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SickKids IT Systems Administrator in Toronto, Ontario
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Job ID
22049
Location
Toronto, Ontario
FTE
1.00
Hours of Work
35.00
Dept/Program Name
RIT HPC Services
Contract Length
1 year
Date Posted
2025-02-04
Deadline to Apply
2025-02-18
Target Openings
1
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About SickKids
Dedicated exclusively to children and their families, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is one of the largest and most respected paediatric healthcare centres in the world. As innovators in child health, we lead and partner to improve the health of children through the integration of healthcare, leading-edge research and education. Our reputation would not have been built – nor could it be maintained – without the skills, knowledge and experience of the extraordinary people who come to work here every day. SickKids is committed to ongoing learning and development, and features a caring and supportive work environment that combines exceptionally high standards of practice.
When you join SickKids, you become part of our community. We share a commitment and determination to fulfill our vision of Healthier Children. A Better World .
Don’t miss out on the opportunity to work alongside the world’s best in paediatric healthcare.
Position Description
About Us:
At SickKids, we're driving innovation in pediatric healthcare through cutting-edge research. Our Research IT facility at the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning plays a vital role in enabling research teams to leverage high-performance computing (HPC), cloud platforms, and data-intensive applications.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a foundational understanding of HPC, cloud technologies, and Linux systems, who is looking to expand their technical skill set while contributing to impactful healthcare research. We provide training where needed to ensure you're successful in the role.
Here's What You'll Get To Do:
Support and maintain SickKid's HPC Slurm cluster and HPC4Health's OpenStack cloud environment, with 20,000+ compute cores and 100+ Nvidia GPUs.
Assist in managing and optimizing multi-petabyte storage clusters using technologies such as Ceph, PowerScale, and IRODS.
Managing high-speed Dell and HPE networks.
Authoring technical documentation, ensuring documentation is kept up-to-date and accessible to the team.
Troubleshoot hardware and software issues, working alongside vendors when necessary.
Here's What You'll Need:
Essential Requirements
Experience with Linux server systems (administration or support) in a multi-user environment.
Familiarity with network protocols (e.g., NFS, SMB, DNS, DHCP) and an understanding of basic networking principles.
Experience in scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, Ansible) to automate tasks and improve operational efficiency.
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to take initiative in managing tasks to completion.
Effective communication skills and the ability to collaborate within a technical team.
Demonstrate commitment and actions in advancing equity, diversity and inclusion objectives
Assets
Familiarity with cloud platforms like OpenStack, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience with HPC workload management systems, such as Slurm, and understanding of job scheduling and resource allocation.
Basic knowledge of distributed storage systems (e.g., PowerScale, Ceph, GlusterFS).
Familiarity with containerization, and virtualization technologies (Proxmox, KVM, Docker, Kubernetes)
Exposure to monitoring systems like Grafana, or Nagios.
Employment Type:
35 hours/week
1.0 FTE - Full-time Contract with modified benefits (health and dental included).
Possibility to renew contract based on performance and business needs
Hybrid work model
On-site location: Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning, 686 Bay St.
Our Commitment to Diversity
The children and families we care for are from a variety of communities, and so are our employees. We welcome and encourage everyone to join our organization and be part of our team.
When requested, SickKids will provide access and inclusion supports to eligible candidates to support their full engagement during the interview and assessment process. Information received related to access or inclusion will be addressed confidentially.
Thank you for your interest in joining SickKids. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. In accordance with our Hospital policy, employment at SickKids is conditional upon the Hospital¿s receipt of all necessary documentation.
How to Apply
Tip: Combine your cover letter and resume into ONE document of 20 pages or less as you cannot upload multiple documents as part of your application.
If you are still experiencing technical difficulties please email ask.hr@sickkids.ca to send us a short description of the issues you are experiencing. Please note that we will not accept resumes sent to this inbox but we are happy to respond to requests for technical assistance.