-Minimum 5 years directly relevant experience supporting multi-user secure networks, as well as associated best practice in management/administration.

-Experience providing user support for PC and Mac desktops as well as iOS and Android devices

-In-Depth knowledge of Mac OS X, Windows Server 2012 and later, CentOS 7 / RHEL and Ubuntu server

-Create, repair and modify BTRFS filesystem

-Extensive Experience with networking (10gbps LAN with bonding/Link Aggregation in linux), WAN with multiple failover, VPN, wifi, etc)

-Experience with Office 365 and SharePoint and Azure AD

-Experience with windows server AD DNS

-Experience with extremely large capacity server arrays

-Experience with Linux file shares to be acessed by windows computers

-Be able to build computers quickly and obtain the best parts for each situation while keeping costs affordable

-Be able to terminate ethernet to keystone/rj45

-Able to work in a very fast paced environment

-Experience supporting misc office systems, including IP phones, large printers, conferencing -technologies, etc

-Willing to take occasional support calls at night or on holidays

-Monitor network resources and perform preventative maintenance

-Backup network configurations and test our restore process

-IT Support relating to issues with the internal systems and network infrastructure

-Document all network standards and procedures

Future Opportunities with Livewire

Further responsibilities within the role: As the company achieves its growth targets it is expected the scope and scale of this role will expand.

Director, IT and Systems Administration: This future role is responsible for planning and oversight of Livewire’s internal and client-facing systems in Canada and the US.

Please note you must fill out a survey to be considered for this role.

We thank all applicants for their interest, and regret that only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No agencies please!

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA). Livewire will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

• Seniority level

  Associate

• Employment type

  Full-time

• Job function

  Information TechnologyConsulting

• Industries

  Marketing and Advertising