Job Description

You're invited to make a difference as a full-time Systems Administrator in our Head Office in Kitchener. At Kindred Credit Union, you will be part of cooperative banking that connects values and faith with finances, inspiring peaceful, just, and prosperous communities. Reporting to the Manager, Systems Support and Administration, this role contributes in a collaborative team environment to provide technical services in the areas of IT Infrastructure, IT security and disaster recovery planning. The role represents 70% systems administrator responsibilities and 30% end-user escalations. This ensures that all staff members can continue to work effectively and efficiently, while safeguarding Kindred systems and member information. Key Responsibilities

• Manage virtual desktops
• Ensure that monthly images and other updates and patches operate smoothly
• Assist with IT security measures, monitoring, and remediation
• Disaster recovery planning including maintaining backup-systems, check completeness of backups and verifying backup logs and systems, performing test restoration of back-ups and replications in accordance with business continuity plans and recommending infrastructure changes, including continuity planning, redundancy and resilience considerations.

Work Environment

• Hybrid work arrangement
• Collaborative, knowledge-sharing team environment
• Team of 8: 4 System Administrators, 4 System Support Specialists

What to bring You bring a strong working knowledge of IT systems, a commitment to service excellence and teamwork. You will also bring an active commitment to Kindreds shared values and purpose. Plus, you bring your qualifications and experience:

• College or university program in a related field
• 2-3 years of experience working in IT support
• Strong knowledge of Kindred systems and infrastructure
• Current knowledge of networking hardware and traffic management an asset
• Current knowledge of MS server and client installation and maintenance an asset

Why Kindred You will be part of a collaborative workplace where youll be asked to participate in the business and share your voice. Youll be expected to continually grow your skills and abilities and to share your expertise and experience with colleagues. Youll also be supported in volunteering your talents for community and other programs that are important to you. We believe that your life is bigger than any job, so well work together to achieve work-life quality and to care for your overall wellness. And of course, your rewards package includes competitive total compensation plus an array of financial products and services at preferred rates for staff. By choosing Kindred, youll be joining an engaged workforce: were a provider of a Living Wage, and were using business as a force for good as a B Corp. Our comprehensive total rewards package includes:

• Competitive total compensation ($53,000 to $62,500)
• Staff wellness benefits
• 3 weeks\' vacation, vacation purchase program
• Career growth opportunities, continuous training & development support
• Staff benefits on financial products & services (including Group RRSP matching)

RSVP Ready to choose Kindred? Visit us at www.kindredcu.com/careers to learn more about why people enjoy working with us and what we offer. Please apply with your resume. We look forward to connecting with you!