[SATLUG] UNIX Position

Sean I siffland at nerdshack.com
Thu Aug 2 18:49:33 CDT 2007


Hey all, my best friend at work is moving with his wife to Germany (he sux)
his last day is in the middle of September.  So we are going to be looking
for a new UNIX System admin to replace him.  It is a contractor
position, we support about 45 local HP-UX systems and around 30 remote HP
UX systems.  We are starting to get a few Linux boxes in but they are
just for testing.  Below is the requirements the manager handed down
to me, if anyone is interested contact me off the list at
ifflands at gmail.com


Summary:
The System Administrator will provide general System Administration support
of the UNIX servers for local and remote sites.

Duties:
HP Unix System Administrator responsible for the day to day system
operability. Duties include Information Assurance, security, patches, and
backups.

Monitor performance and overall system processing.
Work as a member of a team or independently
Schedule centrally managed recurring processes within the application
Perform daily application-level error checking and reporting
Maintain and modify system profiles
Assist government users and other personnel with problems and procedures on
production and testing databases
Participate in projects supporting infrastructure and business applications
in a HP-UX environment
Evaluates system products for reliability, scale-ability supportability,
availability, performance and appropriateness to business requirements

Monitors and tunes system to achieve optimum performance levels
Evaluate and recommend enhancements and system changes to improve
reliability and/or performance
Evaluates and recommends hardware and software solutions
Installs, configures, modifies, and maintains operating systems and related
software components (communications, systems utilities, and tools) of
greater complexity/critically to ensure stable performance and system
integrity

Tunes system for reliability, availability and performance
Determines systems specifications, input/output processes and working
parameters for hardware and software compatibility.

Assist with printer related issues
Other duties as required

Technical Skills (Must have):
Basic understanding of UNIX commands, system administration and
configuration
Secure Shell
POSIX Scripting

Technical Skills (Preferred):
NAC (National Agency Check) is preferred for security clearances
Basic knowledge of UNIX , including shell programming, system tuning and
troubleshooting skills
Linux Administration Experience
HP Data Protector or other enterprise backup solutions
HP-UX Ignite
Storage Area Network (SAN) experience
Experience with Oracle

Salary commensurate with Experience


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