UNIX Engineer 3

UNIX Engineer 3#26-13376 $43.58

• 61.

29 per hour Rochester, NY All On-site Job Description

Summary Description:

The Unix Engineer position manages a network of servers, providing on-call, 24x7x365 support, and some weekend work.

UNIX-based OS specific duties include responsibility for knowledge of kernel and network services, and are responsible for installation, maintenance and administration of multiple UNIX servers: including IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, and multiple Linux Distributions (RedHat, SUSE, CentOS ) across multiple locations. Essential Resource Responsibilities /

Accountabilities:

Level III

• Provides 24 x 7 overall Operations/Deployment/Problem support for the Unix environments
• Provides advanced level of deployment functions for the Unix environments
• Monitors and reviews contractual agreements, including long and short term planning strategies
• Develops organizational standards for Unix system design, utilization and vendor support
• Recommends and leads large scale process improvements to the overall Unix Methodology
• Leads medium to larger projects as directed by management
• Defines scope, objectives and needs for new or revised documentation of existing Unix installations
• Develops standard operating procedures (SOPs) as they relate to the support of Unix systems
• Provides direction and oversees Intern/Contract/Temp help/Level I & II staff, as needed
• Develops expertise in a Unix technology discipline and acts as a company SME in that area
• Must possess a working knowledge of LAN based protocols and technical knowledge of server communications related to Windows O/S
• Knowledge of Windows NT in a server environment, and in interaction with UNIX is HIGHLY desirable.
• Ability to respond quickly to issues facing high availability, high demand, enterprise wide services a must.
• Willingness to work irregular hours and be on pager coverage.
• Sun Certified Solaris Administrator certification desired.

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Language:

UNIX shell scripting and Perl

• Maintains an advanced level of knowledge on Unix technologies appropriate to Excellus
• Provides overall advanced operations support for the Unix environments through daily/weekly/monthly/annually defined maintenance activities
• Provides advanced problem determination and resolution on the Unix environments from both monitoring systems and escalated help desk tickets
• Provides advanced support of the activities of Unix environments throughout the regions. Confers with management levels to define scope, objectives and overall need of the sites
• Provides advanced Unix support for internal and external projects
• Works closely with IPM Engineering to develop project designs that are adequate for production processing (jointly)
• Works closely with IPM Engineering to develop proposals and evaluates Unix systems and makes recommendations of those services (jointly)

Minimum Resource Qualifications:

Level III

• Bachelors degree in IT-related discipline (Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent)
• Five years of related work experience (UNIX-based operating systems).
• Ability to interface with all levels of management, other plans and outside professionals.
• Extensive knowledge of distributed systems.
• Experience with UNIX-based operations system including knowledge of kernel and server services.
• Experience with journaled file systems, TCP/IP, NFS, SAMBA and DNS.
• Experience with Apache web servers, mail, storage attached server (SAN) devices and technologies.?br
• Experience installing, maintaining, and administering multiple Unix servers: including IBM AIX, Sun Solaris and Linux across multiple locations.
• Experience with Enterprise Technologies (NFS, performance tuning, mail, security etc.).
• Experience with Advanced Internet server protocols and utilities (DNS, SMTP, POP, IMAP, HTTP/S, TLS, S/FTP, TCP/IP, UDP, SSH).
• Ability to successfully handle the completion of multiple concurrent assignments or related support mechanisms for escalation/resolution purposes.
• Understanding of cluster configurations and concepts, shell scripting performance tuning.
• Advanced skill level in SAN/NAS storage solutions (NetApp, IBM

SVC, DS8000

series, XIV).

• Advanced Skill level in LDAP/OpenLDAP configuration and support.
• Advanced Skill level in Enterprise backup solutions (IBM TSM).
• Experience with OS and/or software based clustering (Veritas, RedHat).
• Experience with Security hardening and event monitoring (NMON, Solarwinds).
• Advanced enterprise level skills in shell scripting and programming.
• Knowledge of Windows NT in a server environment, and in interaction with UNIX is HIGHLY desirable.
• Ability to respond quickly to issues facing high availability, high demand, enterprise wide services a must.
• Willingness to work irregular hours and be on pager coverage.
• Sun Certified Solaris Administrator certification desired.

Knowledge of:

o Server hardware: Sun Enterprise Servers, IBM POWER Servers. o Storage

IBM DS8000, IBM

840,

SVC, XIVo Operating Systems:

AIX 5.3, 6.1 , 7.1

Solaris 9, 10, RedHat 6.x 7.xo

Special Software:

Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File Systems, Veritas Cluster Server, Sendmail, SAMBA, SSH, TCP-Wrapper, Iplanet, Apache Web server,

Netscape Enterprise Server, Sun Solstice Disksuiteo Networking:

TCP/IP, NFS, LDAP, Automount, DSN, NIMo Language:

UNIX shell scripting and

Perl Physical Requirements:

In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this resource requirements document lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Excellus Client Client is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, requires all suppliers of temporary staffing resources to affirm the rights of every person to participate in all aspects of employment without regard to race, color, sex/gender, age, disability, religion, creed, citizenship status, national origin, veteran status, military status, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, sexual orientation, gender identity, predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, or any other status protected under the law

EEO:

"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of

• Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.

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