Unix Engineer

Our Client, a Healthcare company, is looking for an Unix Engineer for their Remote location.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Sun Certified Solaris Administrator certification desired. o 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)

Requirements:

• Level III
• Bachelor's 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

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities

ICONMA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any status protected by applicable law.