Solaris Admin (Ref code : 1207/MARSAL).
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Location: Herndon VA
6 months
This is not a corp to corp position.
EAD/GC/Citizen
Responsible for Unix Systems administration, configuration, troubleshooting, upgrades and support in heterogeneous server environments running under Solaris.
Strong knowledge with Sun/Solaris software and hardware including Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris LDOMs/Zones, ZFS file systems, Live Migration, running on Solaris 10 TSeries/M5 Series servers.
Practical experience moving environments from legacy Sun servers to Solaris 10 LDOMs.
Coordinate the installation and maintenance of third party vendor software and hardware, maintenance and support, disk space management, backups and file restoration.
Maintain availability of assigned services.
Analyze level 3 system problems and recommend solutions.
Ensure system accessibility, functionality and stability through best practices administration.
Install new software releases, perform system upgrades, evaluate and install software and security patches, and resolve software-related issues.
Support installing, loading, and configuring servers, server connectivity issues, perform server upgrades and migration to new system-level software.
Possesses experience in installation, configuration and operation of company-wide services such as TCP/IP, Apache/SSL, DHCP, DNS, NFS, Sendmail, SSH etc.
Perform regular day-to-day Systems Administration activities such as User Administrations, Disk Management, Package Install, Patch Management, Storage Management, NFS Administration and disaster recovery/fail-over exercises.
Create Logical Volume Manager, disk groups and assign volumes for the application on Solaris Servers as per the project requirements.
Perform Incident & Problem resolution.
Identify, analyze, fix, and determine root cause, follow-up and coordinate changes to resolve complex problems involving hardware, software, networking and applications.
Monitor and ensure adequate security for hosts and tightened file system access control.
Responsible for regular backup and restore operations for Solaris Systems using Tivoli Storage Manager.
Identify, control, maintain and verify OS baseline configurations and manage server resources and predict the need for additional capacity in advance.
Install and configure various enterprise wide infrastructure tools including automation tool, job scheduler, authentication and authorization software, backup tools on Solaris Servers.
Quickly restore service during system outages, provide troubleshooting support to team members, perform proactive problem prevention, and escalate technical details to technical lead and/or to vendor support.
Write technical documentation, operational procedures, systems documentation and Incident and problem communications and reporting.
Assist with the monitoring performance analysis of existing applications and ensuring that the system is consistent with ongoing need.
Take part in after-hours on-call rotation schedule and weekend activities as required.
Minimum Requirements:
Job requires a Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills may be acquired; and five years of work experience in Solaris systems operations and administration.
o Well seasoned in Solaris System Administration
o VMware vSphere Virtualization
o Blade Logic Scripting
o Shell scripting
o Network File System (NFS) Administration
o Perform Change Management, Incident/ Problem Management and Continuity Management functions in a SOX controlled Financial Services environment
o Writing, contributing, reviewing technical documentation, operational procedures and systems documentation
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE:
Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of own professional discipline.
Requires in-depth understanding of the purpose and operations outside own area.
Understands internal/external client; may require awareness of external trends and best practices.
CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING:
Helps others in clarifying somewhat complex problems; adapts or modifies established approaches.
Identifies and selects appropriate tools, data, and analysis techniques to diagnose problems and develop solutions.
Balances competing short- and long-term goals within one's area in alignment with the larger area's direction and objectives.
COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS:
Writes and presents reports, contracts and/or proposals for internal and/or external audiences.
Interprets other viewpoints and assimilates them into work processes.
Formally transfers technical or administrative knowledge to others.
DECISION MAKING:
Decision making guided by precedents and objectives.
Makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting project or client base.
RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY:
Work significantly affects multiple units within a single department.
Job has short to intermediate-term impact.
Follows departmental procedures to complete work, but may recommend changes to departmental processes.
Often prioritizes own work; work is reviewed at key stages by manager/administrative officer or team.
Anticipates consequences of actions, potential problems, or opportunities for change.
MUST HAVE:
Experience installing supporting, performance tuning enterprise databases (DB2 and Oracle) running on Linux virtual infrastructure.
Strong knowledge with Sun/Solaris software and hardware including Veritas Volume Manager, Solaris LDOMs/Zones, ZFS file systems, Live Migration, running on Solaris 10 TSeries/M5 Series servers.
Practical experience moving environments from legacy Sun servers to Solaris 10 LDOMs.
Coordinate the installation and maintenance of third party vendor software and hardware, maintenance and support, disk space management, backups and file restoration.
Maintain availability of assigned services.
Analyze level 3 system problems and recommend solutions.
Ensure system accessibility, functionality and stability through best practices administration.
Install new software releases, perform system upgrades, evaluate and install software and security patches, and resolve software-related issues.
Support installing, loading, and configuring servers, server connectivity issues, perform server upgrades and migration to new system-level software.
Possesses experience in installation, configuration and operation of company-wide services such as TCP/IP, Apache/SSL, DHCP, DNS, NFS, Sendmail, SSH etc.
Perform regular day-to-day Systems Administration activities such as User Administrations, Disk Management, Package Install, Patch Management, Storage Management, NFS Administration and disaster recovery/fail-over exercises.
Create Logical Volume Manager, disk groups and assign volumes for the application on Solaris Servers as per the project requirements.
Perform Incident & Problem resolution.
Identify, analyze, fix, and determine root cause, follow-up and coordinate changes to resolve complex problems involving hardware, software, networking and applications.
Monitor and ensure adequate security for hosts and tightened file system access control.
Responsible for regular backup and restore operations for Solaris Systems using Tivoli Storage Manager.
Identify, control, maintain and verify OS baseline configurations and manage server resources and predict the need for additional capacity in advance.
Install and configure various enterprise wide infrastructure tools including automation tool, job scheduler, authentication and authorization software, backup tools on Solaris Servers.
Quickly restore service during system outages, provide troubleshooting support to team members, perform proactive problem prevention, and escalate technical details to technical lead and/or to vendor support.
Write technical documentation, operational procedures, systems documentation and Incident and problem communications and reporting.
Assist with the monitoring performance analysis of existing applications and ensuring that the system is consistent with ongoing need.
Take part in after-hours on-call rotation schedule and weekend activities as required.
Minimum Requirements:
Job requires a Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience from which comparable knowledge and skills may be acquired; and five years of work experience in Solaris systems operations and administration.
o Well seasoned in Solaris System Administration
o VMware vSphere Virtualization
o Blade Logic Scripting
o Shell scripting
o Network File System (NFS) Administration
o Perform Change Management, Incident/ Problem Management and Continuity Management functions in a SOX controlled Financial Services environment
o Writing, contributing, reviewing technical documentation, operational procedures and systems documentation
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERTISE:
Requires a thorough understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of own professional discipline.
Requires in-depth understanding of the purpose and operations outside own area.
Understands internal/external client; may require awareness of external trends and best practices.
CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING:
Helps others in clarifying somewhat complex problems; adapts or modifies established approaches.
Identifies and selects appropriate tools, data, and analysis techniques to diagnose problems and develop solutions.
Balances competing short- and long-term goals within one's area in alignment with the larger area's direction and objectives.
COMMUNICATION EFFECTIVENESS:
Writes and presents reports, contracts and/or proposals for internal and/or external audiences.
Interprets other viewpoints and assimilates them into work processes.
Formally transfers technical or administrative knowledge to others.
DECISION MAKING:
Decision making guided by precedents and objectives.
Makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting project or client base.
RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY:
Work significantly affects multiple units within a single department.
Job has short to intermediate-term impact.
Follows departmental procedures to complete work, but may recommend changes to departmental processes.
Often prioritizes own work; work is reviewed at key stages by manager/administrative officer or team.
Anticipates consequences of actions, potential problems, or opportunities for change.
MUST HAVE:
Experience installing supporting, performance tuning enterprise databases (DB2 and Oracle) running on Linux virtual infrastructure.
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