Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Position- JS2246: SR. UNIX ADMIN Salary to $105000 plus bonus


 
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Position- SR. UNIX ADMIN
Job Id (Use when Referring to Position): JS2246
Job Type: FTP
Location: MIDTOWN NYC NY
Experience:
Compensation: $95.00 - $105.00
Job Description:

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

 

JOB TITLE:       Senior Unix Systems Administrator


s105k +10% BONUS

WALL STREET EXPERIENCE NOT REQUIRED-                                                                                                                                                            

 

DESCRIPTION AND DUTIES:

 

*         Responsible for administration of all Solaris/Linux and or apache Unix . These include: installation, backups, patch maintenance, performance tuning, monitoring results of cron jobs, scripting/automation of recurring tasks, day*to- day system resource management and monitoring.

Work with Senior Developers, Network Administrator, Windows/NT administrators and Help Desk analysts to maintain day-to-day operations and resolve production issues.
Work under direction from IT Operations Manager in the determination of deadlines & priorities for system maintenance tasks and Unix related infrastructure projects.
Work with Microsoft System Engineers on *VERITAS Netbackup* or *Bakbone* configuration and administration.
Perform start of the day system verification procedures to validate system state and availability, confirm successful execution of nightly batch processes and cron jobs, document instances of system and batch process failures in the ticketing system and resolve them expeditiously
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Implement system alerts to notify IT Management of system unavailability.
Work with the DBA to support Oracle Databases and optimize performance.
Perform day-to-day system administration tasks such as monitoring of httpd & https processes, management of server access & error logs, monitoring disk space usage and archival, backup status, tape archive management, and other periodic maintenance tasks. Generate reports and maintain documentation per Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) guidelines.
Perform MAC server related support functions (Mac Server OS X, X-Serve)  APLUS
Provide expertise in areas of Unix Administration and backup assistance.
Play pro-active user-support role in all deployed systems. 
Perform monthly and quarterly SOX reviews including documenting
results of such reviews.
Perform periodic maintenance tasks, generate reports and maintain documentation related to Unix operations as required per SOX guidelines.
*         Maintain all  systems to insure quality, reliability and performance.

*         Implement environments to minimize downtime of

Perform monthly and quarterly SOX reviews including documenting results of such reviews.
Perform periodic maintenance tasks, generate reports and maintain documentation related to Unix operations as required per SOX guidelines.
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QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:

 

*         Minimum of 7 years experience with Unix (Solaris) systems administration in a business environment.

*         Excellent trouble shooting abilities to identify root cause of production issues and resolve them quickly to maintain high availability.

*         This person must be extremely hands-on as he/she will be the *go to* person for problems.

*         BS in engineering or computer science or equivalent work experience required, MS a plus.

*         Solaris System Admin certification preferred.  SUN Network Admin a plus

*         Strong Perl and UNIX shell scripting expertise & related utilities.

*         Hands on experience with Solaris 2.6 through 10 required.

*         Experience with Oracle installations on Solaris

*         Experience with Enterprise Back-up systems and Enterprise Storage solutions e.g. SAN, NAS required.

*         Familiarity with iplanet/SUN ONE/SUN Java web servers, Apache web servers, resin application server, LDAP and directory services preferred.

*         Basic networking experience is a requirement.  Extensive experience with Cisco Switches & Routers and firewall knowledge is a plus.

*         Mac Server OS X (10.3.X) administration and familiarity with XServe is a plus.

*         Experience in a SOX environment strongly preferred.

*         Demonstrated ability to create a robust implementation plan for a systems project.

*         Excellent communication skills.

*         Ability to manage stress well under difficult situations and when dealing with production issues and project deadlines.

 

 

 

 


Terry Welsh
Managing Director-North America
Concepts in Staffing
9 East 37th Street, NY, NY 10016
TERRY@CISNY.COM
212/293-4432  Direct line

 


 

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Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com  ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE SOUGHT. Please include the job code with the position.

NO RELOCATION. NO VISA TRANSFERS. NO 3RD PARTIES. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES.

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