Job Listing: Unix Administrator

Our Client is the number-one nonfiction media company, with a reach that encompasses television as well as digital media, retail products and online educational services. Their goal of helping people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity depends on maintaining a creative and entrepreneurial environment where individual expression, achievement and recognition go hand-in-hand with their business objectives and performance.

Responsibilities:

Short term position to augment existing engineering staff during critical period. Administers and maintains all production and other mission critical technology resources in the DCI Unix Environment to include the following:
Perform duties as assigned.
Provide server administrative support for all Unix and Linux based supported servers in the Online environment with agreed upon availability and performance criteria.
Develop, organize, and maintain required server related documentation.
Monitor all servers' performance and network connectivity and troubleshoot any issues to maximize server uptime.
Proactively monitor and resolve assigned customer trouble tickets, including resolving tickets within appropriate time frame and escalating tickets as needed.
Respond to calls for service, Remedy trouble tickets, or customer requests in a manner that conveys enthusiasm and concern for customer requirements.
Monitors and tunes the server environment to ensure availability and reliability.
Evaluates, installs, tests, configures, maintains, monitors performance and troubleshoots server software. Implements systems patches and updates as needed.


Requirements:

Five to Seven years experience as a systems engineer.
Must be a self-starter, and able to take direction.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
Excellent troubleshooting skills.
Clear and concise communication is critical.
Must be proficient in: Solaris 8, Linux (RHES 4 & 5), Apache 2.0, scripting (ksh, Perl, Python, bash, etc), OpsWare, VMWare, NFS
Knowledge of (helpful): WebSphere, Akamai, BigIP F5 load balancers, Nagios, Network Appliance, Remedy, HP OpenView

Required Skills for Unix Administrator Job:

About TEKsystems:

Join TEKsystems® and get your career on the fast track. As the leading technology staffing and services firm, we are passionate about deploying high-caliber IT and communications expertise. To satisfy our constant need for expertise, we actively seek talented Technical Professionals with all levels of information technology and communications skills. TEKsystems knows that every professional has different needs, so we'll work together to determine a suitable benefits package. We offer options to our Technical Professionals that could include: a health plan, 401k, provisions for vacation and holiday pay, and technical and professional training. With a foundation as the nation's largest IT staffing firm, we've become a billion-dollar services company by blending superior client service with an unrivaled ability to source and manage talent to precise specifications, resulting in successful technology executions. Allegis Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers. M/F/D/V