Team Lead – IT Infrastructure & Operations

Team Lead – IT Infrastructure & Operations (Hybrid – Toronto)
Salary: $130,000 – $150,000 CAD | Hours: 40/week | Location: Hybrid – Toronto
We’re looking for a hands-on IT Infrastructure Team Lead to manage day-to-day operations, mentor a small team, and ensure the reliability and stability of enterprise IT systems. This is a unique opportunity to lead infrastructure, on-premise servers, virtualization, storage, networking, and monitoring while contributing directly to technical projects.
What You’ll Do:
Lead, mentor, and manage a team of infrastructure engineers across corporate systems and production operations.
Own day-to-day infrastructure operations, including servers, virtualization, storage, networking, and monitoring tools.
Participate hands-on in projects and incident resolution, ensuring uptime, reliability, and operational excellence.
Collaborate cross-functionally with developers, architects, and security teams to deliver infrastructure solutions.
Drive process improvements, system optimization, and enforce IT governance, change control, and operational standards.
Must-Have Skills & Experience:
7+ years in IT infrastructure operations or systems engineering (on-prem focus).
2+ years in a technical leadership or team lead role.
Strong hands-on expertise in Linux/Windows Server, VMware/Hyper-V, storage systems, networking (Fortinet/Cisco), containers & orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes), scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell).
Experience with datacenter operations, monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK), and operational best practices.
Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
Bonus / Nice to Have:
Experience with cloud (Azure/AWS) is helpful, but the focus is on on-prem infrastructure.
Familiarity with databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server).
Knowledge of IaC & CI/CD tools (Terraform, Ansible).
Why This Role is Exciting:
Lead a growing IT infrastructure team and shape day-to-day operations.
Work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with impactful projects.
Opportunity to optimize and modernize infrastructure while mentoring a high-performing team.
Send your resume to tinak@corgta.com