System Administrator

Classification & Regular Hours

Hours per Week: 35

Salary Grade: 15

The base salary will be $71,970 - $102,690 per annum. Starting salary will be aligned with the successful candidate’s experience, skills, and demonstrated qualifications.

About Western
Since 1878, Western University has been committed to serving our communities through the pursuit of academic excellence and by providing students, faculty, and community members with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social, and cultural growth.  We seek excellent students, faculty, and staff to join us in what has become known as the "Western Experience" - an opportunity to contribute to a better world through the development of new knowledge, new abilities, new connections, and new ways to make a difference.

About Us
The Department of Western Technology Services (WTS) is a central source committed to providing high-quality, cost-effective technology solutions and services to the campus community in support of the teaching and research missions of the University. WTS works collaboratively with other IT groups within Western’s faculties and support units to leverage central supported technology solutions and services where appropriate.

The Infrastructure Services division of WTS is responsible for providing Western faculty, staff, and students with the best possible hardware and software support infrastructure to enable the use of technology in teaching, learning and administration.

Responsibilities
The System Administrator is a key member of a skilled team responsible for deploying and supporting the infrastructure used to support technology across campus. The role will build and manage hardware infrastructure, virtualization software, multiple database platforms and storage hardware. The team is responsible for the research, planning, designing, modifying, integrating and evaluating servers, databases, storage, and associated enterprise applications which form part of Western’s central technology infrastructure. 

WTS systems support many mission critical services including email, web services, our learning management system, voice services and other enterprise applications. Central services also provide web, server, database, and storage hosting for the Western community.

Qualifications

Education:

• College Diploma in an information technology field or a university degree with at least a minor in Computer Science
• University Degree majoring in Computer Science or an Information Technology field preferred

Experience:

• 5 years of experience supporting enterprise level servers, storage, databases and virtualization platforms
• Experience with, and advanced understanding of, network concepts, systems security and administrative procedures in a large production environment
• Experience managing database platforms (Oracle, Microsoft SQL, MySql, PostgreSQL)
• Experience Managing virtualization environments (VMware, containers, etc.)
• Storage infrastructure management experience (NetApp, NexSan, FC Switches)
• Experience supporting physical hardware (UCS, Dell, Oracle)
• Experience supporting Virtualized environments and the hardware they run on preferred
• Experience with VMware vSphere and vCenter preferred
• Familiar with VDI deployments, including VMware Horizon View linked clone stateless desktops and Remote Desktop Services preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Hyper-V server clusters preferred
• Experience configuring and maintaining virtual machine hosting environments, including monitoring performance, configuring virtual networking, storage connectivity, backup, and guest deployment preferred
• Experience supporting cloud and hybrid infrastructure platforms, including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Services preferred
• Experience implementing infrastructure automation solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD or similar technologies preferred
• Experience utilizing Infrastructure as Code methodologies to provision, maintain and support enterprise infrastructure preferred
• Familiarity with server hardware and the software to manage it preferred
• Dell server hardware and OpenManage management software
• Cisco UCS blade hardware and management suite
• Oracle Hardware (Servers, Blades, Storage, ExaData)
• Experience installing, maintaining and troubleshooting server hardware preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrated proficiency in setup and management of Database platforms
• Ability to provide technical guidance regarding infrastructure design, deployment and support for WTS hosted databases
• Demonstrated proficiency with implementation and management of server virtualization technologies – VMware and HyperV
• Familiar with managing and supporting physical hardware (Servers and Storage)
• Demonstrated familiarity with Storage technologies and protocols (NFS, CIFS, iSCSI FC)
• Demonstrated familiarity with cloud infrastructure platforms and hybrid cloud architectures
• Demonstrated ability to automate infrastructure deployment, configuration and management using Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Familiarity with automation and orchestration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI/CD or equivalent technologies
• Familiarity with source control systems and collaborative infrastructure development practices
• Ability to write clear, concise procedural and technical documentation
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with technical and non-technical users
• Ability to resolve problems and escalate issues with suggestions for further investigation and options for consideration as required
• Initiative to seek and share relevant information, opinions, and judgments
• Demonstrated organizational skills including ability to manage multiple competing priorities working to tight timelines with appropriate supervision
• Ability to handle frequent interruptions
• Demonstrated ability to research/investigate issues and resolve problems
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
• Ability to establish and maintain relationships with peers, contacts with access to information, and key business partners
• Ability to carry out work off hours as required independently with appropriate guidance and training
• Ability and willingness to stay abreast of technological development and adapt efficiently to emerging priorities and changing work methods
• Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy
• Proven ability to interact with people in a professional, respectful and diplomatic manner

Background Checks
Please note, successful applicants will be required to complete a credit check satisfactory to the employer.

Western Values Diversity
The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process.  If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone 519-661-2194.

Please Note:
This position is an existing vacancy. This position is fully in-person, on-site. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Interested applicants are asked to visit https://recruit.uwo.ca for further information and to apply online referencing job #44501 by 11:59PM on September 18, 2026.