SENIOR UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR

Description

SENIOR UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR #1613739 As part of the Administration Team, the resource will be responsible for all aspects of supporting, maintaining the Linux servers in a 24x7 compute farm environment. Must have experience supporting and managing large numbers of servers including hardware and software troubleshooting and maintenance. RESPONSIBILITIES: - Must have excellent communication skills. - Ability to practice good judgment in dealing with unforeseen issues that may arise. - Willingness to take on any task and drive it to completion. - Participate in 24 x 7 on call support. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: - 5 to 7 years of overall Unix/Linux experience. - 2 year experience in scripting including Perl and Shell scripting. Perl scripting is highly desirable. - Network Monitoring experience such as Netsaint/Nagios, HP Openview, and SNMP - Kernel.org kernel configuration/optimization experience on physical and virtual machines - Experience with Linux benchmarking techniques for all hardware components - VMware ESX/Player or KVM experience on Linux - Experience with NIS and Automounter DESIRED SKILLS: - Knowledgeable in database such as PostgresSQL,Oracle, DB2, SQL Server and/or MySQL - Experience with Platform LSF, Sun Grid, or any other batch queuing system - Experience with network based OS installation (kickstart, jumpstart, systemimager) - Experience with Linux VMs in VMware vSphere 4.0 - RHEL/Centos optimization EOE