Senior IT Operations Specialist

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Waabi founded by AI pioneer and visionary Raquel Urtasun is an AI company building the next generation of self-driving technology. With a world class team and an innovative approach that unleashes the power of AI to drive safely in the real world Waabi is bringing the promise of self-driving closer to commercialization than ever before. Waabi is backed by best-in-class investors across the technology logistics and the Canadian innovation ecosystem.

With offices in Toronto San Francisco Dallas and Pittsburgh Waabi is growing quickly and looking for diverse innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit:

You will

- Lead IT Operations at Waabi fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.

- Develop implement and enforce IT policies standards and best practices across all sites ensuring compliance with company security standards and industry regulations.

- Design implement and manage site disaster recovery plans ensuring business continuity and data integrity.

- Oversee the procurement deployment and lifecycle management of a diverse fleet of IT equipment including laptops high-performance workstations and specialized computing infrastructure.

- Manage vendor relationships IT-related budgets expenses and assets

- Strategically manage and optimize the service desk workflow ensuring efficient resolution of tickets received via JIRA email instant messaging and verbal requests.

- Design configure and maintain a high-throughput on-premise network infrastructure.

- Collaborate closely with Engineering and Research teams to ensure seamless integration security and optimal performance of systems and networks supporting our AI development.

- Drive continuous improvement initiatives for IT processes and systems leveraging automation and innovative solutions.

- Create and maintain a productive and secure working environment for staff upholding company security standards and industry best practices.

- Lead the selection implementation and management of SaaS applications at scale (e.g. Google Workspace Slack) ensuring their efficient and secure operation.

- Develop and implement robust configuration management strategies using tools such as Ansible Puppet or Chef.

Qualifications:

- 6 years of relevant experience

- Establishing and automating IT processes

- Managing SaaS applications at scale (e.g. Google Workspace Slack)

- Linux system administration

- Managing office network infrastructure (Firewalls Switches APs etc)

- Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible Terraform Puppet Chef)

- Shell scripting

Physical Requirements:

- This role may involve physical activities such as lifting and moving material up to 50 pounds bending stretching reaching frequent walking and ascending/descending ladders and stairs all within reasonable accommodation.

Bonus:

- Experience working in startups.

- Passionate about self-driving technologies solving hard problems and creating innovative solutions.

Perks/Benefits:

- Competitive compensation and equity awards.

- Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).

- Unlimited Vacation.

- Flexible hours and Work from Home support.

- Daily drinks snacks and catered meals (when in office).

- Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site off-site & virtually.

- As we grow this list continues to evolve!

Waabi is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact!

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive inclusive and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities across race color ethnicity national origin or ancestry age citizenship religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression military or veteran status marital status pregnancy or parental status caregiver status disability or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Senior IC