Infrastructure Analyst

Join a top employer and advance your career. Exciting remote contract opportunity for an experienced Infrastructure Analyst with our Government client based in Winnipeg.  This will be a 6 month term to start with an expectation total duration of 24 months. 

The Infrastructure Analyst is responsible for supporting the hardware and software infrastructure that powers the business application environment. This includes managing servers, storage systems, networks, and firewalls. The role involves tasks such as installing, upgrading, maintaining, monitoring, and optimizing infrastructure components to ensure seamless performance and reliability.

Responsibilities:

• Monitors, troubleshoots and optimizes infrastructure performance
• Identifies and manages enterprise infrastructure performance bottlenecks
• Monitors, troubleshoots and optimizes hypervisor, operating system and middleware performance
• Maintains and upgrades the operating systems, software and middleware
• Respond to incidents and problems
• Administers patches according to Vulnerability Management Standards
• Perform backups and recovery
• Capacity planning
• Hardware maintenance support
• Tests and analyzes infrastructure performance
• Makes installations on servers
• Oversees system operations
• Designs and implements middleware software, maintenance and support requirements
• Designs and develops interoperability testing of many component products
• Documents integration and middleware solution documentation
• Ensures consistent use of integration of application middleware components
• Documents infrastructure architecture and solutions
• Installs, maintains and upgrades infrastructure equipment
• Using process improvement methods to manage work and streamline processes
• Other duties as assigned

Skills and Requirements:

• Minimum five (5) years of experience installing and supporting hardware and software infrastructure in a corporate data centre environment
• Minimum three (3) years of experience supporting Windows Server
• Ability to adapt to change in dynamically evolving situations
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent customer service skills
• Ability to analyze and problem solve
• Strong written and oral skills and ability to explain complex technical issues with stakeholders of various technical acumen.
• Clear Criminal Background check

David Aplin & Associates Inc., operating as Aplin, and its associated brands, CompuStaff and Impact Recruitment, is an award-winning employment agency connecting diverse, top-tier talent with exceptional organizations across North America. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and charge no fees to apply or engage with our recruiters. Our clients partner with us to help expand and diversify their teams. Please note that all applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any necessary work permits.