University of Victoria (UVIC)
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The University Systems Research Computing Services Team (RCS) is looking for a Senior System Administrator to join our team. RCS works on a wide variety of systems and services that support cutting edge research for UVic students, faculty and their international collaborators. RCS operates one of the five national hosting sites for Research Computing in Canada, the Arbutus Openstack cloud. The Arbutus cloud will be undergoing a massive expansion and this position will be key to the deployment of additional services and compute/storage resources.
Acts and figures
icon21,800 students (undergraduate and graduate)
icon900 full-time faculty members
icon531 patents filed to date
icon1,065 invention disclosures to date
icon169 start-up companies to date
icon$3.7 billion UVic annual economic impact
icon115th in the world and the top university in Canada, across all sciences, for international research collaboration (Leiden)
A top-ranked Canadian university
We're recognized annually as one of Canada's top universities by external surveys and satisfied students.
#1 among Canadian comprehensive universities in THE citation rankings (2016/17)
#3 among all Canadian universities in citation impact per faculty member (QS rankings, 2018)
#2 among all Canadian universities in CFI funding per faculty member (2016)
Gold star performer for sustainability practices in the 2017 Sustainable Campus Index, compiled by the international Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
#1 among comprehensive universities in medical/science grants per faculty (Maclean's 2018)
#1 for citation impact among all Canadian universities (tied with U of T) (Maclean's 2017)
Our strengths
Civic engagement is a key part of our mission, and our faculty, students and staff work with community partners locally and globally to tackle issues that matter to people, places and the planet.
International perspectives
Indigenous focus
Sustainable initiatives
Our research strengths
UVic's internationally recognized areas of research strength include:
Creativity and culture
Data science and cyber physical systems
Environment, climate and energy
Global studies and social justice
Health and life sciences
Indigenous research
Ocean science and technology
Physical sciences and engineering, mathematics and computer science
icon900 full-time faculty members
icon531 patents filed to date
icon1,065 invention disclosures to date
icon169 start-up companies to date
icon$3.7 billion UVic annual economic impact
icon115th in the world and the top university in Canada, across all sciences, for international research collaboration (Leiden)
A top-ranked Canadian university
We're recognized annually as one of Canada's top universities by external surveys and satisfied students.
#1 among Canadian comprehensive universities in THE citation rankings (2016/17)
#3 among all Canadian universities in citation impact per faculty member (QS rankings, 2018)
#2 among all Canadian universities in CFI funding per faculty member (2016)
Gold star performer for sustainability practices in the 2017 Sustainable Campus Index, compiled by the international Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education
#1 among comprehensive universities in medical/science grants per faculty (Maclean's 2018)
#1 for citation impact among all Canadian universities (tied with U of T) (Maclean's 2017)
Our strengths
Civic engagement is a key part of our mission, and our faculty, students and staff work with community partners locally and globally to tackle issues that matter to people, places and the planet.
International perspectives
Indigenous focus
Sustainable initiatives
Our research strengths
UVic's internationally recognized areas of research strength include:
Creativity and culture
Data science and cyber physical systems
Environment, climate and energy
Global studies and social justice
Health and life sciences
Indigenous research
Ocean science and technology
Physical sciences and engineering, mathematics and computer science
