Storage & Backup Administrators

 

Description:

We are looking for highly motivated junior Storage & Backup Administrators to join our team. This role offers an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience managing enterprise-level storage and backup systems, learn cutting-edge technology and AWS cloud technology.

What will you do?
 

  • Assist in managing and maintaining storage systems such as SAN, NAS, and cloud-based storage and enterprise backup solutions.
  • Perform routine storage provisioning, data migration, and capacity planning tasks
  • Provide operational support for day-to-day activities including alerting, monitoring, trending. Diagnose and troubleshoot backup and storage hardware and software issues to ensure data integrity and system efficiency
  • Develop scripts for automated management (Shell, PowerShell, Python, etc), Work with senior admin on service delivery automation by using automation tools (like Ansible, Terraform, CDD etc).
  • Security and Compliance: Work with senior admin to ensure backup and storage system comply with organizational policies, industry standards and regulatory requirement. Remediate security vulnerabilities.
  • Cloud storage management: Provision AWS FSx/EFS file share, manage filesystem capacity, performance etc.
  • Participate in regular disaster recovery testing and perform data recovery/restore testing
  • Document backup and storage configurations, procedures, and best practices
  • Participate in on-call rotation
     

What will you need to succeed?
 

  • Minimum of 1 to 3 years relevant work experience in related role
  • Recent graduate with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Basic understanding of backup technologies (e.g., Dell Avamar/PPDM, Rubrik) and storage technologies (SAN, NAS, RAID, etc) and data protection strategies
  • Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems.
  • Experience working on scripting (shell script, PowerShell, Python, etc) or automation tools (like Ansible, Terraform, etc)
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
  • Eagerness to learn and grow in the areas of storage and backup technologies.
  • Good communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
  • Self-driven, resourceful individual with an ability to work under little supervision

Organization Sun Life
Industry IT / Telecom / Software Jobs
Occupational Category Backup Administrators
Job Location North York,Canada
Shift Type Morning
Job Type Full Time
Gender No Preference
Career Level Intermediate
Experience 1 Year
Posted at 2026-06-17 4:03 pm
Expires on 2026-08-01