Unix Systems Administrator

Description

26520 - UNIX Systems Administrator

Corona, CA 92881

Position type: w2

Contact duration: 9 months + (strong possibility of extension)

Senior Unix Security Engineer

Description
A Senior Unix Systems Engineer in the Information Security Identity and Access Management UNIX Team provides support for on-going projects and compliance efforts across the enterprise. Information Security manages access control for more than 3000 UNIX Servers. This position requires 8+ years of hands-on UNIX (AIX, Solaris, Linux) experience. This position requires extensive Scripting using UNIX Shell and Perl programming. It requires a strong understanding of UNIX user access management, SSH configuration, sudo and PowerBroker. Flexible work hours including telecommuting to provide off-hours support is required.

Essential Functions:
Provide leadership and technical support for UNIX operating system security, particularly in the area of access and privilege management
Assist with the design, deployment and support of vendor products
Produce documentation to satisfy audit requirements for SOX and PCI certifications
Collect data and report security issues
Collaborate with technical peers to identify root cause of security issues and provide appropriate resolutions
Work directly with the business/application-side customers to remediate UNIX security issues
Extensive Shell coding and task automation
Assist in training and development of UNIX Team Members
Create documentation based on IAM Services policies and procedures
Use Remedy to monitor and receive incoming requests and problems

Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or additional 4 years of equivalent work experience
A minimum of 8 or more years of experience in an Information Technology enterprise
A minimum of 6 or more years of experience in AIX/Linux/Sun operating system administration
A minimum of 6 or more years of UNIX security administration experience
Active Directory administration and/or UNIX-to-AD authentication integration experience
UNIX Identity Management experience
PAM Authentication product experience
Shell Scripting
Perl Scripting

Preferred Qualifications:
UNIX Security Monitoring tools (Tripwire, Qualys etc...)
BeyondTrust Powerbroker and Quest QAS product experience

Top 3 - 5 Daily responsibilities
Process Remedy Tickets re: UNIX account provisioning/deprovisioning
Troubleshoot UNIX user access issues
Manage local UNIX accounts and privileges
Evaluate and remediate general security & access issues
Gather data/evidence for auditors
Top 3 - 5 Required Skills
Strong UNIX skills (AIX, Linux, Solaris) with a focus on Identity Management
Remedy Change Management tool or related experience
Korn Shell programming
Basic to intermediate understanding of UNIX Security concepts
Understanding of sudo/elevated privileges

Desired skills
Quest (Vintela) Authentication Services (VAS/QAS)
PowerBroker
MS Excel
Perl
SQL