Company: Photaris Technology Solutions Inc.
Job Title: System administrator and support specialist
Job Type: Full Time
Benefits: Yes
Location: Vancouver, BC (applicant must be able to work in Canada - no
relocation expenses provided)
Salary: commensurate with experience and education
Reply: Via E-mail only, include resume and references, to photaris_jobs {{AT}} yahoo.com
Job Description
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Photaris Technology Solutions Inc. is seeking a person to take on a combination of systems and network administration and user support roles. We are looking for a motivated individual who can work both by themselves and with a team and who can work well with supervision where necessary while learning the tasks and processes that will be required. Interaction with users is part of the job, so patience and good communication skills are a must.
Your primary function will be to provide basic systems and network administration for our clients' Windows 2000/2003 network that includes MS Windows server 2003 systems acting as domain controllers and file servers, as well as running MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, and Pivotal CRM software.
Duties would include, but not be limited to:
- implementing file system structures and security
- managing users (Active Directory attributes, mailboxes security, and mail distribution groups) for the primary and all secondary domains
- impelementing and managing backups
- managing system and software patches
- configuring and managing workstations in the local office and all remote offices
- managing VPN connections between local and remote offices
- configuring and managing firewalls and routers
- implementing group policies for the domain and users
- managing anti-spam and anti-virus software and systems
- assisting local and remote users with software issues, network issues, and other questions
Skills
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As this is a junior-level position, some skills are required to perform the basic duties, while others can be learned on the job either through experience or with training provided by the company.
The primary things any candidate should possess are intelligence, a willingness and ability to learn, diligence (i.e.: don't break one thing while you are trying to fix others, make sure you can recover back to the original state of things no matter what you do), and an understanding of HOW and WHY things work the way they do and not just knowing what buttons to push to get certain results.
General skills should be:
- knowledge of MS Active Directory, users, groups, etc.
- understanding of MS Windows domains, forests, security, group policy, etc.
- basic knowledge of MS Server 2003 system admin tasks (files, folders, shares, printers etc.)
- knowledge of networking, TCP/IP settings and configuration, VPN, routers and firewalls
- able to install/remove/reinstall software both on servers and desktop
- understanding of backup strategies and terminology
- knowledge of standard desktop applications (word/excel/outlook/powerpoint and web browsers)
- knowledge of DNS and IIS administration
It would be also good, but not necessary, to have some experience in
- MS SQL Server administration
- Linux/unix with Apache, Sendmail/Qmail, etc.
- administrative scripting using Windows batch files, Visual Basic, and/or Perl
- remote administration
- domain forests and management of primary and secondary domains
- HTML, ASP/ASP.net, VBScript, Perl, PHP, Javascript, XML, CSS, and/or other web programming tools
Education
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Either a degree or diploma from a recognized post-secondary educational institution (university or technical college/institute) or, at a minimum, a high school diploma with demonstrated experience and knowledge.
References
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At least two references will be necessary and will be checked for applicants under consideration.
