Senior Infrastructure Analyst - Hybrid

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Senior Infrastructure Analyst Division:
IT
Job location:
Ontario (GTA preferred)
Hours:
40 hours per week
Employment type:
full-time permanent employment in a hybrid work environment

Travel into local facilities, including but not limited to Toronto, Bradford, Brampton, Markham, or Townsend, will be required on a weekly basis and the location / frequency is subject to change depending on business needs. Travel across Canada may be required at times

We're looking for an experienced professional to join our IT division in the role of Senior Infrastructure Analyst. Reporting to the Manager, IT Operations, you will collaborate with our team to design and deploy a robust infrastructure framework for new and existing technology. More specifically, you will support Aurora with launching a new enterprise class technology set, based primarily on the Microsoft technology stack, and other SaaS based apps by designing and maintaining the back-end infrastructure.

You will enjoy a hybrid work environment with the opportunity to travel into our amazing facilities, spending most of your time at the Brampton facility, and enable Aurora with the tools and support needed to elevate IT operations. Sound exciting? Here is a little more…

As the Senior Infrastructure Analyst you will…

• Analyze and resolve a wide variety of technical issues from desktops, infrastructure, to large business systems
• Support the development and optimization of IT infrastructure and internal processes in local and remote environments with Project Management Teams
• Manage, coordinate, and communicate status for incidents and problems from inception to resolution, including root cause analysis
• Participate in the annual audit to meet compliance and regulatory requirements
• Assist in the management and maintenance of our corporate backup and replication infrastructure, global cloud (AWS / Azure) infrastructure, global network and VOIP phone system
• Monitor and report on network and system performance and bandwidth requirements and provide proactive solutions for improvements and problems
• Create and maintain detailed documentation for various IT systems, networks, procedures, policies, and standards
• Follow the documented IT operational processes including but is not limited to the employee journey, technical change management, request management, incident, and problem management
• Act as a senior technical resource and escalation point for front-line IT support resources
• Contribute towards the development of fiscal year operating and capital budgets
  

You're the ideal candidate if you have.

• Post-secondary education in a related field such as a Degree in Computer Science
• 7 - 10 years of progressive IT experience working as an infrastructure resource in large enterprise and complex environments with many distributed sites (we would also welcome an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience)
• 5 years of experience working with Microsoft Windows servers and administering Microsoft Active Directory in large enterprises
• 5 years of experience working with Microsoft Azure and AWS, a variety of storage systems and projects in large enterprises
• Experience with Backup / Restore solutions such as Commvault
• 5 years of experience providing service delivery for enterprise networking and network security infrastructure, particularly for LAN, wireless LAN, WAN and SDWAN services
• 5 years of experience providing first and second level incident management for enterprise LAN, wireless LAN, WAN, SDWAN and network security services
• Experience using network security tools in an enterprise environment (Solarwinds, PRTG, Netmon)

OTHER CONDITIONS:

• Must be able to travel within the Southern Ontario area
• Must be able to work evenings and weekends, when required
• Must be available for on-call 1 per 5 weeks

Bonus points if you have…

• Experience with Juniper, Fortinet, Aruba
• Experience with PowerShell Scripting, SOX/CSOX, GDPR, HIPPA, and PCI-DSS

You will be setup for success if you are…

• A strong communicator who can convey complex technical terms in simple formats for diverse audiences
• A natural relationship builder who can leverage soft skills to develop long-term partnerships and achieve objectives
• A positive team player who thrives in a collaborative environment where they can have fun while being the best
• An early adaptor who constantly thinks five steps ahead and is always looking at opportunities to improve processes and drive positive change
• A dynamic IT professional with a strong background in various technical areas including but not limited to:
  enterprise switch configuration and wireless solutions, certificate and domain management, server virtualization technologies and hyperconverged Infrastructure, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, SD-WAN devices, and architecture and ITSM tools such as ServiceNow

Why you'll love working at Aurora
Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here's how we do it…

• Flexibility:
  you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! You will be empowered to achieve work-life balance with flexible hours, remote work options, vacation time, meeting-free-Friday-afternoons and more.
  
• Total rewards:
  we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary, stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
  
• Benefits:
  we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $1,500 of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine).
  
• Life-long learning:
  we're lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.
  
• Perks:
  we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, Perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time and modern technology.

Team:
we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with .