{"id":786817,"url":"https://alion.io/job/whc-system-administrator","title":"System Administrator","company":{"id":694845,"name":"WHC","domain":"whc.ca","url":"https://alion.io/company/whc-2","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Rippling","truth_index":null},"role":"DevOps","role_family":"DevOps","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Quebec, Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":83000,"max_usd":215000,"period":"year","method":"role_country_seniority_unknown","sample_n":259},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Apache HTTP Server","optional":false},{"name":"Bash","optional":false},{"name":"Cloudflare","optional":false},{"name":"DNS","optional":false},{"name":"Linux","optional":false},{"name":"MariaDB","optional":false},{"name":"ModSecurity","optional":false},{"name":"MySQL","optional":false},{"name":"Nginx","optional":false},{"name":"Ansible","optional":true},{"name":"Configuration Management","optional":true},{"name":"Docker","optional":true},{"name":"Git","optional":true},{"name":"KVM","optional":true},{"name":"OpenStack","optional":true},{"name":"Perl","optional":true},{"name":"PHP","optional":true},{"name":"Proxmox VE","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true},{"name":"Red Hat","optional":true},{"name":"Terraform","optional":true},{"name":"VMWare","optional":true},{"name":"Windows Server","optional":true},{"name":"WordPress","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-15T01:04:26Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-15","last_verified_at":"2026-09-23T22:01:10Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":40,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":40},"description":"At Web Hosting Canada (WHC), we are passionate about helping Canadians succeed online by offering reliable website, domain, and email services tailored to their needs. Our mission extends beyond being a leader in online solutions. We strive to create a workplace that fosters growth, innovation, and connection. If you thrive in a dynamic, caring environment and are excited about shaping Canada’s tech landscape, we’d love for you to join our team!\nThe Opportunity\nAs a System Administrator, you are the senior escalation point for everything that keeps WHC’s hosting environments secure, fast, and reliable. Reporting to our Lead System Administrator, you own critical incidents end to end, untangle the complex client environments nobody else can crack, and coach our L1 and L2 teams through advanced technical cases.\nThis is a hands-on role with real influence over how our infrastructure scales. You will strengthen monitoring, automate the work that should not be manual, harden our backup and recovery posture, and help standardize systems that have grown organically over many years. If you like being the person others escalate to, and you would rather fix the underlying cause than close the ticket, you will fit here.\nWhat You’ll Do\nMonitor production infrastructure and respond to incidents in real time\nDiagnose and resolve complex performance issues, including load balancing, database optimization, and system tuning\nIdentify and remediate security incidents such as malware, phishing, abuse, and blacklisting\nProvision, configure, and decommission dedicated and cloud servers\nOwn backup, restore, and disaster recovery operations, and verify that they actually work\nManage patching and operating system lifecycle across the fleet\nLead complex customer migrations and performance audits\nCoach and guide our L1 and L2 support teams through advanced technical cases\nWork with external vendors to troubleshoot hardware and software issues\nImprove monitoring, alerting, and automation so that fewer problems become incidents\nEscalate platform-level issues to DevOps and coordinate the response\nContribute to internal documentation and systems standardization\nWhat You Bring\n5+ years administering Linux systems running LAMP stacks (Apache or Nginx)\nHands-on experience with cPanel/WHM in a production hosting environment\nStrong knowledge of DNS, IPv4/IPv6, and core web technologies\nExperience with email systems (SMTP, POP, IMAP), deliverability, and reputation management\nDatabase administration experience with MySQL or MariaDB\nComfort with Bash and the command line\nExperience with backup and restore tooling, and with monitoring and alerting platforms\nWorking knowledge of firewalls and web application firewalls (CSF, ModSecurity, Cloudflare, or similar)\nStrong written and verbal communication in English or French\nWillingness to take part in a shared on-call rotation\nNice to Have\nPlesk\nCloudLinux, LiteSpeed, or Imunify360\nWordPress performance and security tuning at scale\nScripting in Python, PHP, or Perl\nVirtualization platforms such as KVM, Proxmox, VMware, or OpenStack\nConfiguration management or infrastructure as code (Ansible, Terraform)\nGit for configuration and change management\nContainers (Docker)\nWindows Server\nCertifications such as LPIC, Red Hat, or cPanel\nWhy Join WHC?\nHybrid: 1 to 2 days a week at our Montreal office, the rest from home\nGroup insurance, telemedicine, and an employee assistance program\nA shared on-call rotation with a named backup each week, compensated in line with WHC policy\nReal technical ownership and a direct line to the people making infrastructure decisions\nA team that lives its values\nReady to Make an Impact?\nApply with your CV. If your experience lines up, someone from our People & Culture team will reach out for a first conversation. We read every application.\nEqual Opportunity\nWHC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all WHCers. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, and we are happy to accommodate candidates with disabilities at any stage of the process. 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