We have an immediate need for a UNIX Systems Engineer to join the UNIX Engineering and Support Team of one of our most exciting clients. The Team manages approximately 500-600 UNIX and Linux servers and workstations. The primary focus is to provide a highly available, consistent, and resilient operating environment for application deployments. This includes both engineering design and support responsibilities. There is an on-call pager that is rotated through the engineers and the on-call requirements include being able to provide support remotely or quickly come on-site to address support issues directly.
5+ years of UNIX Systems Engineering experience on multiple platforms using various technologies in a large corporate enterprise environment is required. You must have strong networking experience, solid Perl Scripting skills and experience with UNIX Performance Tuning. Strong trouble-shooting skills are essential. A strong preference will be given to candidates with knowledge of synchronous and asynchronous messaging technologies, web services, n-Tier application deployments and support. Oracle and Sybase databases expertise is a plus. Desired knowledge includes Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence concepts. The ability to develop time estimates for project schedules, monitor progress and provide accurate and timely reports is needed. Need the ability to provide leadership within a specific technology area, or across multiple technology areas and complete root-cause analysis, testing and documentation is important. Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must, as well as the ability to work with customers at all levels including management. Ability and willingness to mentor others and to multi-task is needed.
Experience: Unix, Linux, Systems Administration, Storage Networking, Perl Scripting, Performance Tuning, Messaging, Web Services, N-Tier, Oracle, Sybase, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here