Systems Engineer (Linux)
MCAP at a Glance
Joining MCAP means you will be a part of our diverse workforce of highly talented individuals who are recognized for their expertise and success! At MCAP, your professional expertise, commitment to teamwork and passion for service excellence are recognized and rewarded with competitive total rewards offering, a career with continuous learning and development (formal & informal training), and exciting opportunities in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
The Role
This position is responsible for the design, deployment, management, and security of storage and compute infrastructure for MCAP. This includes the planning, management and monitoring of the physical server and storage infrastructure, as well as the deployment, monitoring and management of the Operating Systems.
Strategy and Planning
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Collaborate with the team to assess near- and long-term capacity needs.
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Create and maintain documentation as it relates to infrastructure configuration, disaster recovery, processes, and service records.
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Work with appropriate stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals, in order to identify and resolve business systems issues.
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Performs estimating, prioritizing, planning of tasks to reliably and consistently deliver according to plan.
Acquisition and Deployment
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Conduct research as directed on software and systems products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.
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Oversee new and existing equipment, hardware, software upgrades and cloud services
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Perform cost-benefit and return on investment analyses for proposed systems to aid management in making procurement decisions.
Operational Management
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Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of end user workstation hardware, software, and peripheral devices.
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Manage servers, cloud services, including database, e-mail, print, and backup servers/services and their associated operating systems and software
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Contribute to system design models, specifications, diagrams, and charts to provide direction to system programmer and development teams.
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Perform server and security audits, system backup procedures, and other recovery processes in accordance with the company’s disaster recovery and business continuity strategies.
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Collaborate with staff to ensure smooth and reliable operation of software and systems for fulfilling business objectives and processes.
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Monitor and test system performance; prepare and deliver system performance statistics and reports.
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Provide orientation and training to end users for all modified and new systems
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Develop and test scripts, programs, code, and configuration in support of optimizing routine operations and tasks.
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Perform troubleshooting and root cause analysis in support of incident and problem management. Recommended options to address identified issues.
What You Bring To The Team
Applicable Education and Certifications / Designations
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Post-secondary degree or diploma in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
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CompTIA Linux+ certification
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Linux Enterprise Professional Certification 1/2/3
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Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator
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Red Hat Certified System Administrator
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Red Hat Certified System Engineer
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ITIL Foundation Certification
Experience / Knowledge
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5-7 years of relevant work experience
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Extensive experience designing, deploying and administering mission critical servers.
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Proven technical knowledge and experience working with networking, automation, orchestration and cloud technologies and applications.
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VMware / ITIL work experience.
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Experience analyzing marketplace trends and determining applicability to MCAPs environment
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Experience with design, implementation and management of cloud services
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Prior experience working with the following technologies would be considered an asset:
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Kubernetes, Docker, Elastic, Ansible
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Understanding of DevOps, DataOps principles and tools, prior experience working in an Agile environment is considered an asset
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Datacentre experience is an asset
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Experience with large scale storage and backup solutions; specifically, Cohesity is considered an asset
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Incident, Change and Problem Management procedures – preferably in an ITIL driven environment
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Installation and administration of virtual computing platforms.
Technical Skills
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Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems and associated services
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Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, or Terraform
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You have used YAML and/or JSON for configuration management.
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2016/2019 Windows enterprise server platforms.
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VMware vSphere
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SQL Server, MongoDB, MySQL, and queries
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ServiceNow
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Office 365
If this sounds like you and you are looking to be a part of one of Canada’s largest independent mortgage finance companies in Canada, then we want to hear from you!
Be A Part Of Something Great
MCAP is Canada’s largest independent Mortgage Finance company with over $150 billion in assets under management providing mortgage solutions for residential and commercial properties. For over 35 years, MCAP originates, trades, securitizes and services mortgages in offices across Canada. MCAP originates residential mortgages exclusively through the mortgage broker channel as we believe that a professional mortgage broker is a consumer's best option and MCAP actively promotes the services of mortgage brokers across the country. MCAP is also a leader in the Canadian residential construction lending market with over 25 years in the business. Our teams of dedicated professionals serve a variety of developer, construction and lender clients across Canada.
Position #: req1683
Employment Status: Permanent Full Time
Location: Waterloo; Ontario
Number Of Openings: 1
Department: Information Technology
Internal Job Title: Systems Engineer
The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the position. It is not designated to contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
MCAP provides equal opportunities for all applicants and is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees feel valued, respected and supported throughout the recruitment and employment process. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.
