Systems Administrator III

Location: Toronto, ON

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid — 2 days onsite currently, could increase to 4 days as per the Bank

Contract Details

- Position Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 1 year (with potential for extension and conversion)
- Pay Rate: C$50.00–C$60.00 / Hour (CAD)
- Shift / Schedule: Monday to Friday, core business hours
- Travel Requirements: Not required

Job Summary We're hiring a senior infrastructure engineer to own bare metal hardware and automation in a large regulated financial services workplace. The role covers Cisco UCS (M7/M8, Intersight-managed), Dell, and Client server platforms: provisioning, performance tuning, and patching requirements, across both standalone and clustered Windows and Red Hat systems.

Bare metal automation for provisioning and day-2 operations is currently being developed and will roll out initially on the UCS platform, with Dell and Client coverage to follow. This role will take ownership of that automation going forward, so strong Ansible skills are required.

Key Responsibilities

- Own architecture, configuration, and lifecycle management for Cisco UCS M7/M8 (Intersight), Dell, and Client server hardware
- Take ownership of bare metal automation for UCS as it's developed and rolled out; build out Ansible playbooks and extend coverage to Dell and Client over time
- Own design and build of UCS service profiles, server pools, and fabric interconnect configuration (VLANs/VSANs), including standalone and clustered host provisioning
- Serve as L3 escalation point for UCS platform issues affecting Windows and RHEL systems, standalone and clustered
- Define patching requirements for fabric interconnects and UCS servers; coordinate with the team that executes patching
- Troubleshoot issues across automated and manual provisioning workflows
- Coordinate with the SAN team on host-side storage connectivity configuration within UCS service profiles for bare metal builds
- Work with Windows, Linux,



and automation engineering teams to keep hardware-specific playbooks aligned with broader automation standards

Required Skills

- Experience with Cisco UCS M7/M8 architecture and Intersight management
- Proficiency with Ansible playbook development and bare metal automation
- Windows server skills (standalone and clustered environments)
- Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) systems
- Knowledge of UCS service profiles, server pools, and fabric interconnect configuration (VLANs/VSANs)
- Experience with Dell server platforms
- Ability to serve as L3 escalation point for platform issues
- Experience coordinating SAN/storage connectivity within UCS service profiles
- Familiarity with patching processes for fabric interconnects and servers
- Troubleshooting skills across automated and manual provisioning workflows

Preferred Skills

- Fabric Interconnect (FI) experience
- Experience with other hardware platforms beyond Cisco UCS and Dell

Education Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree required

Required Experience

- 5 years of experience in a similar role

About the Client This client is a leading financial services and banking institution operating across Canada and internationally, with a large regulated technology environment supporting thousands of professionals including systems administrators, infrastructure engineers, solutions developers, and IT specialists. The organization employs tens of thousands of staff across its technology and operations divisions, placing it among the top-tier banks in North America. Teams here emphasize collaboration, agility, and long-term career growth within a fast-paced, compliance-conscious environment.

About GTT

GTT is a minority-owned staffing firm and a subsidiary of Chenega Corporation, a Native American-owned company in Alaska. We highly value diverse and inclusive workplaces and support Fortune 500 organizations across banking, financial services, technology, life sciences, biotech, utilities, and retail sectors throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Job Number: 26-13259

📌 Systems Administrator (Toronto)
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