Linux Systems Administrator

Aviso Wealth:

At Aviso, we are dedicated to improving the financial well-being of Canadians. As a leading wealth management organization, we are committed to leadership, innovation, partnership, responsibility, and community. Working with talented and energetic professionals who exemplify our values every day, you will quickly notice that our people and dynamic ‘oneaviso’ culture sets us apart. If you are looking for interesting and challenging work, at a company committed to its people, find out more about what Aviso has to offer at www.aviso.ca.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a Linux Systems Administrator to join our IT team.

The Linux Systems Administrator is responsible for implementation and support of TechOps/DevOps operations that are based on automated and orchestrated virtual environments builds along with continuous integration and delivery.

Who you are:

• Service – You consider both internal and external stakeholders and demonstrate intent of understanding and putting the clients’ needs first. You advocate service excellence and work to deliver solutions that meet the needs. You proactively develop strategic partnerships that allow Aviso Wealth to become a trusted advisor and partner
• Execution – You are committed to achieving your goals and to succeed. This includes focusing on “getting things done”, as well as recognizing and taking advantage of opportunities as they arise. You are consistently looking for ways to improve your personal best and see value in continuous improvement. You take accountability for your actions and learn from mistakes
• Collaboration – You work collaboratively with others with the common goal of driving positive results. Making meaningful contributions to your team to achieve organizational goals is a priority. You proactively encourage collaboration, build trust and inclusion, and work to establish effective relationships both inside and outside of the organization

What your day looks like:

• Administer enterprise-level Oracle Linux systems for development, test, and production environments using VMWare, Puppet and Ansible in a Highly-Available 24/7 production environment
• Install new and/or rebuild and maintain existing servers and configure hardware, peripherals, services, settings, directories, storage, etc. in accordance with standards, policies, project and operational requirements, and licensing agreements
• Contributes to the security planning, assessment, risk analysis, risk management, incident response, certification and awareness activities for system and networking operations
• Coordinate and perform annual Linux security audits
• Apply OS patches and upgrades on a regular basis and upgrade administrative tools and utilities. Configure or add new services as necessary
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as needed. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required
• Perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs such as backups
• Perform regular security monitoring to identify any possible intrusions
• Perform daily backup operations, ensuring all required file systems and system data are successfully backed up. Perform regular file archival and purge as necessary
• Provide Tier III and other support per request from various constituencies
• Investigate and troubleshoot issues. Repair and recover from hardware or software failures. Coordinate and communicate with impacted users/groups
• Maintain and update installation and configuration procedures and documentation. Research and recommend innovative approaches for improving system administration tasks

Requirements

Your experience and skills:

• Bachelor's degree in CS, MIS, or other related field (or equivalent experience)
• Solid knowledge of and experience with Oracle or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.x required, along with Ansible, Puppet, Apache and Tomcat
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certifications desired
• Strong and well-rounded background in network, host (RedHat/CentOS) and application security
• Experience with F5 (BigIP) load balancing of web and application servers.
• Experience with Oracle RDBMS, WebLogic, ODA appliance
• Virtualization experience, VMWare 7.x, VSphere and VCloud strongly preferred
• Developing and maintaining shell scripts to perform administrative tasks
• Storage technologies & networks (SAN, NAS, RAID, iSCSI, fibre channel, infiniband)
• Experience in Content/Config management (Foreman/Katello or similar)
• Experience with Container technologies like Docker, etc.
• Networking protocols, including HTTPS, TCP/IP, UDP, SSL, SSH, SMTP
• Palo Alto Firewall configuration and management, IPS/IDS systems management, enterprise security management
• Knowledge of monitoring, log management, IT automation and notification tools (Splunk, Manage Engine OpManager)
• Knowledge of software revision control and source code management (Bitbucket, Git, Mercurial, CVS)
• Knowledge of software development practices including continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) and related tools (Ansible, Jenkins, Selenium, Apache Maven, etc.)
• Understanding of OWASP web app security principals.
• Knowledge and experience with PCI, SOX, SSAE16 and CSAE 3416 compliance processes
• Fluent communication skills in English are required and bilingual skills in French are an asset

Benefits

Why Aviso Wealth?

At Aviso Wealth, you will find a dynamic and inclusive culture that rewards innovation and celebrates success.
Here are a few things that set us apart:

• Competitive compensation package that rewards and recognizes individual contributions
• Excellent health, dental and insurance benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees
• Generous vacation time, fitness benefit, parental leave top-up options
• Matching contributions to our retirement program
• Commitment to the continuous improvement of our staff through learning & development and an education assistance program
• Regular social events to foster teamwork

Equal Employment Opportunity

Aviso Wealth welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including persons with disabilities. If you require an accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs in all stages of the hiring process.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

No recruiters or agencies, please.

Company Overview:

Aviso is a leading wealth management and investment services provider for the Canadian financial industry, with over $125 billion in total assets under administration and management, and over 1,000 employees. We’re building a comprehensive, technology-enabled, client-centric wealth services ecosystem. Our clients include our partners, advisors, and investors. We’re a trusted partner for nearly all credit unions across Canada, in addition to a wide range of portfolio managers, investment dealers, insurance and trust companies, and introducing brokers. Our partners depend on Aviso for specific solutions that give them a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving, highly competitive industry. Our investment dealer and mutual fund dealer and our insurance services support thousands of investment advisors. Our asset manager, NEI Investments, specializes in investing responsibly. Our online brokerage, Qtrade Direct Investing®, empowers self-directed investors, and our fully automated investing service, Qtrade Guided Portfolios®, serves investors who prefer a hands-off approach. Aviso Correspondent Partners provides custodial and carrying broker services to a wide range of firms. We have offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and Winnipeg. Aviso is backed by the collective strength of our owners: the credit union Centrals, Co-operators/CUMIS, and Desjardins. We’re proud to power businesses that empower investors.

A career with Aviso means being part of a group of talented, energetic professionals who live their values every day, and belonging to an organization dedicated to your success and career development. If you’re looking for interesting and challenging work, at a company committed to its people, apply to join our team.

Salary

This position is posted with an expected salary range of $95,000 - $120,000 CAD annually. Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate and the requirements of the position.