Job Title: Senior Systems Engineer
Department: Information Technology
Reporting to: Manager, IT Operations
Location: Mississauga, ON
Vacancy Status: This position is vacant.
The Senior Systems Engineer will be responsible for implementing, maintaining, and monitoring our enterprise environment. The role will include research, analysis, selection, planning, and implementation of complex solutions ranging from software and service stacks to entire datacenter roll outs and migrations.
The Senior Systems Engineer will bring valuable perspectives, derived from deep professional experiences, with the ability to convey benefits and detractors of any solution offered. You will bring a strong understanding of monitoring methodologies and solid documentation practices. We are looking for an experienced systems engineer who has a desire to take ownership of aspects of an environment and use their own curiosity and commitment to incremental improvements to raise the bar on our service offerings.
Who You Are:- Possesses Company values of honesty, integrity, respect, commitment and open to change, while modelling the Company Core Principles in all activities
- Ability to foster collaborative, cross department relationships to meet common objectives
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey findings to non-technical stakeholders
- Must be able to work independently and take initiative on projects
- Must be able to work on a team and inspire increased productivity from teammates
- Must be able to think and adapt quickly to meet business needs
- A natural curiosity to explore system improvements and persistence to solve challenging problems
Your Experience Should Include: - Minimum of 7 years' work experience in operations and infrastructure
- 4+ years of experience working in public cloud, M365 and similar technologies
- 2+ years of experience as a senior team member executing complex projects and deliverables
- Extensive knowledge and experience with enterprise hardware and virtualization stacks (Cisco UCS, VMWare, SANs, ISCSI networks)
- Deep understanding on VMware's platform (VCF preferred)
- Experience with backup platforms, methodologies and validation techniques (Veeam preferred)
- Strong knowledge maintaining Active Directory domains and Entra ID environments
- Solid knowledge of networking technologies and concepts
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Bonus Points If You Have Any of These- Experience with Open-Source platforms (Proxies, HA, Web services, Monitoring tools)
- Experience with developing KPIs
- Experience with DevOps (ADO) methodologies
- Experience with MDM platforms (Intune preferred)
- Copilot Studio and Power Platform experience
Job Responsibilities: - Collaborate closely with Operations team members and the wider IT Dept to offer solutions to business needs
- Maintain and support VMWare, Active Directory, SANs and other components that compromise a on-premises enterprise environment
- Work with the IT Dept and business to develop and maintain backup and recovery strategies
- Identify and research high-value improvements to physical and virtual infrastructure
- Maintain and tune monitoring tools to provide validated alerts when needed and limit alert storms and fatigue
- Develop methods to facilitate non-disruptive update and upgrade paths for enterprise systems
- Ability to automate where possible using various tools (Scripting, power automate/logic apps, Azure Arc functions)
- Stay current and knowledgeable of new technologies and process within enterprise IT and manufacturing spaces
- Exceptional communicator who can collaborate with stakeholders to gather and understand business related needs
- Develop and maintain process-related documentation
- Troubleshoot and support escalations and incidents
- Following Information Technology policies and industry best practices
- Other duties as assigned
Total Compensation & Care: - Base salary dependent on experience and demonstrated performance - $120,000 to $130,000
- Formal and informal training opportunities
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits
- Income protection: short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, paid personal sick time
- Vacation time exceeding industry standards
- Company funded retirement savings program with individual contribution opportunities
- Meaningful and challenging work
- Curated intentional culture focused on growth and development, engagement, and communication
About Us We own and operate five distilleries, four specialty chemical manufacturing and packaging plants, and three next-generation biofuel and renewable energy R&D centers. This integrated model enhances supply chain transparency, quality control, custom formulation development, and ultimately customer satisfaction.
Core Principles - Innovation: We are constantly seizing opportunities to develop new products, processes and methods to meet the diverse and demanding requirements of our customers.
- Collaboration: We are part catalyst, part collaborator. We work with partners to get the most out of our existing products, and to develop custom solutions for our customer requirements.
- Responsibility: Our commitment to give back to local communities in the US and Canada goes beyond the bottom line. We give back to the planet by processing renewable resources into low carbon fuels and chemicals.
- Agility: Our team is not only fast, we has the flexibility and creativity to pivot with customer needs to develop custom-made, on-time solutions.
- Discipline: At every plant, and for every customer, for every shipment, we put quality first. We operate a tight, transparent supply chain while meeting the highest regulatory standards.
At Greenfield, people-not AI-make our hiring decisions. We use AI only for routine administrative support and never to screen candidates or determine outcomes. Every application is reviewed by our team, and if any step involves increased AI use, we'll inform candidates in advance. We're committed to responsible, transparent, and fair hiring practices.
