System and Network Administrator

Date Posted: 05/15/2025
Req ID: 42989
Faculty/Division: Faculty of Architecture,Landscape&Design
Department: Daniels Faculty of Arch., Land & Design
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

About us:

The Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto offers graduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, forestry, and visual studies — as well as unique undergraduate programs that use architectural studies and visual studies as a lens through which students may pursue a broad, liberal arts-based education. Its mission is to educate students, prepare professionals, and cultivate scholars who will play a leading role in creating more culturally engaged, ecologically sustainable, socially just, and artfully conceived environments.

The greater Toronto region serves as a dynamic laboratory for both its students and faculty, while the University of Toronto, which year after year ranks among the top universities in the world, provides a wealth of knowledge and expertise that they can draw from. Like Toronto, Daniels students and faculty are incredibly cosmopolitan in sensibility, hailing from every part of the world, with their work crossing all sorts of geographic and cultural boundaries. The city’s multicultural networks and international connections make the Daniels Faculty a powerful place to start a career.

Your opportunity:

Daniels Information & Instructional Technology offers comprehensive support in computing, learning technology, and audio-visual services for events and exhibitions. Our mission is to ease technical barriers and enable our faculty, staff, and students to achieve their academic, research, and administrative objectives.

As a key member of the Daniels IT team and working in close collaboration with Director, I&IT, the System and Network Administrator will be responsible for operation and maintenance of the Daniels Faculty's network and server infrastructure. You will have the opportunity to be a key contributor to projects shaping the future of the Faculty including IT hardware and software infrastructure, cloud and web services, audio-visual technology and cutting-edge architectural and environmental science research. Our ideal candidate will have strong background in Windows and Linux servers administration, virtualization, networking and security, and a motivated self-learner in discovering, documenting and optimizing complex IT systems.

This role is currently eligible for a hybrid work arrangement, pursuant to University policies and guidelines, including but not limited to the University of Toronto’s Alternative Work Arrangements Guideline.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Troubleshooting complex computer system problems
• Analyzing and installing networking equipment
• Applying established standards when deploying software and hardware
• Monitoring the performance and integrity of servers
• Executing security measures for network devices and introducing variations as required
• Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides
• Building and maintaining websites
• Serving as a resource on specific issues to a group of specialists

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology or acceptable combination of equivalent experience
• Minimum four years of demonstrated working experience and proficiency in:
  • Server OS - Windows Server and Linux
  • Wired and wireless networks hardware and software
  • Microsoft Azure, Intune and 365
  • Web server and web contents CRM (WordPress, Drupal), understanding of general website scripting
  • Microsoft SharePoint administration
• Experience with troubleshooting systems and applications in a complex networked environment
• Experience analyzing and installing networking equipment
• Experience applying established standards when deploying software and hardware
• Experience monitoring the performance and integrity of servers
• Experience executing security measures for network devices and introducing variations as required
• Experience creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides
• Experience building and maintaining websites
• Strong communication skills (both oral and written) to communicate effectively with both highly-technical and non-technical users
• Strong interpersonal to effectively work with a wide range of faculty, staff, and students
• Excellent and documented analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent time management, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to work well as a team member in multi-professional environment and as an individual contributor
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision and to act on one’s own initiative

Assets (Nonessential):

• Relevant certifications such as CompTIAA+, Network+, Security+, Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate, Cisco CCNA
• Working knowledge in the following: Print management systems (Pharos, Papercut) & Audio-visual equipment programming (Crestron, Q-SYS) and hardware
• Serving as a resource on specific issues to a group of specialists

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Meticulous
• Motivated self-learner
• Organized
• Problem solver
• Resourceful
• Team player

Closing Date: 05/28/2025, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Budget - Continuing 
Schedule: Full-Time
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 12 -- $79,874. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $102,147. 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.