AIX/Solaris UNIX SA Support ( 1109 NICGAR)

Location: Warren /NJ

Duration: 1 year

Rate: Market rate.

This is not a C2C opportunity.. Green card, Citizens, EAD, TN visa, H1 transfers  only can  be considered.

The position sits within the NA Unix System Administration/support team, which provides all infrastructure functionality to all the GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT and business in LATAM (Latin America) . The TTS and SFS applications will be migrating the production environment from Silver Spring, MD to Irving Data Center 2011 and 2012. We will migrate over 600 servers constituting multiple applications.

The successful candidate will be responsible for Solaris and AIX Unix server builds, receiving servers from in-house order fulfillment system, coordinating rack/stack of servers in data centre, loading the Operating System, building of file systems, loading standard monitoring and backup packages. Additional responsibilities include work with Audit/Compliance teams to install and maintain security updates and patches. Knowledge of Sun virtualization and Sun Clustering, AIX virtualization and HACMP clustering a must.

Skills Required:
     
The candidate should have strong skills in at least one of each bullet points and knowledge of the others, as well as have a good understanding of Enterprise Architecture methodology.
5+ years hands-on AIX and Solaris 8/10 Unix system administration experience
2-3 years working knowledge of Sun Clustering 3.x and HACMP
System administration experience with AIX and Solaris Virtualization technologies of VIO/LPAR and containers.
Knowledge of Zones/LDOMS virtualization concepts.
Strong knowledge of File system/Volume Management software
Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking
Patch and Package management
Above average knowledge of Unix Operating System and system administration best practices
Good knowledge of Perl or shell scripting.
Experience supporting: Sunfire 25K, T-Series, M-Series Sun hardware.
Experience in small to large scale system projects including full development lifecycle, strong trouble shooting analysis skills, performance and tuning
A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understands principles of routing, client/server programming, and the design of consistent network-wide file system layout
Ability to troubleshoot software / hardware configuration problems
Ability to write clear and concise technical documentation
Ideally a degree in a Computer science discipline or equivalent work experience
Strong Understanding of architectural concepts and design
Demonstrable client management skills
Ability to work with tight deadlines
Good planning and organization skills
A proven ability to meet and adapt to new challenges.

# Years of Experience: 7-10 years
Degree Required: Bachelor's Level Degree