JOB TITLE:  Administrator, Network - Elections

DEPARTMENT:  Corporate Support Services

POSTING NUMBER:  106907

NUMBER OF POSITIONS:  1

JOB STATUS & DURATION:  Temporary 14-months

HOURS OF WORK:  35 hour workweek

LOCATION:  175 Sandalwood

SALARY GRADE:  6

HIRING SALARY RANGE:  $100,277.00 - $112,812.00 per annum

MAXIMUM OF SALARY RANGE:  $125,346.00 per annum

JOB TYPE:  Management and Administration

POSTING DATE:  September 8, 2025

CLOSING DATE:  September 19, 2025

AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY:

Reporting to the Team Lead, End User Computing, with accountability to the Deputy Clerk, Elections, Accessibility and Lottery Licensing, responsible for the smooth operation of the corporations’ data centres, server operating systems, compute and storage systems as well as other data centre technologies both on premises and in the Cloud belonging to the 2026 municipal election. The Network Administrator is responsible for all aspects of data centre operation including contributing to the selection of new technology as well as participating in upgrades, modifications, and enhancements of existing systems associated with the 2026 municipal election. The Network Administrator will participate in proactive monitoring, analysis and troubleshooting and make recommendations on improvements to those systems. The Network Administrator will contribute in the patching and updating to keep the systems up to date and supported. The Administrator will author and maintain documentation of these systems including run books, standard operating procedures and pictorial diagrams. The Administrator should be versed in scripting, risk recognition and mitigation, as well as industry standard change management procedures to ensure the City’s server environment remains modern, stable, available and cost effective.

• Create a custom base image(s) and implement and maintain a solution to deploy it to over 900 Election laptops.
• Primary technical liaison with third-party software vendor responsible for Voters’ List management services, regarding laptop access, requirements, and functionality.
• Provide technical support for laptops, connectivity and end-users leading up to and on all voting days.
• Participate in post-election analysis and reporting.
• Proactively monitors and tunes corporate data centre technologies for optimal performance. Provides high level analysis to troubleshoot infrastructure and
  integration issues and formulate solutions for corrective measures.
• Author and update documentation and standard operating procedures to ensure constant and reliable services are delivered.
• Must understand the relationships between infrastructure and individual business unit processes and services. Must be aware of these relationships so as not to
  perform any change that can negatively affect any business system.
• Role requires physical activity, moving and building of datacentre and end user equipment, outside communications and connectivity equipment at numerous locations.
• Develop configurations, test plans and installation instructions, and organize test user groups to obtain feedback, including those that involve multiple teams and disciplines across the entire organization.
• Must excel at managing multiple priorities simultaneously, determined by business impact, deadlines, project timelines.
• Responsible to maintain multiple systems and their availability, and is required on short notice to immediately repair critical business systems to make them available. This includes performing after hours support of the technology on a rotating basis.
• Subject matter expert for Project Management Office initiatives to provide research, evaluations, recommendations and implementation of new or updated datacentre and end user software and hardware, these solutions provide services to both the business and citizens.
• Regularly presents and explains technical information via presentation formats to a diverse audience. The role translates and breaks down the technological
  aspects to business users, stakeholders and management of different levels.
• Ensures security and configuration compliance of hardware and software to comply with PCI and MFIPPA and other standards.
• Leads as well as participates in high level analysis to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and outages and formulates quality resolutions and root cause analysis.
• Routinely leads new design phases of projects, working with internal teams, to identify potential solutions to business problems. All possible resources are leveraged, however, most solutions come from within the expertise of the team.
• Maintains an awareness of developing technologies, standards, best practices, provides guidance and strategies to ensure technology solutions are current, supported and future ready.
• As part of a team, works closely with internal IT staff, business partners, and external companies to ensure new requirements are properly understood, scoped, and implemented as scheduled.
• As part of the Election Office team, supports the work of the Election Office by participating in project team meetings, attending Election events and participating in other Election projects and duties as required.
• Consult and manage vendors to keep up to date with current and future technologies and extract maximum value from their time and expertise to the Corporation.
• Adheres to existing change management methodologies and request for change procedures to make sure changes are documented, communicated, reversible and properly vetted.
• Performs asset tracking and life cycle management of data centre hardware and software to ensure maximum value is extracted from the assets.

SELECTION CRITERIA:

EDUCATION:

• University degree or diploma in Computer Science or equivalent combination of training and work experience

EXPERIENCE:

• 5+ years hands-on experience supporting Microsoft Windows and Linux servers, preference will be given to candidates with an MCSE and/or Linux certification
• 4-6 years hands-on experience supporting blade servers like Cisco UCS, SAN technologies, such as NetApp or IBM and scripting languages like Microsoft PowerShell
• Hands-on experience in creating and deploying images on a large number of PCs. Experience working with Microsoft Windows AIK; working knowledge of PXE boot process.

OTHER SKILLS AND ASSETS:

• Strong troubleshooting skills and able to quickly pin-point issues and make recommendations for resolution
• A desire to improve the stability, fault tolerance, and performance of the City’s server infrastructure
• Willingness to constantly upgrade knowledge, skill set, and experience through formal training and self-learning
• Occasionally required to work variable hours to support a 24x7 environment.
• Must have a valid Ontario driver’s licence and a car for driving to remote sites
• Ability to create detailed system diagrams using tools like Microsoft Visio
• Hands-on experience supporting blade & rack-mount servers
• Hands-on experience using service management applications like Heat.

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**Various tests and/or exams may be administered as part of the selection criteria.

Interview:  Our recruitment process may be completed with video conference technology.

As part of the corporation’s Modernizing Job Evaluation project, this position will undergo an evaluation which may result in a change to the rate of compensation.  Any changes affecting this position will be communicated as information becomes available. *Hybrid until January 5, 2026.   

If this opportunity matches your interest and experience, please apply online quoting reference #106907 by September 19, 2025  and complete the attached questionnaire. We thank all applicants; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. The successful candidate(s) will be required, as a condition of employment, to execute a written employment agreement. A criminal record search will be required of the successful candidate to verify the absence of a criminal record for which a pardon has not been granted.

As part of the application process, applicants will be invited to complete a self-identification survey. The survey is voluntary. Participation in the survey will have no impact on hiring decisions.  Should you wish to opt out of completing the survey, please select “prefer not to answer” as a response to each question.  All information collected is confidential and will not be shared with the hiring manager. The surveys will be anonymized and will be kept separate from applicant or employee files, such that the individuals who completed the surveys will not be identifiable.  The results of the survey will assist in the analysis of disaggregated metrics for organizational planning purposes and our commitment to advance and foster diversity, equity, and inclusion. The City may use anonymized data to produce aggregate reports for internal or external use.

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