Kinectrics

Infrastructure Administrator

LocationToronto, ON
Job TypeFull-time

About This Job

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more: www.kinectrics.com


The Opportunity

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Intermediate

Location: 800 Kipling Avenue/393 University Avenue, Toronto, ON Department: Information Technology (IT)

Reports to: Director of IT

Hours per week: 37.5


What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
Competitive Compensation: We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.


Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

The Infrastructure Administrator is responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, and optimization of the company’s IT infrastructure, with a primary focus on Enterprise Linux, VMware virtualization, and Veeam backup solutions. Reporting to the Director of IT, this role oversees server and storage infrastructure, ensuring system availability, performance, and security. The Infrastructure Administrator will analyze production systems to identify performance bottlenecks and optimization opportunities, while also supporting internal users and collaborating closely with IT staff and company employees.

Architect, deploy, and maintain enterprise infrastructure solutions across on-premise, virtual, and cloud environments, ensuring scalability, security, and high availability.
Install, configure, and manage Linux servers (RHEL, Ubuntu) in both physical and virtualized environments.
Administer VMware infrastructure, including ESXi hosts, vCenter, vSAN, and virtual networking.
Oversee enterprise backup and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring business continuity through Veeam Backup & Replication across multi-site environments.
Manage enterprise storage solutions (SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS), ensuring proper configuration, performance, and capacity planning.
Automate infrastructure processes using scripting languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Python to enhance efficiency and reduce manual tasks.
Maintain infrastructure information security, data integrity and access procedures as per corporate security policy.
Deploy and manage OS and application updates, ensuring compliance with security and operational policies.
Proactively monitor, identify and manage systems and services resources; respond to system/service failures and problems. Analyze incidents and issues, identify risks, provide recommendations, and implement solutions to reduce user impact and ensure business continuity.
Prepare and maintain detailed technical documentation, standards and policies and assist in the training of other resources as required. Provide technical guidance and leadership for any change management activities.
Assist in development and implementation of backup and disaster recovery strategy for all systems. Maintain a DR plan and participate in periodic testing of that plan.
Monitor system performance and availability, proactively identifying and resolving potential issues using monitoring and logging tools.
Implement and enforce IT security best practices, including IAM, MFA, encryption, and secure access controls for enterprise systems.
Lead or participate in IT projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement new technologies and improve business operations.
Assists team members and other departments with testing new technologies and solutions. Lead and/or participate in the projects with other teams to design and deploy technical solutions to improve business operations.
Provide Tier 3 technical support, acting as an escalation point for Tier ½ support staff. Troubleshoot user issues related to servers, data and applications, etc. Take ownership of all assigned tickets; researching and escalating to vendors as necessary.
The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.



What You Need to Succeed

University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline. Additional certifications an asset.
5+ years of experience in enterprise Linux server administration (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu).
5+ years of experience managing VMware infrastructure, including ESXi, vCenter, and virtual networking.
Strong expertise with Veeam Backup & Replication, including backup strategies, replication, and disaster recovery planning.
Experience managing enterprise storage solutions (SAN, NAS, iSCSI, NFS) and implementing best practices for storage performance and redundancy.
Proficiency in scripting and automation (Bash, PowerShell, Python) for infrastructure management.
Practical experience working with Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy in hybrid Linux/Windows environments.
Strong understanding of IT security principles, best practices, and compliance requirements.
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
Superior documentation, organization, and communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
Proven ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently while collaborating in a team environment.


Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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