Job Description

Date Posted: 07/10/2023
Req ID: 32691
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
Department: Department of Earth Sciences
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00054520

Description:

About us:

The Faculty of Arts & Science is the heart of Canada\'s leading university and one of the most comprehensive and diverse academic divisions in the world. The strength of Arts & Science derives from our combined teaching and research excellence in the humanities, sciences and social sciences across 29 departments, seven colleges and 46 interdisciplinary centres, institutes and programs.

We can only realize our mission with the dedication and excellence of engaged staff and faculty. The diversity of opportunities and perspectives within the Faculty reflect the local and global landscape and the need for curiosity, innovative thinking and collaboration. At Arts & Science, we take pride in our legacy of innovation and discovery that has changed the way we think about the world.

The Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Toronto is ranked among the very best institutions globally and at the top in the geosciences in Canada. Our department is internationally regarded for research in fundamental geoscience, having given rise to major advances in a number of areas. Counted among the departmental alumni are many leaders in academia, government, and industry. The Department of Earth Sciences emphasizes a tradition of excellence with a focused emphasis on research training and field experience as a keystone of its comprehensive programs in geology, environmental geoscience and geophysics.

Your opportunity:

Under the general direction of the Chair of the Department of Earth Sciences and the day-to-day reporting to the Supervisor, Technical Services, the incumbent will have the end-to-end responsibility for all aspects of the planning, design, implementation and support for compliant computer related technologies in administration, research and teaching. With focus on risk and security, the incumbent will provide responsive day to day support; assess and deliver programming requests and requirements; research, analyze and recommend solutions; design and implement new operating systems, networks and servers; develop and update architectural frameworks for highly complex IT systems; develop and implement IT contingency plans; work collaboratively with IT partners for service and technology improvements, peer review and general alignment; and develop operating procedures and standards for IT services.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Troubleshooting and fulfilling complex technology problems and requests
• Driving the modernization of sustainable IT services
• Planning and implementing IT projects
• Creating complex system design and other technical documentation and user support guides
• Adhere to and implement risk and security expectations across all functional IT areas
• Collaborating with clients, teams, partners and vendors
• Building project plans, cost estimates and proposals

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Computer Science or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years of recent and related experience working with Unix/Linux, Apple and Windows systems in a highly technical and complex IT environment developing academic and administrative computing solutions preferably for a computing academic discipline
• Experience analyzing and troubleshooting complex system problems; writing, modifying, and correcting scripts on Linux/Unix platform(s); virtualization, printing, backups, security, networking, open-source software, databases, email servers, automated operating system installs, fileservers/data storage, and technical documentation.
• Experience with all aspects of operating system administration, for example, configuration of a web server, system installation and configuration, printer systems, fundamentals of security and installing third-party software.
• Ability to diagnose component-level repair of computer systems.
• Experience providing project leadership; collaborating on IT purchase recommendations and independently costing IT projects
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to deal with people in a tactful and effective manner and the ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical people at their own level, explaining possibly complex technical concepts to a wide variety of non-technical users.
• Must have strong leadership skills, especially the ability to take personal responsibility to establish and maintain the goals and mission of various IT projects.
• Excellent analytical and time management skills.

Assets (Nonessential):

• Experience overseeing labs involving computers serving students as well as labs serving researchers considered a strong asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Achievement oriented
• Communicator
• Intuitive
• Possess a positive attitude
• Problem solver
• Resourceful
• Team player

Closing Date: 07/26/2023, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:
USW Pay Band 16 -- $91,328 with an annual step progression to a maximum of $116,794. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol.
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto embraces Diversity and is building a culture of belonging that increases our capacity to effectively address and serve the interests of our global community. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, Black and racialized persons, women, persons with disabilities, and people of diverse sexual and gender identities. We value applicants who have demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and recognize that diverse perspectives, experiences, and expertise are essential to strengthening our academic mission.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please contact .

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