Assistant Systems Engineer Jobs in Whitby, ON (NOW HIRING)

Date Posted: 07/28/2026
Req ID: 49452
Faculty/Division: Library
Department: Scholars Portal
Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)
Position Number: 00059710
Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:
The University of Toronto Libraries (UTL) system is the largest academic library in Canada and is ranked in the top five among peer institutions in North America. The system comprises 40 libraries located across three university campuses: St. George, Mississauga, and Scarborough. This diverse and extensive network of college libraries, special collections, and specialized information centres plays a pivotal role in supporting the teaching, scholarly, and research needs of nearly 100,000 students enrolled in a wide array of graduate, professional, and undergraduate programs.
The library system provides access to millions of resources in various formats, including electronic, print, audio-visual, data and geospatial materials. UTL also boasts impressive holdings of archival material and substantial digital collections, securely preserved in the libraries' data centre. The staff at UTL are integral to the academic and scholarly enterprise, working closely with faculty and students to support their teaching, learning, and research requirements. They are subject matter experts; they are skilled in research data management, collections, statistics, GIS, metadata, digital preservation, scholarly communications, copyright, teaching, knowledge synthesis, open access and much more. Our work is grounded in our commitment to support equity, diversity, and inclusion.
UTL continuously evolves to meet the changing academic priorities and pressures at the University and within the broader landscape of higher education.
Your opportunity:
Scholars Portal, a department of the University of Toronto Libraries (UTL), is the digital service arm of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), managing infrastructure and services that support Ontario's 21 university libraries. The Scholars Portal team of librarians, developers, and systems staff support services in four broad areas: research and member services; data and geospatial services; digital collections; and digital preservation services.
Working under the direction of the Scholars Portal Assistant Director, Systems and Technical Operations, and working with a team of developers and systems support specialists, the incumbent will be responsible for the engineering, implementation and support of technical products and systems for a variety of Scholars Portal services. The successful applicant will collaborate on diagnosing, troubleshooting, and resolving hardware/software issues. The incumbent will also work to improve continuous integration and delivery systems, as well as CI/CD pipelines and automate routine deployment, administration, and monitoring responsibilities.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and programming network applications
• Customizing open source web applications
• Analyzing and installing networking equipment
• Configuring system applications according to needs
• Troubleshooting complex computer system problems
• Creating complex and technical documentation and user support guides

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.
• Minimum five years.
• Demonstrated experience in infrastructure automation coding using scripting (Bash, Python, PowerShell or equivalent).
• Strong experience in maintaining and operatingLinux based servers and web application software (Apache, Tomcat, Node.js, HAProxy).
• In-depth knowledge of practices and tools related to DevOps, IaC and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Gitlab, Chef).
• Proficient with one or more scripting languages such as Python. Knowledge of web traffic log collection and analytics platforms (Elastic Stack).
• Working knowledge of virtualization, KVM, or equivalent. Strong knowledge of systems andnetworking software, hardware, and networking protocols.
• Experience in supporting Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL database environments.
• Advanced skills in creating and maintaining technical documentation
• Flexibility, initiative, and the ability to work and learn independently.
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to communicate technical details courteously and clearly to non-technical users.
• Experience with Container technology such as Kubernetes, or Docker is an asset.
• Experience in at least one end-user ticket management system
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Nagios, Munin, Zabbix, or Prometheus is an asset

To be successful in this role you will be:

• Accountable
• Cooperative
• Efficient
• Multi-tasker
• Organized
• Responsible
• Team player

Closing Date: 08/14/2026, 11:59PM ET
Employee Group: USW 
Appointment Type: Grant - Term 
Schedule:
Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone:  
USW Pay Band 14 -- $91,677. with an annual step progression to a maximum of $117,242. Pay scale and job class assignment is subject to determination pursuant to the Job Evaluation/Pay Equity Maintenance Protocol. 
Job Category: Information Technology (IT)
Recruiter: utlhr.utoronto.ca

Lived Experience Statement
Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience shall be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.

Job descriptions are available upon request for internal applicants.