Unix Admin_Remote

Job Title: Unix Admin

Location: Remote

Employment Type: Contract

Experience Required: 6+ Years

Job Summary

• We are looking for an experienced C / Unix / SQL Engineer with strong Healthcare MMIS (Medicaid Management Information System) experience. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting applications in a Unix/Linux environment, along with strong SQL skills.
• Experience working with Healthcare MMIS systems is mandatory, with a strong understanding of Medicaid/healthcare claims and related business processes preferred.

Mandatory Skills

• Strong programming experience in C
• Strong hands-on experience with Unix/Linux environments
• Strong SQL skills and experience working with relational databases
• Mandatory experience working with Healthcare MMIS (Medicaid Management Information System)
• Experience with Unix system administration and troubleshooting
• Strong understanding of batch processing and production support
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, enhance, and troubleshoot applications using C in a Unix/Linux environment.
• Write and optimize complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and database processes.
• Perform Unix administration activities, including file management, permissions, process monitoring, job scheduling, and system troubleshooting.
• Support and maintain MMIS applications and healthcare/Medicaid-related systems.
• Analyze production issues, identify root causes, and implement appropriate resolutions.
• Work with healthcare data, claims processing, eligibility, provider, enrollment, and other MMIS-related functions.
• Monitor batch jobs and application processes and resolve failures or performance issues.
• Collaborate with business analysts, QA teams, developers, system administrators, and other technical teams.
• Participate in application upgrades, enhancements, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Prepare technical documentation and support operational procedures.
• Follow established development, security, change-management, and production-support processes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Strong experience with C programming.
• Hands-on experience with Unix/Linux.
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Previous experience with Healthcare MMIS / Medicaid systems is required.
• Experience with Unix administration and application support.
• Strong communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.