Job Information
CAE USA INC AWS and Azure System Administrator in Richmond, British Columbia
Role and Responsibilities
JOB TITLE: AWS and Azure System Administrator
DEPARTMENT: IT
LOCATION: Richmond
REPORTS TO: IT Manager, Americas
THE COMPANY:
CAE is a high-technology company, bringing the digital and physical worlds closer together to create a safer world. Our vision is to be the worldwide partner of choice in civil aviation, and defence and security, by revolutionizing our customers’ training and critical operations with digitally immersive solutions to elevate safety, efficiency, and readiness.
In a class of its own, our mission is to lead at the frontier of digital immersion with high-tech training and operational support solutions to make the world a safer place.
If you want to expand your horizons and work in an exciting growing industry read on.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Reporting to the IT Manager you will join the CAE Core IT Team and will be primarily responsible for the support and enhancement of our AWS and Azure Cloud Hosting Services by overseeing the operation, configuration, and monitoring of our cloud platform services. In addition, you will be responsible of the implementation, deployment, maintenance and evolution of cloud services and environment provided by AWS and Azure.
As a secondary role, you will ensure the local infrastructure is up to date and support the troubleshooting of issues with the assistance of our third party partner. This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to various technologies including Windows 11, Windows Server 2016-2019, Office 365 Apps, Windows inTune, Hyper-V, Trend Micro, SQL databases & servers, SCCM, autopilot, WSUS, VMware, and many others.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
AWS and Azure Cloud Hosting Services:
Monitor and analyze resource usage and performance, recommend system capabilities, ensure cloud resource availability, reliability, security, and integrity.
Maintain Virtual Cloud Network and Firewall, Routing/NAT Rules, VPN, etc.
Provide all the necessary assistance to the DevOps team to deploy and operate monitoring and alerting mechanisms to ensure visibility of systems' behavior and take actions accordingly.
Perform system and data backup regularly, check the completion of backup, and verify the recovery procedure.
Define and implement permission policies for cloud resources.
Ensure information security policy standards are managed and maintained in alignment with security best practices, including role assignment, vulnerability assessment, encryption and antivirus.
Responsible of technical documentations and processes for maintaining products cloud
IT System Administrator:
Conduct servers and systems repairs, upgrades, patches and installations
Ensure servers & computers’ critical vulnerabilities are addressed timely
Update and periodically test Disaster Recovery procedures
Provide the Tier 3 IT support (10% time max) for the staff across the organization, including ad-hoc out of hours’ support due to 24/7 nature of the business
Occasional Tier 2-1 IT Support (5-10% time max) for on-site users
Provide experts advise to IT Helpdesk Admins and assist in troubleshooting major issues
Collaborate with other IT teams located worldwide in all time-zones
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTSThe ideal candidate will possess the following:
A technical school, an IT or Engineering degree or relevant equivalent experience
Min. 3 years in AWS and Azure cloud hosting
Min. 5 years working in a Global IT environment
Familiar with Windows Server (IIS), SQL Server and .NET Web Application Hosting, Proxy and Web Application Firewall, Azure Entra ID and DevOps, Amazon/Azure Cloud Services.
Strong knowledge of HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Power Shell and Python script, SQL Language, RESTful web services.
Strong understanding of network protocols, cloud security, and compliance standard
Basic ability to administer switches & routers (Cisco) to troubleshoot them with 3rd party Network Support providers.
Ability to work under pressure and high attention to details
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills using logic and search engines
Self-motivated and able to think on one’s feet unsupervised
Ability to work on your own as well as a part of the team, out of hours (overnight /weekends when applicable
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Position Type
Regular
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At CAE, everyone is welcome to contribute to our success. With no exception.
As captured in our overarching value "One CAE", we’re proud to work as one passionate, boundaryless and inclusive team.
At CAE, all employees are welcome regardless of race, nationality, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity or age.
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We’re investing our time and resources into building the next generation of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical operations solutions while keeping positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.