DescriptionOur client, a leading European investment bank specializing in corporate, private and retail banking, and investment Unix Systems Engineer. Location: New York, NY Type of Position: Contract Position Responsibilities Provide 24/7/365 primary support of all RedHat and Sun Solaris Servers for the Equity business in North America. Proactively monitor all Linux and Unix systems utilizing Client standared tools. Maintain complete inventory and documentation of deployed systems. Liaise with Equity application developers to gather requirements, design and deploy standard systems which clearly differentiate between production, development, UAT, and DR. Identify operational and infrastructure risks within the environment and work with the application development team and Equity business to make corrections and mitigate risks. Ensure that all systems are backed up according to the business requirements and notify the data owners when there are failures. Ensure optimal resilience of deployed systems and meet all disaster recovery requirements dictated by the business. Liaise with Equity and Core Engineers in troubleshooting complex, cross-platform issues. Maintain top-notch technical skills and Equity business knowledge through proactive self-learning in addition to any formal instructor-led training provided by Client. Evaluate emerging system technologies and align their benefits with the business strategy of BNPP Equities. Position Requirements Expert knowledge of RedHat Enterprise 3.x, 4.x, 5.x and Sun Solaris 2.8/10 Expert knowledge of Linux Kernel Internals, building customized kernels, and building customized RPM packages Strong knowledge of system performance and monitoring tools such as CA UniCenter, sar, iostat, vmstat, etc. Strong programming skills with Perl, AWK, SED, Shell script (Bourne, C, Korn) Solid understanding of TCP/IP and basic networking ability to use and understand output of tcpdump/snoop Administration of Unix core services and applications such as NIS, NFS, automount, DNS, DHCP, Samba, SendMail, Apache, NTP, sudo, Jumpstart/Kickstart, LDAP, SSH, Samba Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (Solaris Zones, Xen, VMWare, etc.) Should be comfortable performing system upgrades, installing layered products, and analysing and troubleshooting complex production systems. Hands-on experience with various hardware including Client and IBM Blade Chassis - H Series Basic knowledge of EMC SAN storage arrays and NetAPP Network Appliances. Should be familiar with system administration regarding relational databases (Sybase, Oracle) and WebSphere MQ. Some experience with a market data distribution system, Reuters RMDS a plus. Ability to interface with users at all levels of the organization and good end-user support skills. Must be well-organized, responsible, a good project manager, have good verbal and written communication skills, and able to multitask in dynamic trading environment. Work as a member of a team, adhere to corporate standards and change management processes, and work to improve Equity standards and policies.
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