Lead Engineer - System Administration

CBTS serves enterprise and midmarket clients in all industries across the United States and Canada. CBTS combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions--including Application Modernization, Managed Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Unified Communications, and Infrastructure solutions. From developing and deploying modern applications and the secure, scalable platforms on which they run, to managing, monitoring, and optimizing their operations, CBTS delivers comprehensive technology solutions for its clients' transformative business initiatives. For more information, please visit www.cbts.com. OnX is a leading technology solution provider that serves businesses, healthcare organizations, and government agencies across Canada. OnX combines deep technical expertise with a full suite of flexible technology solutions—including Generative AI, Application Modernization, Managed Hybrid Cloud, Cybersecurity, Unified Communications, and Infrastructure solutions. From developing and deploying modern applications and the secure, scalable platforms on which they run, to managing, monitoring, and optimizing their operations, OnX delivers comprehensive technology solutions for its clients’ transformative business initiatives. For more information, please visit www.onx.com . Role Purpose: Owns advanced system administration responsibilities across server & compute environments ensuring stable, secure, scalable and well-governed infrastructure operations by driving configuration management, platform hygiene, automation adoption and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system administration for Linux/Windows compute environments including configuration management, OS performance tuning, patching, upgrades and lifecycle maintenance.
• Implement automation scripts / workflows for routine ops, deployment, configuration changes & environment hygiene reduction of manual work.
• Perform advanced troubleshooting for compute platform incidents, support RCA actions and ensure closure of high impact issues.
• Support capacity planning, resource optimization and compute cost optimization with platform teams.
• Ensure enterprise security baseline compliance, vulnerability remediation and system hardening controls.
• Review changes, validate implementation quality, coach junior engineers and uplift operational maturity.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and security requirements, including change control discipline, access management standards, and audit trail maintenance.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Compute platform uptime & SLA adherence
• MTTR reduction & escalation avoidance
• Patch compliance / security posture improvement
• Automation coverage & manual effort reduction
• Accuracy & compliance of configuration standards