Unix Systems Admin
Sobeys
Requisition ID: 184275
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: IT Technical Services
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia
City: Stellarton / Dartmouth
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.
Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
Ready to Make an impact?
Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities and we are always looking for bright new talent to join our team! We currently have a full-time opportunity for an Unix Systems Admin. This role is based out of our office in Stellarton, NS.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
As a Unix Systems Admin with Sobeys, you will:
- Administer of virtualized Unix environments (PowerVM/Cloud)
- Participate in architecture design and reviews
- Participate in application migrations from on-premises to the Cloud.
- Automate manual support and maintenance activities to aid in system management continuous improvement.
- Install Operating System software, upgrades, maintenance fixes/patches, and third-party software applications following industry standards.
- Perform data gathering, debugging, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.
- Participate in data center hardware installations.
- Support and work with consultants/technicians to correct any hardware/OS problems that may arise.(PowerVM/Cloud)
- Provide technical expertise on projects.
- Participate in all areas of analysis, quality assurance, and performance tuning with the project team
- Data Storage Management.
- Develop and maintain Technical Recovery Plans for systems, databases, applications and participate in back up processes.
- Participate in Disaster Recovery exercises to validate documented procedures.
- Administration of SAP products on premise and in Azure.
- Participate in a rotational 24-hour on-call support.
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What you have to offer:
Your experience and resume will show us:
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a relevant work experience is preferred.
- Minimum of 2 years in a UNIX/LINUX based systems administration role.
- Experience supporting SAP ERP, ECC, DB2 and SAP HANA DB is considered an asset.
- Administer Cloud and on-premises environments to ensure their availability, reliability, security, and integrity.
- Collaborate with other IT functional areas and project teams to implement, deploy, and maintain cloud and on premises solutions.
- Work closely with IT Security and Center of Excellence teams to implement industry best practices.
Note - All offers are subject to the completion of a satisfactory criminal background check
At Sobeys we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week. This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.
We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
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We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes well beyond your paycheque:
- Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
- A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
- A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
- Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
- Parental leave top-up
- Paid Vacation and Days-off
We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.