Requisition Number: SYSTE001859
Type: Internal & External candidates – Full -Time (Temporary Until August 1st, 2025)
Hours of Work: Avg. 40 hours per week; (Monday through Friday; Day, 8:30 am. to 5:00 p.m.)
Compensation: 58,000 – 61,950 per annum depending on education and experience, plus a generous benefit and Pension Package
Program & Location: Vancouver office, located at 201-190 Alexandra Street, and various sites as required
Deadline: By noon Monday, January 13th, 2025
About Us:
Atira Women's Resource Society, an award-winning nonprofit organization known for its inclusionary hiring practices and where a job is more than a pay cheque. We offer the opportunity to work alongside a remarkable group of women working to make the world a more just place, one woman, one child, one home, one job at a time.
About the Job:
Reporting to the Director IT, the Systems Administrator will join our IT team that fulfills the day-today requirements of the IT functions at Atira. This includes assisting with IT projects, serving as the first point of escalation; evaluating technology solutions; working with business and end users; improving security; logging and tracking calls with our partners ticketing system; Assisting the facilities team with service internet providers as it relates to information technology, design, implementation, cable management and remediation of Atira buildings and documenting changes to the infrastructure and business processes; assist with managing IT inventory. automating manual tasks, create/improve small tools that help make team operations more efficient. Administer the IT infrastructure and applications; and other IT services and related duties, as required. Perform IT maintenance activities. Availability after hours or on weekends for one off maintenance or support activities The System administrator will provide technical support in desktop support; Microsoft 365; Intune; Microsoft Azure IAAS; Amazon Web Services Cloud; Windows servers; Networking; Hyper V virtualization (+ others); VoIP phone systems; taking backups and performing recovery systems monitoring and Cloud infrastructure.
About You:
You are cheerful, resourceful, and committed to excellent customer service. You are a creative problem solver, have listening skills, patience, flexibility and a sense of humour. You are respectful of the people you work with and demonstrate an eagerness for teamwork, collaboration and transparency. You embrace Atira’s mission, vision, values and philosophy. You have a well-developed understanding of and commitment to anti-oppression work and intersectionality. Lived expertise is an asset, as is living in the community in which you work. Atira strives to hire staff who reflect the people we serve.
You have had previous technical hands-on experience and have taken relevant industry certifications/courses, such as university, college, or more specific technological post-secondary courses. A basic understanding of the network stack and how TCP/IP, DNS, Routing & Switching work together. You enjoy new technology and have a logical mindset. You are eager to learn and have a strong sense of initiative.
Additional Requisites/Assets:
- Having access to a car for site trips is required
- A valid Class 5 BC driver’s license is required
- Demonstrated ability to interact with co-workers in a friendly, outgoing & respectful manner.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Superior attention to detail; ability to prioritize in a dynamic environment.
- All positions are subject to clearing a criminal records review (submitted by Atira)
- Covid-19 & Flu vaccinations are recommended
- You must have a legal authorization to work in Canada.
Application Process:
Provide a cover letter with a current resume describing how you meet or exceed the above-noted qualifications. Resumes with a Cover Letter unique to Atira are guaranteed a review. Candidates who lack the experience and qualifications set out in the posting may not be considered, although an exceptional cover letter and transferable skills may overcome lack of experience for some positions. Please go to atira.bc.ca/careers for a current list of postings.
