Need Sr. UNIX Admin for MA !

Location: MA  Duration: 6+ Months | rate $ 55/Hr

 

F2F IS MUST: If you can candidate can’t come for F2F , Pls. don’t submit the resume.

The UNIX contractor position is a hands-on administrative job responsible for the day-to-day support and maintenance of the Bank’s UNIX environment.  Responsibilities will be based in the Bank’s primary offices, but extend to both the Bank’s colocation facility and disaster recovery facility, both in the Eastern Massachusetts region.

The UNIX contractor is responsible for all aspects of UNIX administration including, but not limited to monitoring, troubleshooting and repairing software issues at the O/S level on servers running Solaris and Oracle Cluster.  The candidate will also be assigned project-based work based on the current demands of the business project portfolio.

Specific Responsibilities

• Administration of the Bank’s UNIX environment including but not limited to patching, troubleshooting, account management, and security.
• Installation and support of all third-party tools which reside on the O/S including both application middleware and performance/security monitoring tools.
• Configure and install new servers, devices and peripherals.
• Monitors and corrects hardware issues involving, disk, memory, and CPU.
• Install and configure all Unix O/S related patches and system upgrades as prescribed by Bank standards.
• Adhere to a strict Change Management policy to ensure timely notification, testing and approval for ALL system related changes that impact the environment.
• Handle Tier 2 calls escalated from the help desk.
• Document, Draft and Maintain UNIX server procedures including but not limited to security, patching, standard operating procedures, server checklists, etc. regarding the UNIX environment.
• Report weekly the status of ongoing projects, tasks, and responsibilities to his/her manager.
• Of paramount importance is the strict adherence to policies and procedures and, where necessary or requested, drafting and promoting new policies and procedures.
• Ensure that detailed inventories and maintenance agreements are available and in place for all UNIX devices.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation for system and user support staff regarding all system issues.
• Provide metrics for the UNIX environment reporting on stability of environment.  

Qualifications

• Experience with Solaris 10 is required.
• Experience with Oracle Cluster is required.
• Shell scripting knowledge is required.
• Experience with Open Source tools (Apache, Tomcat, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, BIND, Java, and Samba is required.
• Hands-on experience with Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris Volume Manager, and ZFS is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with dynamically adding and removing storage on Solaris hosts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Oracle databases.
• IT related certification(s) preferred.

Education

Bachelors Degree in computer science or equivalent work experience required

 

Thanks & Regards,

 

Manoj

 

Abacus Software Division Inc.

121 Middlesex Turpike, #201, Burlington, MA 01803

Contact: 781-359-5211

 

 

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