Unix Engineer

Job Title: Unix Enginner
Location: Alpharetta, GA

Pay rate: $73/hr W2 or $82/hr C2C

Description:

Hours may vary based on project: Shift timings would be from 7:00 AM to 9:30 PM by 2 members on weekly rotation i.e morning shift would stat at 7:00 AM and afternoon shift starts at 12:00 Noon

Potential to Convert

Job Description:
This role is for a Unix L3 specialist to the Unix Critinfra Support Team with the following responsibilities:
Proving SRE Support to the Firm s Critical Infrastructure (Oxygen Systems) in Follow-The-Sun model
Provide rotational On-call support, weekend project work
Proactive health & hygiene tasks to maintain operational stability and compliance for risk & control programs to ensure the production environment is not put at risk.
Collaborate with engineering teams to test and certify new hardware & software products.
Engage with clients to understand business demand, needs & support during outage scenarios.
Onboard new UNIX assets for growth or large programs such as new datacenter build outs.

Skills Required:
6+ years of Unix/Linux Administration Enterprise Level Experience in large, distributed environment.
Experience of Project Management, Incident & Change Management and Reporting
In depth knowledge Linux (Red-hat) with good knowledge in Solaris.
Detailed knowledge of TCP/IP and associated technologies (NFS, NIS, DNS, DHCP)
Detailed knowledge of Unix system monitoring and reporting
Detailed knowledge of Server Firmware upgrade
Detailed knowledge of NTP/Time Keeper, Time synchronization technologies
In depth knowledge in vulnerability assessment and server patching.
Programming level knowledge of Shell, Perl/Python.
Ability to troubleshoot, resolve complex problems, with a fix it once for everywhere and automation mentality.
Effective oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills are essential, as well as the ability to work well in a global-team environment.
The individual should have strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and high-pressure situations for outage handling, management, or resolution
Skills / Certifications Desired:

Knowledge of Infoblox DDI solution
Certification in RedHat Enterprise Linux
Knowledge of Veritas Cluster Server or similar high availability product
Knowledge in ansible, OpenShift, Kubernetes
Veritas Volume Manager
Prior experience working in the financial services industry