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The company’s mission is to be the global leader in proven, niche solutions that bring transparency, flexibility, automation, robustness, and analytical rigour to the administration of complex financial programs, including securitization, Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP) conduits, and covered bond structures.\nOur headquarters are in Toronto, with additional offices in Sydney, Australia and San Diego, USA. We operate with an entrepreneurial, forward-thinking mindset, where innovation is encouraged and initiative is valued. This is an environment where talented, driven individuals have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and help shape the future of our company.\nPosition Summary\nThe systems & Database Administrator is a remote role responsible for the operation, security, and reliability of TAO Solutions' corporate and client-hosted IT infrastructure. You will administer servers, networks, firewalls, and Microsoft SQL Server environments, handling everything from backend troubleshooting and security hardening to performance monitoring.\nUnlike a traditional Systems Engineer, this role features a heavy database administration component requiring practical experience with SQL backups, scripts, migrations, and tuning. Because you will operate within live client production environments, you must strictly follow established change management procedures, assess potential operational impacts, and maintain secure, highly available systems.\nThis role is a CONTRACT role that will provide day-to-day technical support to our Australia-based employees while collaborating with the Toronto Systems Engineering team.\nHourly Contract Rate: $14 - $25 CAD/hour\nPlacement within the range above will be determined through evaluation of experience and skills reviewed through the interview process.\nResponsibilities\nSystems & Infrastructure Administration\nInstall, configure, rebuild, maintain, and troubleshoot Windows and Linux servers and associated infrastructure.\nMonitor system performance, capacity, availability, and health to identify and resolve potential issues before they result in service interruptions.\nApply operating system patches, security updates, firmware upgrades, and other maintenance activities.\nConfigure and maintain server roles, services, permissions, scheduled tasks, and related infrastructure components.\nParticipate in planned maintenance, upgrades, migrations, and infrastructure projects.\nReview system and application logs, monitoring alerts, and security scan results to troubleshoot issues and identify potential risks.\nDatabase Administration\nAdminister and maintain Microsoft SQL Server environments across corporate and client-hosted infrastructure\nTroubleshoot database-related errors and performance issues.\nExecute SQL scripts and data maintenance or data-scrubbing procedures as required.\nSupport database migrations, upgrades, replication, and environment refreshes.\nAnalyze queries, indexing, and database characteristics and recommend performance improvements.\nSupport database integrity, availability, security, and appropriate access controls.\nCollaborate with the Release Team in managing and maintaining client master database schemas.\nAssist with capacity planning and sizing of database infrastructure based on current and anticipated workloads.\nNetworking & Firewall Administration\nConfigure, administer, and troubleshoot firewall policies and rules.\nReview firewall logs and network traffic to assist with troubleshooting and security investigations.\nImplement firewall and network changes in accordance with established change management and security procedures.\nAssist with network configuration, including routing, DNS, DHCP, VPN connectivity, and related infrastructure where required.\nSupport troubleshooting of connectivity between corporate, cloud, data center, and client-hosted environments.\nParticipate in network security reviews and assist with identifying and mitigating potential security risks.\nAustralian Office & End-User Support\nProvide day-to-day technical support to TAO employees based in Australia.\nAct as a local technical resource for troubleshooting workstation, application, network, access, and connectivity issues.\nRespond to support requests through the company's established helpdesk and support processes.\nAssist with user account administration, permissions, security groups, and access requests.\nCoordinate with the Toronto-based Systems Engineering team to resolve issues requiring additional expertise or escalation.\nCommunicate technical issues, planned maintenance, and service interruptions clearly to affected users and stakeholders.\nSecurity, Compliance & Client Environments\nPerform user access reviews, system security reviews, and other security-related administrative activities.\nAssist with vulnerability management, remediation activities, and security hardening.\nSupport security and compliance audits by gathering evidence, reviewing configurations, documenting controls, and responding to technical requests.\nAssist with IT security questionnaires, RFPs, client assessments, and other security-related documentation.\nWork within live client environments while maintaining appropriate operational discipline, security controls, and change management practices.\nMaintain accurate documentation of infrastructure, database, firewall, and configuration changes.\nBackup, Recovery & Business Continuity\nPerform and validate database and infrastructure backup, recovery, and disaster procedures.\nTeam & Project Support\nAct as a technical resource to Systems Engineers and other technical team members on infrastructure and database-related projects.\nCollaborate with Release Team members, Software Architects, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders as required.\nParticipate in infrastructure implementations, migrations, upgrades, and client deployments.\nCoordinate with vendors and business partners on infrastructure purchases, service activations, technical issues, and support requirements.\nCreate automation to reduce manual effort and improve the reliability of recurring infrastructure and database tasks.\nOther duties as assigned\nDoes this sound like you?\n3+ years of experience in systems administration, infrastructure administration, database administration, or a related technical role.\nPractical experience administering Microsoft SQL Server, including:Database backup and restore\nSQL scripting\nDatabase troubleshooting\nPerformance monitoring and tuning\nDatabase maintenance\nDatabase migrations and upgrades\n\nStrong experience administering Windows Server environments.\nPractical experience administering and troubleshooting firewall policies and rules.\nStrong understanding of TCP/IP networking and common network services such as DNS, DHCP, VPN, routing, and related technologies.\nExperience with Active Directory, user accounts, security groups, permissions, and Group Policy.\nExperience with virtualization and/or cloud infrastructure environments is an asset.\nStrong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to investigate issues across multiple layers of the technology stack.\nStrong understanding of IT security principles, system hardening, access control, and vulnerability remediation.\nExperience with backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.\nStrong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities independently within a distributed technical team.\nApplicant Screening Notice\nAt TAO, we leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technology to enhance our recruitment process. These tools assist with tasks such as resume screening, drafting preliminary job descriptions, generating initial interview questions, and occasionally sourcing prospective candidates. However, AI is never used to make final hiring decisions; our use of AI serves to support repetitive and administrative tasks in order to streamline our hiring and recruitment workflows. We are committed to the responsible use of AI in our hiring practices, prioritizing both an improved candidate experience and operational efficiency. Our standardized hiring practices remain focused on reducing biases, with all key hiring decisions solely made by our team. We continuously review and refine our hiring practices to align with industry best practices and evolving legal guidelines\n***PDF RESUMES PREFERRED - ENSURE YOUR APPLICATION IS OCR (Optical Character Recognition) ENABLED***\nYour interview may be recorded and/or transcribed using Metaview.ai for recruitment record-keeping purposes and to help improve TAO’s recruitment processes. Please note you are free to request that the interview not be recorded or transcribed.\nTAO Solutions Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, committed to inclusion and diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the recruitment process.\nThis posting is for a newvacancy on our Systems Engineeringteam.TAO Solutions Inc. will communicate with you only through official email addresses and connected Linkedin profiles. 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