Unix System Administration

Responsibilities

• Perform Unix administration activities as part of the Firm’s Technical Infrastructure team.
• Working at L2 level on day-to-day operational issues, requests and project tasks involving various technologies (Red Hat, Sun Solaris, VMware, ESX, Cloud computing).
• Perform daily monitoring of Unix infrastructure for hardware and operating system alerts.
• Responsible for file system administration, user administration, and operating system build procedures.
• Responsible for providing senior level support for the Unix team, handling escalated issues and requests from juniors adhering to SLAs.
• Responsible for creating, reviewing and modifying various documentation, and participating in CAB meetings.
• Continually evaluate the operations of the environment and assist in the optimization and delivery of server infrastructure.
• Communicate and coordinate with application support and other IT support teams to provide timely responses for critical requests.
• Involved in Business Continuity plan tests across all regions related to Windows infrastructure.
• Administer and maintain an existing local/global server infrastructure including implementation, operational support, and periodic hardware and software maintenance of all infrastructure servers.
• Adhere to company change management requirements and procedures.

Independent and comfortable in a fast pace and constantly changing environment.

Analytical and have the ability to apply your skills and experience to create client-oriented solutions.

• 3-5 years of experience in Unix Administrator role.
• Candidate must have worked on enterprise-grade server hardware (install, configure and maintain) HP and Dell Rack Servers.
• Experience in supporting the following platforms:
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5/6/7/8 and Sun Solaris 5.8/10.
• File system administration using LVM and Solaris Disk Suite.
• Performing host-level troubleshooting of:
  Sun v240/v440/4800/420r;
  Dell r610/730/710/720/730; HP 385/585/480/460c/Blades, ESX 3.5/4.0/5.5/6.0.
• Capable of prioritizing and managing high volume workloads from multiple sources and achieving strict SLAs.
• Systems administration, including configuration of server-based systems, system installation and configuration, fundamentals of security, and installing third-party software.
• Experience on remote management consoles like Dell IDRAC, HP ILO, VCenter/VSphere.
• Strong plus for experience with various blade systems (HP, DELL, etc.).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.