Job Description

Company Description
Current Indigo employees should apply through the Internal Mobility page using your @indigo.ca email address. Dedicated to telling stories and creating experiences, Indigo is always looking for bright, energetic and customer-focused people who can help bring our exciting mission to life in one of our more than 150 Indigo, Indigospirit, Chapters and Coles stores across Canada. We offer a variety of exciting opportunities at our retail stores, distribution centres, and home office for people who share our passions and want to be part of a dynamic and enriching culture. WHO WE ARE

• We love books and all things beautiful
• We are Canada’s Cultural Department Store
• Books are our heart and our soul and Great Books are JUST the Beginning…

We play by the following rules:

• We exist to add joy to our customers’ lives each and every time they interact with us and our products
• Our job is to create joyful moments for our customers
• We treat each other the way we’d treat a valued friend
• We inspire each other to do our best work
• We seek to ignite creativity and innovation every day
• We give back to the communities in which we operate

The Senior Administrator, Windows is responsible for ensuring the stability, reliability, availability, integrity and efficient operation of production IT infrastructure by providing hands-on pro-active server administration. In the event of a disruption, this position is responsible for the restoration of services and minimizing downtime. WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Provide advanced 3rd level systems support by:
  • Participating in 24x7 on-call technical support
  • Understanding and working within the problem, change and incident control processes
  • Analyzing and resolving complex operational and procedural problems with regards to system software and performance; document issues and resolutions for future reference
  • Working as a senior team member with other technical staff, such as networking, to ensure connectivity and compatibility between systems
• Schedule, plan and implement system upgrades to determine feasibility, cost, the time required and compatibility with the current system
• Perform detailed evaluation, planning, testing, implementation, maintenance and upgrades of server hardware and system software products
• Perform software code promotions for development
• Proactively monitor and test system performance, collect and analyze metrics and provide statistics, reports and recommended action plan
• Proactively define opportunities for operational efficiency, through technology refreshes, migration and/or consolidations across the environment
• Perform senior-level server design and capacity planning
• Provide senior-level leadership and consultation in planning and project forums by participating in all areas of analysis, quality assurance and performance tuning with the project team, including testing before migration into production
• Develop and maintain standards and tools to support the production environment
• Work as part of the infrastructure architecture team to define and select emerging hardware and software products, services, protocols, standards and best practices in support of the production environment
• Develop, implement and maintain detailed documentation as it relates to system administration and configuration, policies & procedures and disaster recovery at a senior level
• Record and maintain hardware and software inventories, site and/or server licensing, and user access and security.
• Develop and maintain detailed flow charts and diagrams outlining systems capabilities and processes.
• Develop and implement strategies for improving or further leveraging existing technologies
• Lead key departmental initiatives in a senior role, including disaster recovery
• Act as an advocate for the customer by placing them at the forefront of all decision-making and design processes
• Proactively identify and anticipate customer expectations and needs
• Embrace and seek out technology that creates high-tech and high-touch solutions for Indigo’s customers
• Challenge the status quo by consistently identifying areas for improvement, diagnosing issues and working to resolve them
• Collaborate with others to drive flexible and iterative solutions, quickly and easily
• Share technical knowledge with others and actively seek to learn from those more knowledgeable than yourself
• Help others see the impacts of their efforts and proactively engage other functions to get input
• Encourage others to freely share their point of view and be open to feedback
• Model Indigo’s beliefs and convey a positive image in everything you do
• Celebrate the diversity of thought and have an open mindset
• Take an active role in fostering a culture of continual learning, taking risks without the fear of making mistakes
• Embrace, champion and influence change through your team and/or the organization

Qualifications
WHO YOU ARE:

• Post-secondary college diploma or university degree in the field of computer science degree, or a combination of related experience and education
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of relevant hands-on experience in a high availability production enterprise networked environment
• Demonstrated experience installing, maintaining, operating, tuning and troubleshooting complex operating systems and applications in a heterogeneous high-volume environment
• Extensive experience with server implementation and maintenance including experience with systems planning, security management and general best practices.
• Proven experience with systems capacity planning, trending, security principles, and general systems management best practices.
• Experience in overseeing the design, development and implementation of infrastructure products and projects
• Extensive senior technical knowledge of Microsoft Windows 2019/2022 Server installation, administration, configuration, and security.
• Senior technical knowledge of Linux, RedHat, SUSE.
• Solid in-depth understanding of Advanced Server, Active Directory, DNS, WINS and TCP/IP
• Extensive technical knowledge of Hybrid Office 365/Exchange Server installation, administration, configuration and security
• Extensive knowledge in Cloud technologies Azure/Amazon/Google etc.
• Knowledge of configuration and use of Containers, use of Ansible and/or Kubernetes.
• Ability to maintain the entire Continuous Integration suite of tools (JIRA, Jira Service Desk, Confluence, Bitbucket, TeamCity, and Octopus Deploy)
• The following is a list of preferred experience/qualifications:
  • MCSE certification and/or equivalent.
  • Significant experience with Enterprise Systems Monitoring and Management tools.
  • Experience with Intel and AMD hardware
  • Significant experience with ESX VMware
  • Knowledge of IIS, .net, and production load balancers.
  • Knowledge of creation and deployment of SSL certificates.
  • Knowledge of Veritas NetBackup is desirable.
  • Knowledge of Enterprise Anti-virus systems.
  • SMTP Anti-virus and email SPAM filters configuration and maintenance.
  • Senior level working technical knowledge of scripting languages such as Powershell, Perl, SNMP, Shell Scripting, Python
  • Senior level familiarity with operational processes and procedures
  • Senior level familiarity with planning and installation of third party software
  • Senior level familiarity with system backup and restores
  • Retail experience
• Ability to work in a 24x7x365 environment
• Ability to work off hours and travel as required

Additional Information
At Indigo, we are committed to our communities, our customers, and each other; together we can make a positive impact. We know that fostering diversity and inclusion brings out your full potential and creates a joyful and welcoming environment for everyone. We are driven to be an equitable employer, which highly values your diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We believe that you, in all your uniqueness, belong at Indigo. We welcome all applicants and encourage applications from individuals who identify as Black, Indigenous, a person of colour, LGBTQ2+ and people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request to individuals who self-identify as having a disability or special need. Please contact Human Resources at 1 (888) 881-3177 (toll free) or Support-HR@indigo.ca if you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process. WELCOME HOME