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HW & SW Applications Admin 1
@ Celestica International LP
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Celestica International LP is hiring a Hardware & Software Applications System Administrator in Toronto to support R&D engineering application toolchains for its Hardware Platform Solutions group. The role covers daily installation, packaging, licensing and troubleshooting across 12 global design centres, plus onboarding provisioning for new engineers. The posting states a salary plus short-term incentive of 109k to 173k CAD, with a comprehensive benefits package in addition.
Responsibilities:
- Installer, configurer et dépanner les outils d'ingénierie R&D
- Gérer les licences et les serveurs de licences
- Soutenir les plateformes DevOps et ALM
- Fournir un soutien opérationnel aux équipes d'ingénierie
Requirements summary:
- Baccalauréat en informatique ou génie connexe
- 5+ ans en administration de systèmes ou d'applications
- 2+ ans en soutien à une équipe R&D
- Expérience pratique avec les suites EDA/CAD
Tools & skills
Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-05
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-31
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Job details
| Seniority | Mid level |
| Department | IT |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering |
| Perks mentioned | Performance bonus |
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Celestica International LP
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Celestica is a global technology and innovation partner driven by curiosity and conviction. As a pioneer in technology, we enable critical data center infrastructure for the world's leading hyperscalers, powering AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud at an unprecedented scale. Our work advances high-growth markets from aerospace to healthcare to enterprise, delivering technology that drives real-world innovation. With unwavering dedication to both our customers and colleagues, we empower transformative growth with every solution we deliver. Together, we make great things happen—and move the world forward.
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Celestica is a global technology and innovation partner driven by curiosity and conviction. As a pioneer in technology, we enable critical data center infrastructure for the world's leading hyperscalers, powering AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud at an unprecedented scale. Our work advances high-growth markets from aerospace to healthcare to enterprise, delivering technology that drives real-world innovation. With…
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Technology, Information and Internet |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1994 |
| Specialties | Hardware Platform SolutionsData centersAI AI InfrastructureEnterprise and Cloud SolutionsRack Integration ITAMITADCircular ServicesAerospace |
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10 - Technical Lead, IT Solutions 1
Req ID: 141216
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto
Summary
We are seeking a highly technical, execution-focused Hardware & Software Engineering Applications System Administrator to support the core engineering applications environment for the Hardware Platform Solutions (HPS) group. The System Administrator is responsible for the direct operational and technical execution of the daily installation, packaging, configuration, and troubleshooting of specialized R&D application toolchains.
The successful candidate will provide disciplined operational support across 12 global Design Centers to eliminate engineering environment blocks and optimize developer productivity. This role requires an agile approach to manage the rapid iteration and specialized tools necessary for high-performance product development, directly executing provisioning workflows that accelerate engineering velocity and eliminate onboarding productivity gaps.
Core Responsibilities
1. Hands-on Application Operations & New Hire Enablement
- Execute Onboarding Provisioning: Implement and run automated application provisioning playbooks to eliminate the traditional "Day 1 productivity gap," ensuring new software and hardware engineers are immediately equipped with specialized toolsets.
- Technical Tool Maintenance: Manage the daily installation, configuration, application packaging, and technical integration of specialized R&D software across physical lab systems and cloud-based engineering workstations.
- Day-to-Day Engineering Support: Serve as the direct, hands-on technical bridge between corporate IT infrastructure and engineering teams, resolving environment blocks and optimizing execution workflows.
2. Hardware Engineering Toolchain & License Administration
- EDA and CAD Deployment: Execute application packaging, license tracking, and configuration management for the multi-disciplinary HPS hardware engineering application environment.
- Hands-on Toolchain Maintenance: Provide direct administrative and technical troubleshooting support for specialized hardware engineering environments, ensuring high availability for the following application suites:
- Mechanical & Thermal: PTC Creo, Windchill PLM/Reliability, SolidWorks, Simcenter FloTHERM, and Cadence Celsius EC.
- Electrical & Power: Cadence OrCAD Capture, ConceptHDL, Synopsys HSPICE, and Ansys Electronics.
- Signal/Power Integrity (SI/PI): Cadence Sigrity, Agilent ADS, HyperLynx, and Keysight SystemVue.
- PCBA Layout & Logic/FPGA: Cadence Allegro PCB Designer, Altium, Valor NPI, Siemens QuestaSim, AMD Vivado, Altera Quartus, and Lattice Diamond.
- Optics & Photonics: COMSOL, Lumerical, Optiwave, VPIphotonics, and Zemax.
- License Server Operations: Administer and monitor central concurrent-user license managers, handling license queuing configurations and multi-tenant tracking utilities.
3. Software Engineering, DevOps, & Lab Test Support
- ALM & DevOps Support: Provide direct operational support for application lifecycle management (ALM), source control, and container platforms utilizing Azure DevOps, Jira Cloud Enterprise, Confluence Cloud Premium, Git, GitKraken, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Firmware & Secure Development Lifecycle: Administer specialized secure code compilation and vulnerability environments, handling AMI BIOS/BMC source code toolchains, Green Hills MULTI compilers, Black Duck, Coverity, Opswat MetaDefender, and Defensics.
- Validation & Lab Synchronization: Manage the local deployment, active licensing, and update synchronization for specialized validation and lab testing software, including Ixia (IxNetwork), Spirent Test Center, Wireshark, LabVIEW, TestStand, and hardware debugger IDEs (SEGGER J-Link, TI Code Composer, ARM Keil).
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
Required Technical Skills
- Hands-on Engineering Tool Competency: Direct technical experience installing, patching, configuring, and deploying major EDA/CAD suites (such as Cadence, Synopsys, Ansys, or PTC).
- DevOps & Infrastructure Skills: Practical administrative experience managing Azure DevOps, Jira, Git repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization systems (Docker/Kubernetes).
- License Architecture Knowledge: Functional knowledge of working with FlexLM, RMS, and similar vendor-specific license management server environments.
- Cross-Platform OS Familiarity: Technical comfort supporting Windows desktop applications alongside non-standard Linux base development images (Ubuntu, Rocky Linux) and enterprise endpoint configurations (BigFix, ThreatLocker).
Strongly Preferred Certifications
- CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Azure DevOps Engineer Expert or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
- Certified Jira System Administrator
Soft Skills & Working Style
- Detailed Documentation: Proven ability to generate flawless application installation playbooks, precise packaging documentation, and clear troubleshooting scripts.
- Tactical Problem Solver: Exceptional technical troubleshooting skills, capable of identifying workarounds and diagnosing complex engineering application bugs within highly secure enterprise environments.
- Cross-functional Partner: Strong communication skills to interact directly and efficiently with HPS Design Center engineers, project managers, and global infrastructure tier-3 teams.
- Resource Optimization: Highly organized approach to tracking local software licensing utilization, preventing downtime, and advising management on upcoming software capacity or maintenance renewals.
Physical Demands
- Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
- Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data. Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
Salary
The stated range includes Base Salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.
The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.
Salary + Short Term Incentive = 109k - 173 CAD
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 5+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise IT system administration or application engineering, with at least 2+ years explicitly focused on supporting an active R&D engineering team.
Notes
This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.
Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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