Linux Support jobs in Calgary, AB

Linux System Administrator

• Pay Rate: $75.53/hour, depending on experience
• Contract Length: 8 months
• Location: Calgary, Alberta

Raise is currently hiring a Linux System Administrator on behalf of our client. They’re expanding their team to meet growing needs, making this a unique opportunity to work with an industry leader. Our Client is a market leading financial institution

Note: The primary pay rate is based on T4 classification; however, we will also consider applications from candidates interested in an INC classification, where applicable.

Description

Our Client is seeking an intermediate Linux System Administrator for a contract engagement within their Infrastructure & Cloud Services division. In this role, you will step in to provide critical backfill support for day-to-day operations and patching activities. As part of the Linux Server Operations team, you will ensure the seamless stability, maintenance, and security of core enterprise server environments. This is a hands-on operations role requiring a candidate who can hit the ground running, manage routine virtualization and cloud tasks, and comfortably support scheduled off-hours maintenance windows.

Responsibilities

• System Maintenance & Operations: Provide day-to-day operational support, monitoring, and patch management for enterprise Linux server environments to guarantee stability and security.
• Virtualization & Cloud Management: Perform routine virtual machine lifecycle tasks in VMware and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including starting, stopping, creating, and deleting instances/VMs, as well as managing snapshots.
• Alerting & Monitoring: Review VMware alerts and basic performance metrics to proactively identify and escalate infrastructure issues.
• Scripting & Automation: Utilize basic automation scripts and configuration management tools to assist with daily administrative tasks and streamline routine operations.
• Off-Hours Support: Participate in regularly scheduled evening patching activities (3–4 times per month) and quarterly maintenance windows (typically Sunday mornings between midnight and 6:00 AM).

Qualifications

• 2 years of previous experience in an operational role supporting Linux servers hosting critical business infrastructure.
• Previous experience supporting SAP infrastructure is highly preferred (experience working within Oracle ERP or JD Edwards environments will be considered an equivalent asset).
• Linux (Intermediate): Strong foundational experience administering enterprise Linux distributions (e.g., RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) for daily operations.
• Bash (Intermediate): Proficiency with Bash scripting for daily task automation and troubleshooting.
• VMware (Junior): Hands-on familiarity with VMware vSphere to comfortably handle VM lifecycle management (start/stop/create/delete), snapshot execution, and alert tracking.
• Google Cloud Platform (Junior/Intermediate): Basic comfort level managing GCP instances (start/stop/snapshot/create/delete). Note: Proficiency performing these actions via the gcloud CLI is considered a strong intermediate advantage.
• Ansible and/or SaltStack (Junior): Exposure to or foundational knowledge of Ansible or SaltStack for running basic playbooks/states and configuration tasks.
• Education
• Bachelor’s Degree or Technical Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Additional Information

Off-Hours Support: Participate in regularly scheduled evening patching activities (3–4 times per month) and quarterly maintenance windows (typically Sunday mornings between midnight and 6:00 AM).

A requirement for candidates to be considered for this role will be to complete a criminal and credit check (including Canadian Credit Risk Score)

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