Infrastructure Administrator

CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre

Infrastructure Administrator at CIRA, managing IT infrastructure and ensuring cybersecurity for Canadians. Collaborating across teams to support organizational and project goals in a hybrid setting.

Posted 6/14/2026full-timeOttawa • 🇨🇦 CanadaSeniorLead💰 CA$91,000 - CA$101,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudDockerLinuxSplunkTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee the storage, compute, virtualization, monitoring, logging and alerting infrastructure
Install, configure, and troubleshoot hardware and software components
Collaborate with various teams within business units including security, networking, system administration and helpdesk
Work on projects with various teams across the organization, vendors and stakeholders, eliciting and documenting requirements and contributing to project plans
Administer backup systems and regularly test recovery procedures
Maintain the lifecycle of IT assets, including planning, acquisition, deployment, and decommissioning
Identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement within CIRA's IT environments
Track and prioritize tasks, issues, incidents, and backlog items using ticket management system
Coordinate maintenance and support tasks with 3rd party suppliers
Manage the technical tools that all business units use to develop, support, and maintain our internal and external facing products
Oversee licensing compliance and renewals for IT infrastructure tools
Manage OS provisioning and OS level patching
Operate and maintain virtual, physical, and cloud infrastructure
Implement and execute change management and incident response processes in alignment with ISO 27001:2022 policies, controls, and procedures
Participate in the after-hours on-call rotation
Travel to data centers located in Toronto and Montreal as necessary

Requirements

What you’ll need

A bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience in a technical field
7-10 years of work experience in IT systems, data centers, networking, architecture, security, documentation and reporting
Excellent knowledge of Linux (RHEL, Satellite and Ubuntu)
Working knowledge of Windows Servers, Splunk, Nagios, Icinga, Commvault Metallic, GitLab, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Jira and Confluence
Knowledge of industry best practices and staying up to date in the technology domain

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

LinuxWindows ServersSplunkNagiosIcingaCommvault MetallicGitLabTerraformAnsibleDocker

Soft Skills

collaborationdocumentationproject managementrisk identificationtask prioritizationincident responsecommunication

Certifications

bachelor’s degree in computer scienceISO 27001:2022 compliance