UNIX and Storage Admin

UNIX and Storage Admin
Location: SCHENECTADY, New York
Duration: 1 and ½ year to extend further.
Not an H1 position.

With work continuing in upgrading legacy systems to Oracle 11g database
environment, OPWDD is undertaking a mission to consolidate and virtualizes
IBM Power hardware platforms. Mission critical internet and intranet
applications will be affected by this upgrade. This plan calls for the
deployment of new Oracle 11g application servers and databases on the IBM
/AIX Power 6 and Power 7 hardware. Also, Contractor would be heavily
involved in the new Secure File Transport project, to securely transmit
files between OPWDD and other State Agencies, such as SFS (Statewide
Financial System), DCS, DOH, OSC, OTDA and OMH. Contractors must have strong
background installing, implement, and support IBM Power 6 systems Virtual
Input/Output (VIO) Servers using the Advanced Power Virtualization (APV)
features, administering and configuring fiber SAN infrastructure,
installing, configuring, administering and upgrading UNIX systems.
Contract staff will provide expertise and knowledge transfer involved with
these upgrade projects. Contract staff will also assist with deployment,
upgrades and administration of data backup solutions such as Sysback, Kick
Start, Ignite and Veritas NetBackup. Administration of enterprise Data
Storage systems and SAN Fiber infrastructures will be included. Contract
staff will also assist State staff in the maintenance of existing UNIX
environments as well as providing much needed assistance with the creation
of new platforms. At present, the existing staff has insufficient resources
to accommodate the additional workload.

MANDATORY Requirements:
--Minimum of four (4) years experience installing, configuring, and
administrating IBM/AIX, HP/UX, or Red Hat Linux systems. At least two (2)
years of that experience must be within the last 36 months.
--Minimum of four (4) years experience with Korn shell and scripted systems
utilities. At least two (2) years of that experience must be within the last
36 months.
--Minimum of three (3) years experience administering and configuring
Enterprise Secure File Transfer solutions such as Axway (Tumbleweed) Secure
Transport Server or File Transfer Direct.
--Minimum of three (3) years experience administrating and configuring
Enterprise Storage Systems and Fiber SAN Infrastructures. At least two (2)
years of that experience must be within the last 36 months.
--Minimum of three (3) years experience with Server Virtualization
Technologies, such as IBM Virtual Input/Output (VIO) Servers using Advanced
Power Virtualization (APV). At least one (1) year of that experience must be
in the last 24 months.
--Minimum of two (2) years experience with enterprise backup solutions such
as Tivoli Storage Manager or VERITAS NetBackup.

DESIRABLE Experience Listed in order of importance:
1. Experience installing, configuring, administering and upgrading IBM/AIX
systems.
2. Experience installing, implement, manage and support a secure file
transfer solution across multiple file transfer sites or applications which
meet the government regulatory compliances.
3. Experience installing, implement, and support the IBM Power systems
Virtual Input/Output (VIO) Servers using the Advanced Power Virtualization
(APV) features.
4. Experience installing, configuring, and administrating HP/Tru64/HPUX
systems.
5. Experience administering and configuring fiber SAN infrastructure.
6. Experience installing, configuring, and upgrading Red Hat/Linux systems.
7. Experience with system performance monitoring and analysis tools, such as
Ganglia, IBM Director and BigBrother.
8. Experience installing, configuring, and administering Apache or Tomcat,
JBoss, Web Logic, or WebSphere application servers
9. Experience installing, configuring, and administering UNIX utilities such
as Samba, SSH, SUDO.
10. Experience administering with enterprise backup solutions, such as
Tivoli Storage Manager or Veritas NetBackup.
11. Experience with other backup software such as Acronis True Image, and
Unix backup applications, such as, Ignite, VDump, Tar.
12. Experience with VMware, VirtualCenter, P2V Converter.
13. Experience installing, configuring, and administering Sun Java System
web server.
14. Experience