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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">About OICR</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">OICR is Ontario’s cancer research institute. We bring together people from across the province and around the world to improve the lives of everyone affected by cancer. We take on the biggest challenges in cancer research and deliver real-world solutions to find cancer earlier and treat it more effectively. We are committed to helping people living with cancer, as well as future generations, live longer and healthier lives. </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Launched in December 2005, OICR is an independent institute funded by the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Job Details</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Position: Systems Administrator III</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Location: MaRS Centre, Toronto</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Department: Research Information Technology</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Reports To: Associate Director, Research IT Infrastructure</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Hiring Range:  $93,000 to $104,500 per annum commensurate with level of experience; total compensation includes a competitive benefits plan, plus a defined benefit pension plan (HOOPP) </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Hours: 35 hours/week </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Job Type: Hybrid</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Status: Full-Time, Permanent</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Position Summary</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) is seeking an experienced Linux Systems Administrator III to help build and support leading-edge technology infrastructure that plays a key role in OICR’s  cancer research activities. The successful candidate will join a team of ~30 IT professionals, supporting state of the art on-premise and cloud-based technology services to over 300 local research, lab and administrative users, and thousands of collaborators across Ontario and globally. OICR’s infrastructure consists of Linux and Windows servers, including a large high performance compute cluster (GPU and CPU), large virtualization platforms, over 10 PetaBytes of high performance storage, and over 1,000 client and lab devices.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Position Responsibilities</span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Implements and supports and/or installs infrastructure systems, Linux operating systems, software, and hardware, on-premise, and on commercial and academic cloud using industry best practice for scalability, availability and security, in accordance with OICR policies and practices.</span></li>\n<li>Interprets log results and system behaviors.</li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Interprets log results and system behaviors.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Ensures IT infrastructure systems operate as intended.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Pro-actively identifies potential problems in infrastructure systems (internal or 3rd party) and suggests solutions.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Prepares accurate status reports on deliverables.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Coordinates work teams and provides technical support to project team members.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Contributes to and is active in infrastructure systems projects with internal and external collaborators.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">May act as liaison between business and vendors and suppliers.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Writes technical documentation.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Helps manage day-to-day operations.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Manages priorities and meets project timelines and solution objectives, with supervision.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Adheres to and promotes new team infrastructure systems engineering guidelines, practices, OICR policies.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Develop, implement, and maintain tools to improve server and application management.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Install, configure, update and support core applications such as Atlassian Confluence, Crowd, Jira, Service Desk.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Identify and apply security patches with a sense of urgency.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Safeguard sensitive data through the use of appropriate technology (e.g. encryption at rest, and in-transit).</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"><br>Position Requirements</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<ul></ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Bachelor’s degree, or recognized equivalent in Computer Science or Engineering.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Experience in an IT-related position that included maintaining Linux server infrastructure.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Expert level knowledge of Linux operating systems.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 12pt\">Intermediate experience with scripting languages.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Ability to participate in an after-hours on-call rotation.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Has a passion for problem-solving.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">For more information about OICR, please visit the website at <a href=\"http://www.oicr.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.oicr.on.ca</a>.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To learn more about working at OICR, visit our <a href=\"https://oicr.on.ca/careers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">career page</a>.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">POSTED DATE:         October 27, 2025</span><br><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">CLOSING DATE:       Until Filled</span></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">OICR is committed to fostering a climate of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. This commitment is central to, and mutually supportive of, our research excellence mandate. We welcome and respect the diversity of all members of our community and we support an inclusive culture for all. We welcome all applicants, and encourage applications from racialized persons, Indigenous Peoples, women, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S persons, and others who may contribute to furthering a diversity of ideas within our community. OICR is committed to fair assessment of a candidate’s abilities, and consideration for diversity of thought, method, and experience. Providing an accessible workplace and recruitment process is important to us, as described in our Accessibility Plan (<a href=\"https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foicr.on.ca%2Faccessibility%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Fulop%40oicr.on.ca%7Cf38e1ea8236443a257be08da926a62ef%7C9df949f8a6eb419d9caa1f8c83db674f%7C0%7C0%7C637983282862262775%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Rt4c2E%2FlaEa7MAnXszGyufh24LT53cqiZAyK%2Br2j754%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://oicr.on.ca/accessibility/</a>).  Should you require accommodation during any stage in the recruitment process, please complete the form at the bottom of page <a href=\"https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foicr.on.ca%2Fcareers%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAmanda.Fulop%40oicr.on.ca%7Cf38e1ea8236443a257be08da926a62ef%7C9df949f8a6eb419d9caa1f8c83db674f%7C0%7C0%7C637983282862262775%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=FZ13adtTPHt4RAjWizWsVPiQNQKwZaSigUEsjWsd79U%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://oicr.on.ca/careers/</a>. Information received related to accommodation will be handled confidentially.  </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p>OICR hiring managers may use approved Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to assist with an initial screening or assessment of applications, and selection of applicants in accordance with OICR’s privacy policies.  Personal information associated with any job application will not be shared with or retained by any third party for the purpose of training an AI model.  Hiring managers shall determine which applications proceed through the recruitment process.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><span style=\"color: #222222\">Resume Format:</span></span><span style=\"color: #222222\"> If you elect to apply, please click on the “Apply for this Job” button below.  You will be required to enter contact details, and to attach your resume to your application. </span><span style=\"color: red\">Please attach your resume as a .pdf or .doc file.</span></span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><em>The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research thanks all applicants. However, only those under consideration will be contacted.</em></span></p>",
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