Our client, a rapidly growing healthcare technology company supporting clinics across Canada and the U.S., is seeking a Linux Systems Administrator to help strengthen and scale their IT operations.
In this role, you’ll take ownership of hybrid infrastructure spanning on-prem and cloud environments, ensuring performance, reliability, and automation at every level. From virtualization and networking to CI/CD and system monitoring, you’ll play a key role in maintaining a secure, high-availability environment that supports critical business systems.
💻 Who You Are
You’re a versatile IT professional who thrives in complex environments and enjoys building resilient systems through automation. You bring a balance of hands-on technical skills, structured problem-solving, and a forward-thinking mindset. You’re comfortable managing both legacy and modernized platforms, ensuring infrastructure runs smoothly, efficiently, and securely.
📍 Work Type
- Fully Onsite – 5 days a week in office
- Location: Vaughan, ON
- Vacancy Type: This is a newly created position
Requirements
🎯 What You’ll Do (Your Superpowers)
- Manage and maintain VMware, Proxmox, and Azure environments to ensure a stable, secure, and scalable infrastructure.
- Administer and optimize enterprise network infrastructure, including switches, routers, firewalls, VLANs, VPNs, and wireless connectivity to ensure reliable network performance.
- Configure and maintain pfSense, HAProxy, Cisco networking devices, and core network services (DNS, DHCP) to support high availability and secure connectivity.
- Implement and maintain network security best practices, including firewall policies, segmentation, access controls, and secure remote connectivity.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployments using Ansible and related automation tools.
- Oversee server hardware, NAS, and backup solutions, ensuring redundancy, disaster recovery, and data protection.
- Administer and optimize Linux and Windows servers, performing patching, performance tuning, and troubleshooting across both systems and network environments.
- Deploy and manage Docker and Kubernetes environments, improving application scalability and microservices performance.
- Monitor infrastructure and network health using Grafana, Prometheus, and Zabbix, implementing proactive alerting, logging, and performance monitoring.
- Manage and maintain MySQL, MongoDB, and SQLite databases with a focus on reliability, replication, backup, and performance optimization
⭐ What We’re Looking For (Our Wishlist)
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in systems administration, network administration or infrastructure engineering
- Strong understanding of Linux server administration (required), with experience managing Windows environments
- Strong networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, routing, switching, VLANs, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, load balancers, and enterprise firewall administration
- Proven skills in virtualization platforms such as VMware and Proxmox
- Hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting network infrastructure, including Cisco networking equipment, pfSense firewalls, and high-availability networking solutions
- Experience implementing infrastructure and network security best practices, including segmentation, access controls, and secure remote connectivity
- Experience working in cloud environments (Azure preferred), including hybrid or multi-site architectures
- Experience managing databases (MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite) for performance and reliability
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting abilities with a focus on uptime, efficiency, and scalability
- Excellent documentation, communication, and collaboration skills
- A proactive mindset, always looking for opportunities to improve reliability and automate repetitive tasks
🔥 What Makes This Role Exciting
- Innovation & Impact – Work across cutting-edge cloud, virtualization, and infrastructure technologies to keep critical systems running efficiently
- Autonomy & Ownership – Take the lead on infrastructure optimization, automation, and performance tuning projects
- Continuous Learning – Expand your skills with modern tools and architectures across multiple environments
- Collaborative Culture – Join a team that values curiosity, initiative, and innovation
Benefits
- Base Salary: $80,000 – $100,000
- Paid Time Off: Competitive vacation and personal days to maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Health Spending Account & Dental Coverage: Flexible coverage to support your individual and family health needs
- Culture & Team: Be a part of a supportive cross-functional team, that thrives on collaboration and innovation, where every member's ideas are valued and contribute to shared goals and success
📩 Ready to Elevate Your IT Career? Apply Now!
At STACK IT Recruitment, we connect top technical talent with standout opportunities across Canada. If you meet at least 70% of the qualifications, we encourage you to apply - we’d love to chat!
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