Saturday, January 31, 2009

UNIX Engineer in Dallas, TX

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
This is a position on a UNIX engineering and support Team in Technology Engineering. The Team manages approximately 1,000 Unix/Linux servers and workstations. The primary focus of the Team 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 quickly and come on-site to address support issues directly.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

. Minimum 5 years of:
o Solaris, HP-UX and Linux administration (must be proficient in at least one; two or more preferred) in a commercial enterprise environment.
o Storage Networking experience
o Perl Scripting
o Experience with Unix Performance Tuning
o Strong Trouble-shooting skills
o Ability to develop time estimates for project schedules, monitor progress and provide accurate and timely reports
o A minimum of 5 years IT experience on multiple platforms/technologies
. Familiarity with Database technologies: primarily Oracle RAC preferred
. Familiarity with Web Applications and/or Java technologies preferred
. Familiarity with Network Appliance hardware and software preferred
. Ability to provide Leadership within a specific technology area, or across multiple technology areas, to complete root-cause analysis, perform testing, provide documentation.
. Strong written and verbal communication skills
. Ability to work well with Customers at all levels (Leadership and Non-Leadership)
. Ability and willingness to mentor others
. Ability to multi-task



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