Cooke Aquaculture Inc., a dynamic and growing east coast family company, with Platinum Member status in the Canada’s Best Managed Companies Program, is offering a unique opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join the Company’s IT Team as Senior System Analyst. This position reports to the IT Infrastructure Manager and is based out of our Blacks Harbour, NB office.
Founded in 1985, Cooke Aquaculture Inc. has grown from a small family business to the world’s largest independent, fully-integrated producer of Atlantic salmon and related products. The company remains family owned and based in Blacks Harbour, NB, with operations throughout Atlantic Canada, Maine, Chile, Spain and Scotland. Cooke Aquaculture is committed to responsible and sustainable seafood production and the delivery of high quality products through a number of brands and sales offices throughout Canada, the US and internationally. The company is also a proud partner and supporter of a variety of community-based organizations and events.
This position involves working at the highest technical level to ensure that systems are in place (hardware, software, data, processes, and best practices) to support business objectives. This will include the configuration, monitoring, support and maintenance of critical systems.
You must have advanced knowledge of computing hardware, software and software development methodologies as well as knowledge and experience in IT service management, virtualization and storage management, SQL database administration and support, SAN replication technologies, EMC SAN management, VMware vSphere/ESXi, Windows Server 2003 and above and Microsoft SQL 2005 and above complimented by strong communication skills to interact with team members, support personnel, and provide technical guidance and expertise to clients and management and the ability to adapt to changes in the work environment.
The successful candidate will have experience in project management, the ability to identify alternative for optimizing computer resources, in-depth analytical skills for complex problem solving, the ability to design end-to-end business system solutions in a complex application and technology environment, and regularly monitor and analyze system technical performance.
A university degree in Computer Science or Information Technology combined with 5 years of experience in a complex and diverse IT environment (or an equivalent combination of education and experience) is a requirement.
Salary commensurate with experience and competitive benefit package available.
If you are interested in becoming a part of this Atlantic Canadian success story please forward resumes, quoting competition number SSA0303-CB, in confidence to:
Cooke Aquaculture Inc.
Attn: Human Resources
1 Fundy Bay Drive
St. George, NB E5C 3E2
Fax: (506) 755-1340
careers@cookeaqua.com