Senior Systems Administrator

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BCLC exists to generate win-wins for the greater good.

For our people, our players, our communities, our industry, and our planet.

Lottery | Casino | Sports

Being a social purpose company, we are not only able to better align our business decisions with our purpose, but more importantly, we are committing to doing our part in creating a better world.
We bring our purpose to life by ensuring all our actions, behaviours and decisions create benefits for communities and the planet.
Motivated and guided by our social purpose, everything we do must benefit the greater good. And we encourage our employees, partners, players, industry and communities to engage with us on this ambition.

We want you to be where you feel you can do your best work. Most of our jobs can be done remotely providing you reside in BC.

For those who prefer working in a community with others, we have two beautiful offices in convenient locations:

This is a Permanent, Full Time opportunity
Expected Salary Range: $70,177.00 - $87,722.00 - $109,652.00

Our typical hiring range will be +/- 5% of the midpoint shown above

Factors influencing this decision include qualifications and market conditions for the role

The Company

For over three decades, BCLC has delivered exceptional gambling entertainment for British Columbians. To fulfill our social purpose we have a vision to revolutionize gambling entertainment through engaging experiences that build and benefit communities. We operate national and provincial lotteries in partnership with 3500 retail partners, provide the games, technology & oversight to 37 brick & mortar casinos, and operate a safe secure and 100% legal online gambling presence PlayNow.com. In our recently completed fiscal year, BCLC generated a record $1.6 billion in net income to the Province of B.C. to support First Nations, local host governments, health care, education and community programs across the province.

Job Summary:

The Senior Systems Administrator is accountable for the development, integration, management, security, and maintenance of all server technologies within the IT infrastructure. The role participates in the design, build and operate phases and provides input into the future direction of server technologies and management, analyzes problems, and drives solutions during testing and post-implementation and provides strong troubleshooting and implementation skills.

The Senior Systems Administrator acts as a consultative partner providing subject matter expertise, analysis and advice to internal and external stakeholders, service providers and regulatory bodies, enabling BCLC to efficiently deliver highly available on-line products and services to our players.

Key Accountabilities:

• Leads projects and works independently in an Agile team environment, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and leveraging vendors where required to complete project tasks.
• Evolves and maintains mission critical on-premise and/or cloud environments.
• Ensures solutions meet the business strategic and operational objectives and are compliant with the BCLC architecture plan.
• Acts as a technical specialist across a wide range of competencies, completes ongoing training and imparts knowledge to others. Maintains a solid understanding of industry best practices in application management and IT Service Management.
• Analyzes and resolves system issues as required, working with vendors where required to effect problem resolution in a timely manner, escalating where necessary.
• Proactively mitigates risk and demonstrates innovative thinking.
• Develops, maintains and manages strong working relationships with a consistent group of internal contacts such as customers, peers, supervisors and managers.
• Assist in mentoring junior members of the Agile and Capability teams.

Minimum Required Qualifications:
Education and Experience

• Post-secondary education in a related discipline such as information technology, supplemented by industry recognized professional courses;
• Relevant certifications for RedHat Linux, VM Ware, Windows, Server/Storage hardware and service management (e.g., ITIL, MCSE, VCP), AWS and Azure.
• ITIL Foundations and a strong understanding of the ITIL framework and principles is an asset;
• 3 - 5 years recent related experience;
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Technical Requirements

• Proven technical leader with solid systems administration skills;
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • API Gateways, Containerization (Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes, ROSA), DevSecOps,
  • AWS and Azure cloud environments
  • Automation platforms, Ansible, Jenkins,Terraform, and scripting, Bash and Python.
  • Windows Server and RedHat Linux operating systems.
  • Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP.
• Excellent customer service, communication and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent time management, organizational and multi-tasking skills to manage multiple concurrent objectives, projects, groups or activities;
• Excellent problem solving and analytical thinking/innovation;
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with vendors and contractors.
• Demonstrated experience in business and process analysis and improvement.
• Knowledge in Agile methodologies is considered an asset.
• Understanding of B.C. gaming industry would be an asset.

Working Conditions:

• Must be able to work flexible hours and provide after-hours support as neede d.

What's in it for you

• Defined benefit pension plan which provides a recurring income you can depend on for life throughout retirement
• We pride ourselves on our flexible working model which supports work-life integration and our 37.5 hour work week
• Professional development including education/certification sponsorship, in house leadership cohorts, LinkedIn Learning

However you identify, or whatever your path in life, if you see something here that makes you excited to get to work every day, please apply. We hire people for skills, capabilities and potential, not just education and experience.

We value Respect, Integrity and Community, and we provide an inclusive environment where everyone can feel like they belong .

Our social purpose is much more than returning 100% of net income to the province in the form of healthcare & education programs, and community gaming grants. Check it out !

Did you know BCLC is an industry leader in player health and safe & responsible gambling? Find out more !

If you require accommodation so you can be at your best in the interview, please let us know: *** .

All candidates must be at least 19 years of age and legally eligible to work in Canada

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