Senior Virtualization and Storage Administrator Job Category : Information Technology Full-Time Building the space between proven and possible, MDA Space (TSX:MDA) is a trusted mission partner to the global space industry. A robotics, satellite systems and geointelligence pioneer with a 55-year+ story of world firsts and more than 450 missions, MDA Space is a global leader in communications satellites, Earth and space observation, and space exploration and infrastructure. The MDA Space team of more than 4,000 space experts in Canada, the US and the UK has the knowledge and know-how to turn an audacious customer vision into an achievable mission – bringing to bear a one-of-a-kind mix of experience, engineering excellence and wide-eyed wonder that’s been in our DNA since day one.

MDA Space is seeking a Senior Virtualization and Storage Administrator, to own and support enterprise virtualization and storage platforms across the organization. This role will support high availability, disaster recovery, capacity planning, platform lifecycle management, and migration initiatives, including reducing dependency on legacy virtualization platforms where appropriate. The role requires deep hands‑on technical capability, strong troubleshooting discipline, automation skills, and the ability to collaborate with Backup, Network, Security, Linux, Windows, and Application teams. .

Design, deploy, administer, monitor, and optimize enterprise virtualization platforms including Microsoft Hyper‑V, Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere/ESXi and related management tooling. Support virtualization platform lifecycle activities including upgrades, patching, cluster configuration, host firmware coordination, compatibility validation, and retirement of legacy platforms. Design, implement, and administer enterprise storage platforms including SAN, NAS, DAS, block, file, and cloud‑integrated storage.

Manage storage presentation and connectivity including LUN provisioning, zoning coordination, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS, SMB, MPIO/multipathing, snapshots, replication, deduplication, and capacity allocation. Monitor and tune virtualization and storage performance, including host CPU/memory contention, VM latency, datastore latency, IOPS, throughput, storage queue depth,



network paths, and capacity trends. Work closely with Backup, Network, Security, Windows, Linux, and application teams to maintain resilient infrastructure aligned to business RTO and RPO requirements.

Develop, maintain, and test disaster recovery and business continuity runbooks for virtual workloads and storage services. Ensure high availability configurations are documented, tested, and aligned with business resiliency objectives. Perform regular system updates, patches, and security configurations.

Create and maintain detailed documentation of the virtualization and storage infrastructure. Support security and compliance requirements through hardening, access control, privileged account management, patch compliance, vulnerability remediation, and audit evidence. Conduct capacity planning and prepare recommendations for hardware refresh, platform consolidation, storage growth, lifecycle risk, and cost optimization.

Participate in change management, project planning, vendor coordination, and after‑hours support as required. Serve as the senior escalation point and technical lead for virtualization and storage‑related incidents and projects. Mentor junior administrators and provide technical guidance for complex virtualization and storage issues. 8+ years of progressive systems administration or infrastructure engineering experience, with significant hands‑on focus on virtualization and enterprise storage. ~ Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of relevant experience and certifications. ~ VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper‑V, Proxmox VE ~ Strong hands‑on experience with enterprise storage platforms such as Dell EMC PowerStore, Unity XT, NetApp, or equivalent with knowledge of block and file storage protocols such as Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, and SMB.



~ Experience supporting enterprise environments consisting of hundreds of virtual machines, multiple virtualization clusters, and critical production workloads across multiple data centers. ~ Experience supporting high availability virtualization clusters and shared storage environments. ~ Robust troubleshooting ability across compute, storage, network, operating system, and backup layers. ~ Scripting or automation experience using PowerShell plus at least one of Bash, Python, Ansible, PowerCLI, or REST APIs. ~ Experience administering both Windows Server and Linux systems in physical and virtual environments. ~ Experience with Microsoft Failover Clustering, Hyper‑V Replica, Windows Admin Center, Storage Spaces Direct, or Azure Arc.

Experience with VMware‑to‑Hyper‑V, VMware‑to‑Proxmox, or other hypervisor migration projects.

Experience integrating virtualization and storage solutions with Azure and AWS.

Experience with storage replication, snapshots, immutable backup, and DR testing Experience with SAN fabrics, Brocade storage networking.

Experience monitoring virtualization and storage environments with monitoring platforms such as SolarWinds, or equivalent.

Certifications such as VMware VCP, Microsoft Windows Server Administrator/Hybrid Administrator, Azure Administrator, storage vendor certification, or backup platform certification. Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the secret status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP), and be able to obtain higher clearances. As a member of the MDA Space team, you and your eligible dependents can enroll in a benefits plan that provides a comprehensive level of protection through competitive health care, including: health care plans supplemental and flexible drug plans, dental and vision benefits, disability income protection, life insurance, group retirement savings plans and an employee assistance program and to their family.

MDA Space is an equal opportunity employer with a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process, please let us know. #

📌 Senior Virtualization and Storage Administrator (Richmond)
🏢 Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates
📍 Richmond