Systems Administrator

MDA Geospatial Services is strengthening its Information Technology team in support of RADARSAT-2 (R2) and RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) satellites operations as well as preparation and support for the upcoming CHORUS mission. In this context, we are seeking an experienced and versatile IT specialist to join our team in St. Hubert, QC.

MDA is seeking a bright and capable System Administrator to join our team of Information Technology (IT) professionals operating and maintaining the RADAR satellite missions Ground Systems. Your position in the IT operations team will leverage your skills honed over several years of active practice, your solid self-management skills, and the professional attitude required to work within large teams and across departments. You will be a member of the team, which maintains the posture of the various systems throughout their operational life cycle. The RCM is a multi-site system and comprises a wide range of information technologies, including many that are specifically related to cyber security. You will be participating in protecting a system that is important to Canada’s national security interest.

This position is located at the MDA Control Centre, Canadian Space Agency Headquarters, in St Hubert, PQ.

Responsibilities:

Perform security triage to identify and analyze IT incidents and threats.

Developing strategies and approaches to integrating on-premise systems and cloud-deployed systems including upgrades and enhancements, in the areas of networking and security, cost monitoring and minimization, and system management and maintenance.

Maintain operational workflows

Key contributor to system network and hardware maintenance, as well as its ongoing documentation.

Troubleshooting system and network issues.

Working together with stakeholders to develop solutions that satisfy customer requirements, system constraints, security concerns, project needs and corporate IT policies.

Updating and developing tools, processes, and best practices that contribute to the continual improvement of development, deployment, and maintenance activities such as automated scripts, test procedures, installation plans, etc.

Maintaining configuration control of all system components (HW and COTS SW), track components, media and data within classified systems and support audits of the system

Provide product in-service support for equipment fielded with customers, both on customer sites and in factory, including: incoming HW inspections, diagnosis, repair, testing, formal-testing with QA witness, and test report generation.

Installation of hardware, networking and operating systems.

Participating in the procurement, installation, configuration and administration of specialized computer systems.

Successful candidates must obtain and hold security clearance at the secret status level, and pass security assessment for the Controlled Goods Program (CGP)

This position requires mostly 5 days on site, with possibility of work from home on Fridays.