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Mid LevelFull-timeAzureKubernetesDockerTerraformGit
Salary Range
CA$70,000 - CA$85,000 /year
About the Role
We are looking for an intermediate Systems Administrator to join Blackbird Interactive, an independent game studio. This role involves maintaining studio infrastructure, supporting on-prem and cloud services, and ensuring reliability and security.
Key Responsibilities
- →Monitor, maintain, and improve virtualized environment (VMware) and core on-prem services and cloud services on Google and Azure
- →Perform routine maintenance, patching, performance troubleshooting, and capacity planning support
- →Administer Active Directory (user/group management, access policies, baseline configurations)
- →Manage account lifecycle across studio services (onboarding/offboarding, least privilege, access reviews)
- →Support productivity and collaboration tooling administration (including Google Workspace)
- →Support LAN services (e.g., DHCP/DNS) and day-to-day connectivity troubleshooting
- →Configure and maintain VLANs in collaboration with the team to support segmentation and studio needs
- →Support secure VPN access and troubleshoot remote connectivity and authentication issues
- →Administer and support Perforce and Git services (access, permissions, backups, performance triage)
- →Triage outages and security incidents; coordinate fixes and follow through with preventative improvements
- →Automate repetitive tasks using PowerShell (and other scripting as needed)
- →Maintain clear documentation (runbooks, change logs, diagrams) and improve operational workflows
- →Track and manage work through Atlassian/Jira and/or Azure DevOps (ADO), keeping tasks visible and well-scoped
Requirements
- ✓3+ years in systems administration / IT operations in a Windows-centric environment
- ✓Experience with linux server environments
- ✓Practical experience with VMware and VM lifecycle management
- ✓Strong fundamentals in networking, including VLANs and structured troubleshooting
- ✓Hands-on experience with Active Directory and access management best practices
- ✓Comfortable supporting VPN access in a security-minded environment
- ✓Admin/support experience with Perforce and Git (permissions, user management, basic maintenance, backup/restore awareness)
- ✓Work effectively in Jira and/or ADO (triage, prioritization, clear ticket updates, and follow-through)
- ✓Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teammates
- ✓Stay calm under pressure and take a structured approach to incidents and root-cause follow-up
- ✓Are security-minded (least privilege, good hygiene, proactive patching)
- ✓Take ownership and look for ways to reduce toil through automation and better processes
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