Systems Administrator - DevOps
Date Posted: 07/28/2026

Req ID: 49452

Faculty/Division: Library

Department: Scholars Portal

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Position Number: 00059710

Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us
The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked in the top five among peer institutions in North America. The system comprises 40 libraries located across three university campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. This diverse and extensive network of college libraries, special collections, and specialized information centres plays a pivotal role in supporting the teaching, scholarly, and research needs of nearly 100,000 students enrolled in a wide array of graduate, professional, and undergraduate programs.

The library system provides access to millions of resources in various formats, including electronic, print, audio-visual, data and geospatial materials. UTL also boasts impressive holdings of archival material and substantial digital collections, securely preserved in the libraries' data centre. The staff at UTL are integral to the academic and scholarly enterprise, working closely with faculty and students to support their teaching, learning, and research requirements. They are subject matter experts; they are skilled in research data management, collections, statistics, GIS, metadata, digital preservation, scholarly communications, copyright, teaching, knowledge synthesis, open access and much more. Our work is grounded in our commitment to support equity, diversity, and inclusion.

UTL continuously evolves to meet the changing academic priorities and pressures at the University and within the broader landscape of higher education.

Your opportunity
Scholars Portal, a department of the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL), is the digital service arm of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), managing infrastructure and services that support Ontario’s 21 university libraries. The Scholars Portal team of librarians, developers, and systems staff support services in four broad areas: research and member services; data and geospatial services; digital collections; and digital preservation services.

Working under the direction of the Scholars Portal Assistant Director, Systems and Technical Operations, and working with a team of developers and systems support specialists, the incumbent will be responsible for the engineering, implementation and support of technical products and systems for a variety of Scholars Portal services.



The successful applicant will collaborate on diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving hardware/software issues. The incumbent will also work to improve continuous integration and delivery systems, as well as CI/CD pipelines and automate routine deployment, administration, and monitoring responsibilities.

Your responsibilities will include

Developing and programming network applications

Customizing open source web applications

Analyzing and installing networking equipment

Configuring system applications according to needs

Troubleshooting complex computer system problems

Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides

Essential Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.

Minimum five years.

Demonstrated experience in infrastructure automation coding using scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell or equivalent).

Strong experience in maintaining and operating Linux based servers and web application software (Apache, Tomcat, Node.js, HAProxy).

In-depth knowledge of practices and tools related to DevOps, IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Gitlab, Chef).

Proficient with one or more scripting languages such as Python. Knowledge of web traffic log collection and analytics platforms (Elastic Stack).

Working knowledge of virtualization, KVM, or equivalent. Robust knowledge of systems and networking software, hardware, and networking protocols.

Experience in supporting Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database environments.

Advanced skills in creating and maintaining technical documentation

Flexibility, initiative, and the ability to work and learn independently.

Excellent communication skills and an ability to communicate technical details courteously and clearly to non-technical users.

Experience with Container technology such as Kubernetes, or Docker is an asset.

Experience in at least one end-user ticket management system

Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Munin, Zabbix, or Prometheus is an asset

To be successful in this role you will be

Accountable

Cooperative

Efficient

Multi-tasker

Organized

Responsible

Team player

Closing Date: 08/14/2026,



11:59PM ET

Employee Group: USW

Appointment Type : Grant - Term

Schedule:

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:

USW Pay Band 14 -- $91,677. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $117,242. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.

Job Category: Information Technology (IT)

Recruiter: utlhr.utoronto.ca

Lived Experience Statement

Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

Diversity Statement
The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

Accessibility Statement
The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact [email protected].

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📌 Systems Administrator - DevOps (Ontario)
🏢 University of Toronto
📍 Ontario