Senior AIX Admin - (US-NJ-Secaucus)

From Jeff Altman: The Big Game Hunter

Senior AIX Admin - (US-NJ-Secaucus)

Compensation: $80K - $97K / Year
Min Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: MTWJAwe

must have AIX ADMIN - SAN STORAGE TSM -- SCRIPTING PERL SHELL ETC.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Technical expert in one or more highly specialized phases of Unix Administration, architecture and capacity planning. Responsible for the daily technical support of all the Unix mid-range systems. Works with the application development team, the infrastructure team, business units and the software vendors to develop and ensure a viable and consistent capacity and recovery solution.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
. Design and support Unix infrastructure.
. Capacity Planning all Unix Systems.
. Help establish and publish standards for configuring servers on different Unix platforms. Monitor adherence to the standards.
. Help establish, publish and monitor adherence to security standards for access to the Servers.
. Day to day production support including checking daily logs, backup/recovery procedures, disaster recovery, periodic maintenance.
. Implementation of monitoring tools.
. Provide Capacity planning and Security Administration reports.
. Design, write or re-engineer Unix scripts to enhance functionality of system.
. Automate system processes.
. Monitoring.
. Identify, evaluate and recommend the purchase of software, hardware or services that can be used to improve the performance of this group.
. Perform O/S upgrades.
. Supervise Hardware installs.
. Participate in the Annual Disaster Recovery test.
. Work closely with other departments in the definition, implementation and deployment of new initiatives.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS, EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:
. Expert-level knowledge in UNIX system administration.
. Expert-level knowledge in Backup design and support.
. Ability to define and implement solutions with minimal guidance.
. Expert level knowledge of application servers/middleware products.
. Intense desire to create "new and innovative" solutions.
. Ability to define short, mid and long-term goals
. Detail and process oriented.
. Ability to work independently on large projects.
. Excellent communication skills-written and verbal.
. Excellent time management skills for handling multiple projects.
. Excellent organizational and follow-up skills.

EXPERIENCE:
. Minimum of six (6) years experience in designing/supporting Unix Platforms.
. Minimum of years (2) years experience in design /support Data Base architectures, ie Oracle/Sybase/Sequel.

Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume.

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

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DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES - NYC

Role was just released today!!! 

 

Position Summary

Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, the Director of Infrastructure Services will be responsible for maintenance, management and expansion of our mission critical, 24x7 hosted solutions in offsite data centers. Given the start-up nature of our business, the successful candidate must be willing and capable of wearing multiple hats and handling everything from infrastructure architecture and security to equipment procurement and vendor negotiations.

Responsibilities

* Manage all Hosting Operations within  co-located data centers, with responsibility for contracted and internally agreed SLAs for customers
* Establish and execute processes for availability, capacity, and usage reporting
* Proactively plan, manage and grow the hosting infrastructure to support capacity and performance requirements of customers
* Work closely with the projects teams to prepare for launch and smooth operations of customer solutions hosted and managed by  the client 
* Manage the disaster recovery planning and manage and monitor security policies
* Provision hardware, bandwidth, and services for the operations of the  data centers
* Produce regular management reports on the status of operations for the executive team
* Manage the customer support ticketing systems and communicate to customers about scheduled maintenance activities
* Manage the relationships with contractors and suppliers for hosting services and hardware
* Perform network infrastructure maintenance and support
* Perform server maintenance and support (hardware and software)

Skills and Qualifications

* BSCS, BSEE is required
* Must have 5+ years of similar experience working for a software company that delivers its solutions on hosted ASP basis
* Experience in data center management
* In depth knowledge of data communications and Internet protocols
* Experience with configuring and using all common network components like load balancers, firewalls, switches and routers.
* Experience with most common server hardware platforms.
* Formal process design and implementation experience
* Quality training (Six Sigma, TQM, ISO or other) preferred

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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