Description
*Senior UNIX Admin required. Windows Servers Support position also available.*
The System Administration team is responsible for managing the hardware, operating systems and core services on tens of thousands of systems in a 24/7 environment. Candidates must have the ability to self-guide through projects, and to provide technical guidance and support as a part of the Production Engineering team.
Candidates must have the skills to operate and tune Unix/Linux systems, Servers, and related components to ensure high levels of availability and security of the supported business applications. S/He also participates in the planning and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure Unix/Linux system provisioning and maintenance that is consistent with company goals, industry best practices, and regulatory requirements.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Remote administration and deployment of Servers
- Performance monitoring and analysis
- Produce documentation related to deployment, management and administrative processes
- Handle multiple tasks in a variety of environments
- Manage and/or provide guidance to junior members of the team
- Perform standard configuration, management, and maintenance tasks for related file systems, input/output systems, networking, clustering, storage, and applications
- Perform and test system configuration backups and restore to ensure system recovery from error or outage.
- Provide low risk change/request management activities
- Independently audit and monitor systems to proactively identify potential issues
- Coordinate hardware replacements
- Leverage working knowledge of a some of the following technologies: openldap, NFS, ntp, DNS, postfix/Sendmail, kickstart, jumpstart, dhcp, yum, clustering (Sun and/or Redhat), server virtualization (xen, vmware, Solaris containers)
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years maintaining and supporting Linux and UNIX
- Experience maintaining and supporting AIX/HPUX and Solaris
- Experience working with centralized management tools managing thousands of systems
- Performance tuning
- PXE/Kickstart, JumpStart
- Perl and Shell Scripting
- Experience working remotely with systems
- Experience creating and maintaining operational documentation
- IP Networking knowledge
- CompTIA Server+ preferred
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