Solaris Systems Administrator

We are growing and looking for Specialist (L2) Unix (Solaris) Administrators!

Overview : Support:

• Provides ongoing administration and support of a large UNIX (Solaris and Red Hat Linux) systems. Works with remote support team, vendors, end users, Customer Service Representatives and other technical staff to resolve Unix/Linux/Storage hardware/software issues.
• Able to support larger Unix environments for 50+ Servers. Must be available on-call and for after-hours maintenance changes from time to time and act as a point of escalation

Responsibilities:

· Unix ( Solaris and Red Hat) Support

o Conduct activities in such areas as server builds, operating system upgrades, capacity planning, performance tuning, resource optimization, and monitoring

o Perform administrative tasks related to Unix server installations and decommissioning

o Manage high availability clustering environment

o Performance monitoring (OS, CPU, Memory, Network and Disk)

o Detect, diagnose, report, and resolve Unix/Linux Server related hardware and OS problems.

o Ensure all Unix/Linux operating systems are patched to the latest appropriate releases.

o Ensure backups and data restore tasks are being completed.

o Disk management and configuration using OS specific Logical Volume Management tools

o Ensure server security compliance conforming to customer security requirements.

o Coordinate and/or perform tasks in change management windows

o Respond to incident tickets towards maintaining service levels as per the established Service Level Agreements.

o Work closely with various support groups including Database, Backup, Storage, Application, Security in order to provide fast problem resolution and to improve client experience.

o Very good knowledge of Unix file-systems, Veritas Volume management, patch management, trouble-shooting, storage management, performance management.

o Very good knowledge of system tools such as Veritas Volume Manager, Tivoli Storage management, ESM etc.

o Participate in the Customer Out-of-hours (OOH) support process to deal with Customer defined high priority incidents occurring outside of normal business hours.

o Update and maintain the allocated Incident / Problem / Change control tickets in line with the Customer processes and procedures.

· Maintain an awareness of dependencies off all infrastructure.

· Create, maintain, and update infrastructure documentation.

Ensure all Work Carried out is in accordance with the Customer and SUPPLIER H&S, Security, Privacy, and code of conduct regulations (in the case of Customer regulations, provided in writing to Supplier and as amended from time to time)

Qualifications:

Demonstrating an understanding with respect to:

· Solaris 9,10 Global Zones and Containers

· Samba , Oracle databases exposure

· High Availability and Clustering Experience

· Server Virtualization , Veritas Volume Manager

· Shell and Perl Scripting

Nice to have the knowledge of

· Enterprise Storage Systems

· Symantec NetBackup, TSM, Legato

Technical Skills

Must Have :

· Technical knowledge of heterogeneous computing environments

· Solid understanding of mission critical applications and be able to assess the risk and impact associated with change

· Demonstrate thorough planning and execution in all areas of responsibility

· Work with vendors or suppliers to resolve issues

· Utilize analytical tools to pro-actively identify/resolve problems

· Monitor systems and components for adherence with company standards

· Design and documentation skills related to a UNIX environment

· Write technical document

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• System Administration: 3 years (Required)

Job Location:

• Ontario, CA (Required)