Linux/Unix Administrator

Job description

· Join the North American Utilities Team as a Linux / Unix System Administrator
· The position requires 10 + years of system administrator experience in multiplatform Unix and Linux environments, with hands-on expertise in networking, scripting, and systems integration.
· Strong project lead skills with a proven track record of delivering complex global technical projects on time and within budget.
· Manage project delays effectively communicating proactively to Management, escalate where necessary.
· Strong leadership skills and a good team player, with the ability to virtually manage and coordinate resources across multiple countries
· Be familiar with product security vulnerability management. Proactively plan and manage their impact and remediation
· Provide level 3 support for Utilities owned applications
· Strong familiarity with Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services
· Must be able to understand underlying architecture of systems and recommend design and implementation patterns, especially opportunities to move to Cloud offerings
· Manage projects using Devops methodologies as well as traditional approaches
· Work with the Management team to identify and roadmap the elimination of technical debt and move strategic products to the Cloud
· Work closely with stakeholders on new Cloud based products or features and improvements to existing products
· Automate routine tasks where possible via Devops tooling such as Ansible
· Continue to improve Utilities DevOps tooling and practices

Desired profile

Qualifications :

·  A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, IT Infrastructure or similar discipline.
·  10+ years of experience specialized in Linux / Unix System Administration working on server-based operating systems
·  Extensive Solaris 10.x, 11.x, LDOM configuration experience
·  Strong hands-on knowledge of VMware ESXi
·  Strong knowledge of SUSE and RHEL operating systems
·  Veritas Volume manager installation and maintenance
·  NetBackup client and media server installations and maintenance
·  Strong working knowledge of Hewlett Packer Server Automation (HPSA) tool
·  Working experience on Windows Active Directory and LDAP
·  Integration of various network related services like NFS, NIS +, and DNS
·  Basic knowledge of networking devices such as F5 load balancers.
·  Troubleshooting skills with network protocols such as DNS, TCPIP, SMTP, and SNMP
·  Experienced in installation of Operating Systems, Packages and Patches, adding peripherals, System Security, backup and recovery
·  Experience in System performance analysis and tuning, system panic and problem diagnosis
·  Working experience with WebSphere Application Server, WebLogic or Tomcat
·  Demonstrate a current knowledge of latest DevOps tooling and practices.
·  Experience of containerisation, ideally using Docker / Kubernetes
·  Experience in build and configuration management ideally using Ansible
·  Willingness to work flexible hours for production, backup and on-call support for 24x7 environments
·  Excellent technical skills, with strong knowledge of current and emerging technologies
·  Strong communication abilities. Strong documentation abilities
·  Experience working in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environments

TECHNICAL SKILLS

·  Operating systems – Linux, Unix, Sun Solaris, IBM AIX, HP-UX, Windows
·  Languages: PerI, Visual Basic (VB), C, C++, Python, Java /JEE a plus
·  Networking: TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, VPN
·  Database - Oracle 11.x, 12.x, DB2 11.x, MySQL, MongoDB
·  Storage – SAN, NAS, ECS

Familiarity with these Software products a plus

·  FileNet P8
·  Captiva / DataCap
·  IBM BPM, BAW and DBAi
·  IBM OnDemand
·  HP Extreme
·  Brickstreet
·  Kana
·  Alfresco Process Services

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