IT Solutions Manager, Infrastructure

Job title: IT Solutions Manager, Infrastructure

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TransAlta owns, operates, and develops a diverse fleet of electrical generation assets in Canada, the United States and Australia, providing municipalities, industries, and businesses with safe, low-cost, and reliable clean electricity. For over 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and proud community-member where its employees work and live. We are committed to fostering a dynamic, productive, and safe work environment. Our employees contribute to a diverse, open, and transparent culture with clear accountabilities, strong leadership, and challenging opportunities for personal career growth.

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ABOUT THE ROLE

As we continue to evolve our Information Technology team, we are looking to hire an innovative and results-orientated IT Solutions Manager, Infrastructure. Reporting directly to the Manager, Infrastructure Operations, you will design, deploy, and manage TransAlta’s hybrid infrastructure landscape across multiple data centers, field deployments, and Azure cloud.

As a solutions architect you are responsible for strategy development, identification and selection of appropriate cloud/on-prem/edge services based on requirements and constraints, has deep subject matter expertise, and can evaluate new technologies for fit in current infrastructure architecture. You will work closely with the operational team to handle service escalation, identify and develop efficiencies, and ensure business outcomes are achieved through execution of strategic capital work.

This is a full-time salaried position.

ACCOUNTABILITIES / RESPONSIBILTIES

As the IT Solutions Manager, Infrastructure, you will:

• Responsible for the development of TransAlta’s host and compute strategic roadmap including the prioritization and oversight of the supporting capital plan with scope across cloud, data center, and edge compute and storage
• Provide architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to the Enterprise Architect and all IT groups
• Ensure documentation for all infrastructure systems is accurate and maintained
• Provide support to the infrastructure operations team to ensure escalations are handled, support services SLAs are met, and KPIs are identified and reported on
• Design, develop, and oversee implementation of all enterprise infrastructure systems working with network and security leads to deliver optimized and secure solutions across the landscape
• Responsible for delivering security and asset management aspects of infrastructure including patching, back-up and recovery, and life cycle management
• Manage our environments to be compliant with industry standard regulations for security and reliability
• Provide oversight on log aggregation and application performance monitoring surrounding our production environments
• Develop, document, communicate, and enforce a cloud technology standards policy
• Conduct research on emerging infrastructure technologies and develop business cases to recommend technologies that will increase cost effectiveness and flexibility, while achieving documented KPI’s and delivering business outcomes

ABOUT YOU

We are looking for the following must-have qualifications and experience to be successful in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field, or equivalent work experience required.

• Minimum 10 years of system administration (Windows, Linux, VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V) with increasing level of responsibility across physical and cloud-based systems
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated strategic planning work including the development of multi and hybrid cloud platforms designed to deliver on business outcomes
• Experience with multi-tier architectures: load balancers, caching, web servers, application servers, databases, hyper-converged technologies, and networking
• Demonstrated experience in cloud migration processes and technologies
• Working knowledge of cloud security products including monitoring and SIEM technologies such as Azure Sentinel, Windows Defender, and Splunk
• Demonstrated experience leading cost savings initiatives across cloud environments
• Advanced working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code: design and security, configuration management, integration, deployment, performance monitoring and tuning, automation of infrastructure
• Working knowledge of back-up and recovery best practices and technologies
• Experience writing business cases that articulate technical solutions as desired business outcomes and consider corporate risk tolerance as part of the recommendation
• Strong understanding of data storage management and movement
• Highly self-motivated and directed, valuing a culture of autonomy and empowerment
• Results-focused and intentional, willing to ask questions and fail as a means to learn in both work initiatives and personal development
• Excellent analytical, mathematical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Excellent listening, interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
• Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks while under pressure
• Strong customer service and relationship building perspective
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment

The following qualifications and/or experience are desirable, but not essential:

• Certifications with Microsoft, Azure, AWS, GCP, VMware, and/or Nutanix preferred

Our comprehensive and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, incentive, and rewards programs form the foundation of TransAlta’s excellent employment proposition.

Become part of our TransAlta team today! We look forward to reviewing your application. All applications will be reviewed in a timely manner to the best of our abilities. We appreciate your patience and understanding during the recruitment process.

COVID-19 Vaccination Policy

As TransAlta continues to navigate through unprecedented challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to assure prospective employees of our continued commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace and that we are taking additional measures to help protect our employees and their families from contracting and spreading COVID-19.

All employees hired, or who begin employment, after November 15, 2021 must provide proof of full vaccination as a condition of employment. Those applicants with appropriate exemptions must identify themselves at the time of interview and provide documentation of the exemption to the TransAlta Disability Management team prior to an offer of employment being made.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

It is our collective mission to ensure that every single employee feels a sense of inclusion and belonging and can show up to work as their true authentic self. TransAlta is committed to hiring a diverse workforce including women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities, and members of the LGBTQ2+ community. TransAlta believes that diversity enhances the quality of its performance, is an essential element to effective corporate governance, and cultivates a strong workplace culture. Click for our Diversity and Inclusion Pledge.

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