GENERAL SUMMARY: The Senior UNIX Systems Administrator reports to the Information Technology (IT) Manager. The Senior UNIX Systems Administrator is responsible for the basic administration of a UNIX site; including system installation and configuration, fundamentals of security and installation of third party software.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Evaluate, install, debug, audit, maintain and document UNIX server farms and optimizes UNIX operating systems, and applications

2. Provides 2nd and 3rd tier support for corporate systems and user applications including participating in Shift Desk support.

3. Assists in managing the OS test, release, and push process

4. Automate configuration, monitoring, and asserting the state of production servers network equipment, and storage

5. Participate in 24x7 support delivery model

6. Supports and implements system standards, processes and security to maintain corporate IT standards.

7. Maintains, updates and audits system documentation.

8. Adds and maintains users on the network; assigning application access, ensuring security, and maintaining their configuration are within standards.

9. Trains users in applications and UNIX fundamentals

10. Analyzes project needs or requirements and recommends systems

11. Maintains and communicates project plans and status updates

12. Other duties as assigned.


WORKING CONDITIONS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb, or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

General office environment. The incumbent will be required to work extended periods of time at a Visual Display Terminal (VDT). Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

RELATIONSHIPS:
Interfaces regularly with all employees, and management; frequently with appropriate vendors; and occasionally with customers.


QUALIFICATIONS:
Skills:
Requires strong analytical and problem solving skills, flexibility and open-mindedness. Demonstrated ability to pay attention to details.
Strong inter-personal and communication skills; capable of writing purchase justifications, training users in complex topics, making presentations to an internal audience, and interacting positively with upper management. Independent problem solving; self-direction.
Ability to plan, document, install and effectively implement complex server software across heterogeneous server and networking environments.

Ability to diagnose server and network problems effectively to resolve issues

Ability to express oneself clearly and logically, both written and verbally, within a passionate technical team

Ability to set goals and execute

Senior UNIX Systems Administrator

Experience:
Six to eight years UNIX systems administration experience in large financial services or trading industry environments of >500 servers, >1000 users, and >10 terabytes of disk storage

Strong knowledge and experience in UNIX scripting, automation, and architecture in large production server environments from the design phase on

Thorough knowledge and understanding of UNIX characteristics and limitations, including standard daemons, protocols, and applications

Knowledge of UNIX system/network performance issues, plateaus, and solutions

Knowledge of IP networking concepts

Experience with network security (for example, building firewalls, deploying authentication systems, or applying cryptography to network applications. Experience with host security (for example, passwords, uids/gids, file permissions, file system integrity, use of security packages).

Experience with more than one UNIX based op Experience: UNIX,, To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here