Sr Unix Administrator

Procom is a leading provider of professional IT services and staffing to businesses and governments in Canada.
With revenues over $500 million, the Branham Group has recognized Procom as the 3rd largest professional services firm in Canada and is now the largest “Canadian-Owned” IT staffing/consulting company.
Procom’s areas of staffing expertise include:
• Application Development
• Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Business/Systems Analysis
• Datawarehouse & Business Intelligence
• Infrastructure & Network Services
• Risk Management & Compliance
• Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Security & Privacy
Specialties• Contract Staffing (Staff Augmentation)
• Permanent Placement (Staff Augmentation)
• ICAP (Contractor Payroll)
• Flextrack (Vendor Management System)

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator             

On behalf of our client, Procom Services is searching for a Sr Unix Administrator for a contract opportunity in Columbus, OH.

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator Job Details

• Provide technical leadership in daily system support and operation for critical and complex production systems.

• Perform Capacity Planning, Infrastructure Design, and Systems Administration.

• Create robust, high availability and secure design for UNIX/Linux server infrastructure.

• Provide 7x24 rotating Level 3 Support for Unix/Linux and storage infrastructure for various group companies.

• Closely work with remote Unix/Linux team for day-to-day incident and service request tickets.

• Work with hardware and 3rd vendor for system troubleshooting.

• Interface with the clients with related to technical issue/inquiry/request.

• Setting various policies for applications and infrastructure - patching schedules, deployment of releases, testing and system readiness.

• Manage HP/UX environment in Production/Testing/Development environments.

• Configure and manage Virtual Server environments, Storage infrastructure and DR installations.

• Administer Systems Monitoring; Troubleshoot SW/HW Issues Methodically.

• Process knowledge of Configuration management & Change control.

• Create and update technical documentations (system configuration and operation).

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator Mandatory Skills

• 3-5 years experience as a RedHat Linux System Administrator

• Strong background in HP-UX 10/11

• Strong background in Solaris 2.6/7/8/9/10 and RHEL 4.x/5.x

• Strong Background in AIX

• Hands-on experience with Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas File System, DiskSuite and LVM

• Strong experiences in SAN devices (EMC Celerra/CLARiiON, NetApp Filer, Brocade switch)

• Hands-on experience in NetBackup backup software

• Experience of jumpstart and kickstart implementation

• Requires excellent communication skills and ability to be available after-hours

• Certifications in Solaris, Linux and/or SAN are preferred.

• BS in (Computer) Science/Engineering or equivalent IT work experience.

• Solid understanding of TCP/IP, LDAP, DNS, NIS and SMTP.

• Proficiency in NAS and Storage Area networking as well as Backup & Recovery administration.

• Experiences of DNS, Apache, Sendmail, Bind, LDAP, and ProofPoint.

• Experience in data center or network operations with HA (high availability) and/ or 24X7 service level.

• Must have strong experience with Disaster Recovery solutions.

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator Start Date

ASAP

Sr. Unix Systems Administrator Assignment Length

6 months

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