Engineering Application Support Specialist

Thales is a leading technology provider in Canada, specializing in aerospace, transportation, defence, security, and space. They are seeking an Engineering Application Support Specialist to provide technical support and maintenance for engineering applications, ensuring the infrastructure is secure and efficient while responding to user needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory/stock of current environment, including hardware, applications/patches, users, and licenses
• Work with IS/IT in determining infrastructure and security requirements for engineering environment and associated applications/tools
• Perform installation and configuration for new applications, and as required when upgrading applications
• Work with engineers on determining requirements for tools, and perform customizations as required
• Set up security certificates for applications as required
• Administer roles, user/group management, security/access for applications
• Provide end-user support for application level requests
• Participate in corporate/group level engineering forums/working groups to understand future roadmaps into Engineering applications, and to communicate/advocate for TCDS needs

Skills

• 1+ years experience in dealing with IS/IT or Engineering level applications, from either an end user or administrator's point of view
• Bachelor's degree or college diploma in Computer Science, Computer Tech, or Engineering related discipline
• Proven problem solving and analytic skills with a desire to learn
• Proven organizational skills and ability to balance multiple priorities
• Capable of developing strong relationships across the business through excellent customer service
• Excellent communication skills in the English language, written and verbal
• Experience with the following applications is preferred, but not required: Jira, Confluence, Gitlab CI, Windchill (or alternative PLM tool), SharePoint, Nexus/Artifactory, SonarQube, Polario
• Understanding of IS/IT infrastructure (networking, security, hardware, etc.)
• Proficiency in Linux Administration
• Basic scripting (Powershell, Python, etc.)
• Active Directory knowledge or experience is an asset
• Comprehension of containerization (i.e. Docker)

Benefits

• Company paid Extended Health, Dental, HSA, Life, AD&D, Short-term Disability, Cancer Care Program, travel insurance, Employee Assistance Plan and Well-Being program.
• Retirement Savings Plans (RRSP, DCPP, TFSA) with a company contribution and a match to a DCPP, with no vesting period.
• Company paid holidays, vacation days, and paid sick leave.
• Voluntary Life, AD&D, Critical Illness, Long-Term Disability.
• Employee Discounts on home, auto, and gym membership.

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