Saturday, February 13, 2010

Systems Engineer - Unix / Linux - NEEDED NOW!! in New York, NY

Saturday, February 13, 2010
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It is time for a change, and CDI can help!

We have an immediate need for a Systems Engineer - Unix / Linux - 6 month contract

JOB DESCRIPTION
This individual will perform design and planning activities on Sun Solaris, SUSE and Red-Hat Systems. This will include designing and documenting client solutions as well as providing guidance and procedural direction.

Administration of the UNIX and Linux environments including validating environmental health and providing day-to-day support is a key area of responsibility.

Performance Management using tools such and BMC Enterprise Performance Assurance, Storage Management in partnership with the Storage team, Engineering new solutions/RPMs and Patches in partnership with Engineering organization are additional areas of responsibility.

The individual will also research, analyze and incorporate emerging technologies into the UNIX environment.

This individual will participate in a 24x7 on-call/pager support rotation with other team members.

The business is very dynamic with many un-anticipated changes. Deriving solutions in close partnership with the line of business and being 'quick-on-one's-feet' is a needed trait for this position.

Versatility is key measure to the success of this position. Demonstrable versatility between flavors of UNIX/Linux mentioned above will be a plus. Additionally, candidates with versatility in the areas of torage Management, Performance Management (or) Database management will succeed in this position.

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to understand the business and the application. Candidates who have done work engineering solutions for the business will be successful in this position.



Skill Requirements



At least 7 years of experience administering, monitoring and managing Solaris (8/9/10), SUSE Linux (9) and Red-HAT environments.

7+ years of experience building Jumpstart and Kickstart servers.

At least 3-5 years of experience with performance management using tools such as BMC Patrol & Enterprise Performance Assurance. Capacity Planning skills with be a plus.

Over 5 years of experience with high-availability and Disaster-Recovery using technologies such as Veritas Cluster Services, SRDF, Timefinder/BCVs is a must.

Over 7 years of experience automating activities using Perl and Shell scripting is a necessity.

Demonstrable experience with the administration or setup of Oracle/Sybase is a plus.

Demonstrable experience administering, setting-up or participating in initiatives with application servers such as JBoss, Weblogic and Websphere is a plus.

Demonstrable experience designing solutions for application with n-Tier Architectures and GRID is a plus.

Demonstrable skills writing best-practice documentation and solution documents are a necessity.

Demonstrable leadership skills such as managing time, managing meetings and verbal communication skills are a must.

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