Job Functions :

• Monitor all systems and implement best practices and procedures to minimize risk, outages, and data loss
  
• Install, configure and maintain different flavors of Unix (Solaris Sparc, x86 and Linux) environment.
  
• Resolve operating system, application software, hardware, networking and performance problems on various Solaris and Redhat Linux platforms.
• Install, configure packages and software applications such as apache, and web applications.
  
• Ability to rebuild the Unix kernel, and modify system parameters.
  
• Ability to write and maintain shell scripts, using perl, bash, and csh to automate systems administration tasks.
  
• Strong familiarity with production monitoring services: Nagios
  
• Experience working with networking switches, routers and firewalls.
  
• Experience with NetApp (NAS and SAN) iscsi storage
  
• Be part of a 24 x 7 on-call rotation
• Be able to work in a dynamic environment and willing to go outside of the job functions and help where needed

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent in another similar discipline
  
• Minimum of 5-7 years administering Unix systems in a similar size environment.
  
• Thorough knowledge of protocols such as TCP/IP, YP/NIS, NFS, Automounter, SSH, HTTP, FTP, DNS, Samba, and DHCP.
  
• Proficient in jumpstart install, be able to add and modify profiles
  
• Experience with NIS+ and LDAP a strong plus
  
• Experience with Backup software and tape libraries management desirable
  
• Excellent troubleshooting skills to diagnose a problem and fix it
  
• Experience with network tools such as ethereal
  
• Sense of ownership and urgency to complete tasks in a timely manner
  
• Some knowledge of Windows systems and protocols
  
• Achievement oriented person, able to multi-task and work under pressure.
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Must be able to document work.
  
• Highly organized, self-motivated, able to multi-task, able to work independently as well as with a team.