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Sr. Systems Administrator
full-time•Richmond Hill•$70k - $105k
About this role
<p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"><strong>OPENTEXT - THE INFORMATION COMPANY</strong></p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px">OpenText is a global leader in information management, where innovation, creativity, and collaboration are the key components of our corporate culture. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to partner with the most highly regarded companies in the world, tackle complex issues, and contribute to projects that shape the future of digital transformation.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px"><strong>AI-First. Future-Driven. Human-Centered.</strong></p><p style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14.0px">At OpenText, AI is at the heart of everything we do—powering innovation, transforming work, and empowering digital knowledge workers. We are hiring talent AI can't replace to help us shape the future of information management. Join us.</p><p> </p><br><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>YOUR IMPACT</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for designing, Implementing and maintaining enterprise observability and monitoring stack across hybrid/cloud platforms. This role provides deep technical expertise, drives best practices, improves monitoring quality, and ensures high reliability, actionable alerting, and ITIL-aligned operations in collaboration with NOC, engineering teams, and leadership.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WHAT THE ROLE OFFERS</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Audit & Compliance: Maintain network and cloud documentation to meet internal and external audit requirements. Ensure adherence to regulatory standards (e.g., PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX) and corporate security policies. Prepare and present compliance reports for audits and management reviews.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Vulnerability Management: Conduct regular vulnerability scans and assessments across cloud and on-prem network devices. Collaborate with security teams to remediate identified risks promptly.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Implement best practices for patch management and configuration hardening.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cloud & Network Security: Monitor cloud and network environments for security breaches, anomalies, and compliance violations. Manage firewall rules, VPN configurations, and access controls. Support incident response and forensic analysis when required.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Operational Support: Maintain high availability and performance of LAN/WAN, wireless, and cloud connectivity. Troubleshoot complex network and cloud issues and provide escalation support. Assist in capacity planning and network architecture improvements.</span></li></ul><p><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED</strong></span></p><ul><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), cloud certifications, or Zabbix certifications are a plus.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hands-on experience with Observability and Monitoring technologies (correlation, event pipelines, topology, service modeling).</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Expertise in NNMi skills: network topology, polling strategies, SNMP, traps, RCA.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Deep understanding of Zabbix architectures, templates, event routing, and automation.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Expert-level Graylog pipeline design, parsing logic, and log ingestion strategies.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Proven SRE experience with SLIs/SLOs, reliability architecture, and incident management.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Strong Linux, Kubernetes, networking, and scaling concepts for production systems.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Expertise in automation using Python, Bash, Terraform, and Ansible integration with GitLab pipelines.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Strong understanding of ITIL v3/v4 and ability to enforce governance.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Proven ability to mentor engineers, and influence cross-functional groups.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Strong understanding of GDPR principles, data protection rules, and EMEA data residency requirements</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Foundational understanding of AI Concepts, Machine learning basics.</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Ability to leverage LLM based tools for troubleshooting, documentation and automation creativity</span></li><li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Observability Tools: NewRelic, Dynatrace</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong> </strong></span></p> <br><p> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;">OpenText's commitment to diversity and inclusion surpasses legal requirements, evident in our <a href="https://www.opentext.com/assets/documents/en-US/pdf/opentext-equal-employment-opportunity-statement-of-policy-us-en.pdf">Equal Employment Opportunity Statement of Policy</a> which promotes a respectful and empowering environment for employees of all backgrounds, culture, national origin, race, color, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, family status, age, veteran status, disability, religion, or other basis protected by applicable laws.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;">If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please submit a ticket at <a href="https://help.opentext.com/portal/site/selfservice?customView=newTicket">Ask HR</a>. Our proactive approach fosters collaboration, innovation, and personal growth, enriching OpenText's vibrant workplace.</p><p> </p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;"><strong>Compensation:</strong> At OpenText, we offer a thoughtfully designed benefits package that supports your physical, emotional, and financial well-being. As you move through the hiring process, we’re happy to provide more details about our compensation programs, including variable and commission compensation opportunities for eligible roles, vacation entitlement, and paid time off.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;"><strong>Salary Range:</strong> $70,000 - $105,000 CAD; Depending on the candidate’s education, experience, skills, geographical location, and alignment with internal equity and external market, actual salary may vary and be higher or lower than the range posted.</p><p style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.0px;"><strong>AI Usage Disclosure:</strong> <em>As part of our commitment to transparency, we use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in various stages of our recruitment process, including resume screening, candidate matching, interview scheduling, and communications. These tools are designed to improve efficiency, reduce bias, and enhance candidate experience. All decisions regarding hiring are made by qualified human professionals, and we continuously monitor our AI systems to ensure fairness and compliance with applicable regulations.</em></p>
What you'll do
- The Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the enterprise observability and monitoring stack across hybrid/cloud platforms. This role ensures high reliability and actionable alerting while collaborating with various teams.
About Open Text Corporation
OpenText is a leading Cloud and AI company that provides organizations around the world with a comprehensive suite of Business AI, Business Clouds, and Business Technology. We help organizations grow, innovate, become more efficient and effective, and do so in a trusted and secure way—through Information Management.
OpenText (NASDAQ/TSX: OTEX), founded in 1991 in Waterloo, has a rich history of helping customers manage their most important asset—information. Originating from a collaboration to digitize the Oxford English Dictionary, OpenText has grown into a global leader in information management. With over 120,000 enterprise customers across 180 countries, OpenText supports 98 of the top 100 global companies. A wide breadth of offerings uniquely positions OpenText to help customers unlock the value of that information using Al, cloud, and security innovations.
At OpenText, our culture is at the heart of everything we do—and today, that includes being proudly AI-first. We’re creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, with artificial intelligence integrated into how we work, solve problems, and innovate together.
By fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment, we empower digital knowledge workers and drive forward-thinking solutions that shape the future of information management. We believe our success comes from the strength of our team—talent that AI can’t replace—and we’re committed to attracting and supporting those who bring unique insight, adaptability, and creativity.
Because at OpenText, people aren’t just our greatest asset—they’re the reason we shine in an AI-powered world. Join us at OpenText and become part of a team where your talents and ideas are truly valued.
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What does Open Text Corporation pay for a Sr. Systems Administrator?
Open Text Corporation offers a competitive compensation package for the Sr. Systems Administrator role. The salary range is CAD 70k - 105k per year. Apply through Clera to learn more about the full compensation details.
What does a Sr. Systems Administrator do at Open Text Corporation?
As a Sr. Systems Administrator at Open Text Corporation, you will: the Senior Systems Administrator is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the enterprise observability and monitoring stack across hybrid/cloud platforms. This role ensures high reliability and actionable alerting while collaborating with various teams..
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