Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator - .1)

Organizational Unit

University of Victoria -> VP Finance and Operations -> University Systems

Location

University of Victoria - Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 CA (Primary)

Posting Close Date

Please note that positions will close at 4 p.m. on the closing date.

FTE

1

Salary Grade

$96,850.00 - $125,997.00

Additional Posting Information

N/A

Salary posted will be pro-rated based on FTE and achieved as per the collective agreement, if applicable.

Classification

SG15

Start Date

6/1/2026

End Date

6/1/2028

Employee Group:

PEA - Term

# of Hires Needed

1

Category

Computers, Hardware, Computers, Software, Information Technology, Science

About this Opportunity

Research Computing Services is currently looking to fill a vacancy on our team with a strong focus on supporting our on-premise cloud systems. We operate OpenStack as our IaaS cloud platform, with multiple deployments including the Arbutus Cloud - Canada's largest research cloud service, operated in partnership with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. We also operate a number of Kubernetes clusters both within OpenStack and on bare metal, including large deployments serving national and international research projects in physics and astronomy.

RCS is looking for candidates with experience in administrating large scale self-hosted cloud compute environments, with particular focus on OpenStack, Kubernetes, and/or Ceph. This position will also have the chance to work on other exciting technologies like Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, IBM Spectrum Protect, and more.

We are looking for motivated individuals that want to be part of a collaborative team supporting Research Computing.



From racking the bare metal all the way up to orchestrating complex distributed systems, from design and architecture through implementation and ongoing operations, our team does it all - providing UVic and Canadian researchers with the computing capabilities they need to stay at the leading edge of research.

Reporting to the Manager and Architect of Advanced Research Computing Infrastructure, the Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator works as part of a team to design, build, and ensure the operational effectiveness of the university's research servers and storage. Members of this team maintain systems critical to many research groups on-campus and beyond, including web servers and database servers, and large, high-performance research computing systems (HPC), cloud infrastructure and container orchestration used by researchers both at UVic, from institutions across the country, and with international collaborations.

*This position is eligible for a hybrid flex arrangement*

The salary range for this position is: Recruitment range: $96,850 to $106,796. Starting salary is determined in accordance with the PEA Collective Agreement. Performance range: Up to $125,997. Progression beyond the recruitment range is available through annual performance increases, in accordance with the PEA Collective Agreement.





Job Summary

Mandate: Reporting to the Manager and Architect of Advanced Research Computing Infrastructure, the Senior Advanced Research Computing System Administrator works as part of a team to design, build, and ensure the operational effectiveness of the university’s research servers and storage. Members of this team maintain systems critical to many research groups on-campus and beyond, including web servers and database servers, and large, high-performance research computing systems (HPC), cloud infrastructure and container orchestration used by researchers both at UVic, from institutions across the country, and with international collaborations. These systems are required to be in operation 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year and decisions regarding these systems can impact UVic’s obligations to other parties beyond the institution.

Objectives: The Senior Advanced Research Computing System Administrator’s work includes the design, installation, configuration, and maintenance of hardware and software, problem determination/resolution, resource allocation, performance and security monitoring, and usage reporting.

This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or other relevant discipline plus at least five years of experience in system administration in a large enterprise or academic/research environment. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

System maintenance is usually required to be performed off-hours and major issues are responded to on a 24/7 basis.

This role may need to work outside of normal work hours on an emergency or pre-sched

📌 Senior Advanced Research Computing Systems Administrator (Victoria)
🏢 University of Victoria
📍 Victoria