[nylug-jobs] [nylug-job] AETEA Information Technology, Inc. seeks Senior Linux Administrator

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# JobID: #596
# Submitted On: 2007-3-7 4:34:14

# Company: AETEA Information Technology, Inc.
# Contact: Gregg Alper,
# Email:  galper at aetea.com
# Url: http://www.aetea.com
# Phone: 212 238 6245
# Fax: Not Specified

# Reference No: galinuxaa

# Title: Senior Linux Administrator

# Salary: Not Specified

# Description:
Our client, a major educational testing firm is in need of a Senior 
Linux/Unix Administrator as well as an intermediate Linux/Unix 
Administrator for a 6+ Month contract or contract-to-hire opportunity.

This is a team lead role on a team supporting a farm of Linux and 
Solaris systems. S/he will also have an active role in architecting/ 
specifying/ installing/ configuring/ maintaining and monitoring new 
systems as well as those already in place.

Team lead position and the ideal candidate will be someone with an
* extensive knowledge of multiple Unix operating systems.
* dedicated, methodical, energetic and polished professional, congenial 
and team spirited with exceptional technical and problem resolution skills.
* As a key resource on our technical team, the candidate will work both 
as an individual contributor and as part of our team of Information 
Technology professionals.
* The position will often require direct interaction with our internal 
business users and so requires excellent written and oral communication 
skills.

Responsibilities:
* Implement and maintain RedHat and Sun Solaris systems.
* Administration of JBoss in RedHat Linux Environment.
* Perform hardware, operating system, security and application 
updates/patches on these systems.
* Monitor UNIX/Linux systems for performance and availability.
* Work with team on defining best practices for supporting our environment.
* Work with various development groups to deploy application code into 
Staging and Production environments.
* Interface with business to identify practical solutions applicable to 
the business needs based on available technology.
* Assist in maintaining the current storage environments (SAN, NAS, DAS, 
etc.).
* Assist in performing routine capacity planning tasks for storage 
assets, generate utilization and performance reports, and maintain 
documentation of storage environment.
* Assist in maintaining and managing enterprise tape backup and 
recovery, ensuring the data integrity process is maintained.
* Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning, deployment and 
testing.
* Work with various business units to understand and meet their storage 
needs and to deploy application code into Staging and Production 
environments.
* Respond to tickets through a ticketing system.
* Assist with data center redesign projects.
* Work with project managers and technical staff in defining and 
documenting technical project requirements.
* Manage team schedule and queues.
* Participation in our on-call rotation and will require off-shift work 
to accomplish team objectives.

CLIENT WILL INTERVIEW IMMEDIATELY FOR THIS POSITION!

# Required Skills:
Position Requirements and/or Skills Required:

* 6+ years working with: Solaris and RedHat Enterprise Linux.
* Ability to troubleshoot issues using utilities such as iostat, vmstat, 
truss, gdb, dtrace.
* Familiar with standard development utilities much as make, cvs, ldd, 
nm, etc.
* Production installation and support of Apache and JBoss systems.
* Production experience with MySQL.
* Experience with Jumpstart and Kickstart installation methods. This 
should include customization.
* Experience with one or more of the following: Cacti, Nagios, Big 
Brother, ATG.
* Storage hardware (EMC Clariion , NAS, etc*)
* Veritas Products (Netbackup, VCS)
* Able to automate routine tasks using Shell or Perl scripting
* Performance tuning and capacity planning fundamentals
* Understanding of security best practices such at minimal install sets, 
server hardening, and system patching.
* Positive attitude and ability to effectively work with others
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Solaris and Red Hat certifications are a plus.

# Location: New York City, NY