AbCellera

Biotechnology

SystemsAdministrator

CA$84–105k Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Systems Administrator at AbCellera. Skills: Systems administration, Cloud infrastructure, On-prem infrastructure, Automation. Operate hybrid systems. Maintain hybrid systems”

What You'll Achieve.

Keep IT infrastructure running smoothly; Improve service availability; Improve efficiency

Industry & Context.

Biotechnology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting issues across systems; Exercising judgment on unusual problems; Adapting existing approaches when there isn’t a clear precedent; Bring judgment to unusual problems; Know when to adapt an existing approach; Know when to escalate; Know when to push back on a bad one

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Hands-on technical generalist, Run cloud and on-prem environments in production, Infrastructure-as-code, Automation, Observability, 5+ years of related experience operating production infrastructure, Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience), Judgment to unusual problems, Adapt existing approach, Escalate, Push back on bad ones, Curious about how systems work end-to-end, Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical individuals, Solid documentation habits

Nice to Have

3+ years of related experience in addition to a Master’s degree, Experience in scientific or manufacturing environments, Working in regulated industries (GxP, SOC2, etc.)

What You'll Do.

Operate hybrid systems

Maintain hybrid systems

Support IT infrastructure

Support engineering systems

Troubleshoot system performance

Automate operational work

Improve service availability

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with engineering teams; Partner with scientific teams; Support integrations between corporate IT, lab instruments, and in-house platforms

Communication Scope

Communicate clearly with technical individuals; Communicate clearly with non-technical individuals

Full Job Description

Each of us cares about someone who will need medicines. That’s why our vision is to repeatedly beat the odds to deliver breakthrough medicines to patients that need them. We pursue truth and scientific rigour and have the courage to work at the edge of the unknown. We are looking for a hands-on Systems Administrator to keep our IT infrastructure running smoothly for every team that depends on it: from drug discovery through development and the business behind it. You’ll work across cloud systems, on-prem infrastructure, and the platform and tools that support in-house applications. This is a generalist role for someone who is curious, technically broad, and energized by variety; one day you’re improving service availability, the next you're troubleshooting scientific system performance, the next you're automating away a process that’s been costing the team hours each week. We’re looking for someone who’s already done this kind of work - running real infrastructure in a production environment - and who’s hungry to keep learning as the environment modernizes around them. How you might spend your days Operating, maintaining, and supporting our hybrid systems and infrastructure; we operate a mixed environment including cloud (AWS) and on-prem Supporting engineering systems, platforms, and tools that our internal developers and scientists use to build and run in-house applications Troubleshooting issues across systems, networking, identity, and access; exercising judgment on unusual problems and adapting existing approaches when there isn’t a clear precedent Partnering with engineering and scientific teams to support integrations between corporate IT, lab instruments, and in-house platforms Digging deeply into your managed systems; automating routine operational work and improving availability and efficiency Owning patching, monitoring, and documentation practices across your managed systems We'd love to hear from you if You're a hands-on technical generalist who's run c

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