Compute Operations Specialist - Americas (REQ #330)
Posted Yesterday
Job Description
With us, you can. You want Purpose. Growth. Opportunity. People who get it.
We are the home of ambitious, passionate, and innovative world shapers.
With an unmatched breadth and depth of engineering, advisory and science-based expertise, our global minds unite to power local solutions.
We are pathfinders and impact makers.
We are Visioneers.
We are WSP.
The Opportunity
Your Impact Starts Here.
As part of our IT Infrastructure Operations team, you will help sustain the digital backbone that powers WSP's employees across 1,000+ offices worldwide. In this role, you will support, optimize, and elevate Compute operations across the Americas Hub - ensuring reliable, secure, and high-performing infrastructure services that enable our teams to shape the future.
Your Impact
- Manage, monitor, and maintain day-to-day Compute operations across the Americas Hub, ensuring alignment with expected service levels.
- Identify opportunities to enhance processes, technology, and operational efficiency across compute environments.
- Lead technical troubleshooting, fault resolution, and performance improvement initiatives across compute platforms.
- Execute infrastructure IMACDs and support upgrades, lifecycle activities, and business continuity testing.
- Perform regular service health checks and support audit and compliance activities.
- Provide guidance to team members and perform peer reviews for compute-related changes.
- Manage vendor and manufacturer interactions to ensure service quality and timely issue resolution.
- Deliver proactive monitoring and problem-management practices to prevent service disruptions.
- Support on-call rotations and extended hours as required.
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 4-6+ years of Compute operations experience.
- Proven proficiency with enterprise compute technologies including: Dell & HPE servers, Cisco UCS, VMware vCenter, Nutanix, HPE storage (MSA/Nimble), object/storage caching technologies, and enterprise backup solutions (Veeam, Commvault, Networker, NetBackup, etc.).
- Experience with global enterprise environments and ITIL-aligned service management.
- Strong capabilities across Windows/Linux administration, virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V), scripting (PowerShell/Bash), cloud environments (Azure/AWS), and server/storage security practices.
- Excellent English communication skills; French or Spanish considered an asset.
- Strong diagnostic problem-solving skills, organizational abilities, and capacity to operate with minimal supervision.
We exist to shape communities to advance humanity. The brightest engineers, advisors and scientists from across the globe call WSP home.
- Proudly Canadian - we are a Top 100 Employer in Canada for 2026.
- A global community of brilliant minds - your next idea, mentor, or opportunity is always within reach.
- Limitless opportunities start here. Whether it's across the country or around the globe, we help you tailor your role to match your ambition - because your growth drives ours.
- Flexible work, real balance - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.
#WeAreWSP
AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $89,800 - $118,900
MB & ON: $81,900 - $112,800
NB, NL, NS, PEI & QC: $81,100 - $107,700
Disclosure:
The final salary awarded for this role may vary from the above range based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. The wage range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.
Make Your Mark with WSP
Be part of a global community shaping the future of infrastructure, technology, and innovation. Your impact starts the moment you join us.
#LI-HybridAt WSP, we exist to shape communities to advance humanity.
It's why we bring people together who are wired to solve complex challenges - engineers, scientists, advisors, and technical experts who are driven by a common passion - to redefine what's possible and shape what comes next. We are Visioneers.
As one of the world's leading professional services firms, we partner with clients across transportation, infrastructure, environment, buildings, energy, water, mining and metals. We pair deep local knowledge with global insights to pioneer solutions designed to leave a lasting, positive impact.
At WSP, you'll join a community of brilliant minds that push boundaries every day - applying deep expertise and fuelling innovation to help create a more connected and resilient future. Here, your ideas are valued, your growth is supported, and you are encouraged to bring your authentic self to work. We empower our people to collaborate across disciplines, challenge the status quo, and shape a career with purpose.
Join us.
Please Note:
Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations. Full details here .
Some safety-sensitive positions involve fieldwork and may include work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).
WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Full details here .
About WSP Canada
Industry
EngineeringCompany Size
5001-10,000 employees
Application closing date is 2026-07-19
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