System Administrator

Designated office:

Young Tower

6080 Young Street

Halifax, NS

This position is:

Hybrid, at least 3 days per week in office

Eastlink is a family owned, entrepreneurial and innovative company headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  We take great pride in being a leader in delivering creative competitive, customer focused telecommunications solutions, and connecting our customers to the things and people that matter most.  Serving a customer base across seven provinces, our advanced solutions include Internet, Mobile, TV, Telephone, Security and Automation, Data Communications, and exclusive locally produced programming on Eastlink Community TV.

We embrace diversity, inclusion, equity, and accessibility throughout all levels of the organization and encourage members of equity groups to self-identify during the application process.

Key Responsibilities:

• Day to day support of diverse and highly available Windows environments providing Eastlink internal and external services
• Deploying new Windows Server infrastructure to support business initiatives
• Work with network and hardware teams to troubleshoot, provide recommendations, and proactively monitor systems
• Strong security focus applying best practices, patching, and monitoring security vulnerabilities
• Collaborate with team members to develop automation and deployment process strategies
• Participate in the design of new solutions and provide input on improvements and management of the existing infrastructure
• Participate in Agile sprints as required

 Who you are: 

As the ideal candidate, you are an analytical, creative thinker who enjoys taking initiative, exercises an entrepreneurial approach to their work, and can effectively respond to changing organizational priorities within a rapidly evolving environment. Highly customer focused, you are a strong communicator, comfortable with cross-departmental interaction in addition to being an autonomous, ambitions contributor, eager to learn and adapt to new, changing technologies.

 Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education focused in Computer Science, Data Communications/Networking, Information Technology or a related field.
• Intermediate to advanced working knowledge of
• Windows system management and virtual technologies
• Office 365 (Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive)
• Office 365 migrations
• Azure
• Active Directory/LDAP/SSO
• PowerShell (or other scripting for automation)
• Mobile Device Management (ABM / Knox / Intune)
• Backup/Recovery Technologies

Knowledge of the following considered an asset:

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English, both oral and written
• Proven track record of effectively coordinating multiple projects
• Willingness to provide on-call support

Why Choose Eastlink?

Eastlink operates in a culture of continuous improvement through listening, learning, and adapting, which enables us to respond quickly to the evolving needs of both employees and customers. We recognize that our truly greatest competitive edge is our people and that delivering a great customer experience begins with a great employee experience. Our philosophy of developing and training our team “on the ground” not only helps to create a strong onboarding experience but also readies employees for future growth opportunities within the organization.  

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