Mission
The Calgary Board of Education (CBE) is the largest school board in western Canada with over 144,000 students and 16,000 employees. Our mission: Each student, in keeping with their individual abilities and gifts, will complete high school with a foundation of learning necessary to thrive in life, work and continued learning. We pride ourselves in the values we hold. Students come first. Learning is our central purpose. Public education serves the common good. The CBE encourages an inclusive and equitable workplace, which supports our diverse student and employee community. We encourage all applicants to join our dynamic, diverse, and collaborative culture and welcome applications from all qualified individuals.
When you apply to the CBE, you can feel good about serving our future leaders and contributing to student success.
Competition Info
Competition Close Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Calendar: 12 Month
Salary: Staff Association Grade I/J, $47.86 - $65.52/hour
FTE: 1.0, 35 Hours per Week
Position Description
Responsibilities:
Cloud and Automation Services
- Designs, implements, and manages Cloud tools for the planning, trending, monitoring usage and alarming of services hosted in the Cloud and hybrid Cloud environments.
Networking Services
- Works collaboratively on complex problems, root cause analyses, corrective actions, and proactive practices to improve efficiencies or increase cost-effectiveness.
Server and Storage Services
- Plans, configures and builds virtual machines, guest operating systems, hypervisors, storage systems, systems management suites, and environmental monitoring systems within Cloud and hybrid Cloud environments.
IT Security Services
- Monitors Cloud platforms, networks, systems and data for security breaches, intrusions, or Indicators of Compromise (IOC).
Server and Storage Services
- Architects, designs, validates and builds server and storage solutions consistent with short to medium term needs and Disaster Recovery requirements.
- Utilizes capacity and trending data to optimize how new server and storage services are architected and designed.
IT Security Services
- Researches, reviews, assesses and recommends Cloud based solutions based on security requirements and best practices.
Provides other IT support
- Develops and maintains relationships and contacts with technology vendors,
- partners, and external agencies.
- Prepares and delivers presentations.
- May be required to participate in a 7x24 on-call rotation based on a predetermined schedule.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- A 4 year post-secondary degree in Computer Science (or equivalent degree in Information Technology); and
- Minimum of 5 years of working experience in an advanced level technical position that involved architecting, designing, building, or supporting Server, Storage, Network, Security or Cloud technologies.
- Up to date certification in at least two (2) IT domain areas preferred:
Networking
- Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) in Cloud or Datacenter or Security or Wireless or Routing and Switching. OR Juniper Networks Certified Enterprise Routing and Switching Expert (JNCIE – ENT)
Server and Storage
- VMware Certified Professional and/or a VMware Certified Advanced Professional.
- OR Red Hat Certified Engineer. OR Microsoft Certified Solution Expert in Cloud/Azure and/or Core Infrastructure.
IT Security
- CISSP Security certification. OR GIAC SANS (Advanced Level) Security certification.
- Computer programming experience with languages including C/C++, ASP.NET, Java, PHP, Python, Bash, Pearl and Ruby.
- Solid knowledge of Active Directory and Active Directory Federation Services and/or
- Azure Active Directory.
- Advanced knowledge and experience working on traditional server infrastructure from HP, Dell, Cisco, Lenovo and/or Hyper-converged Infrastructure stack(s).
- Advanced experience supporting server virtualization technologies such as VMWare or Hyper-V.
- Experience supporting Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN/NAS/DAS deployments in a Data Centre environment.
- Strong experience with Microsoft Windows PowerShell scripting.
- Advanced knowledge of network protocols including DNS, DHCP, NTP and TCP/IP.
- Experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, Amazon AWS and/or Google Cloud Platform would be an asset.
- TIL certifications and/or COBIT certification desirable.
- An equivalent combination of directly related post-secondary education and directly related experience may be considered.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies
- Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to function effectively and independently in high-pressure situations with constantly changing priorities.
- Strong attention to details and organization skills including the ability to prioritize simultaneous responsibilities.
- Reliable, dependable and trustworthy.
- Personal suitability.
Land Acknowledgement
The Calgary Board of Education acknowledges the traditional territories and oral practices of the Treaty 7 Nations, including the Siksikaitsitapi Nations, Tsuut'ina Nation, and the Îyârhe Nakoda Nations. We acknowledge the Métis Nation within Alberta, and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of southern Alberta. As a learning organization, we are committed to advancing the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action focused on Education for ReconciliACTION.
