Urgent need of Linux adminstrator
Sai Krishna
Duration – 3-6 months+
Rate – 45-50/h
Location: Position can be located in New York, NY, or Hightstown NJ.
Process: Telephone and then F2F.
Unix-Linux Admin Role
Position Summary
Responsible for helping on remediation tasks related to Tier 2 operational support activities of Unix-Linux servers.
Technical Skills
 A minimum of 5 – 7 years of server administration experience.
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 Primary experience required:
o Sun Solaris 8,9,10 (advanced experience required; majority of environment)
o Red Hat Operating Systems 4 & 5 (advanced experience required; majority of environment)
o HP-UX (intermediate experience required; only 5% of environment)
o Open VMS (intermediate experience required; only 5% of environment)
o Storage technologies (EMC, Volume Manager, Disk Suite, LVM, NFS)
o HP/Dell server technologies
o High Availability Clustering Technologies including Veritas Clustering Services
o Server Virtualization Technologies across Linux, and Solaris Operating Systems
o Remote Server Management Technologies
o High Availability Solutions including Replication, Load Balancing, Disaster Recovery Tools
o Advanced ability to troubleshoot Unix and TCP/IP networking.
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 Experience in the following desired but not required:
o Scripting
o EMC SAN Storage
o Oracle RAC
o Remedy
o Understanding of ITIL concepts
o Experience working with offshore team members
Other Required Skills
 Able to recommend best-practices that enhance end-user experience and promote both system efficiency and maintainability
 Work collaboratively with team members.
 Strong analytical and problem solving skills to resolve complex issues
 Ability to work independently and as part of a team-oriented, collaborative environment with offshore teammates.
 Excellent customer support skills & experience
 Ability to effectively interface with technical and non-technical staff at all levels of the organization
 Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with demonstrated ability to produce quality technical documentation.
 Must be detailed-oriented, well organized, able to prioritize conflicting priorities, and take ownership of tasks until complete.
 Participate in on-call support as required
 Experience directly interfacing with 3rd party support vendors
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Filtering Questions
 Have you installed, configured and administered Sun Solaris 9 servers in a production environment?
If yes, proceed to next question. If no, candidate should not be sent to interview.
 Have you installed, configured and administered Red Hat Linux servers in a production environment?
If yes, proceed to next question. If no, candidate should not be sent to interview.
 Do you have over 5 years of experience in Unix-Linux system administration?
If yes, proceed to next question. If no, candidate should not be sent to interview.
 Have you worked in a company that has over 100 Unix-Linux servers in the environment?
If yes, proceed to next question. If no, candidate should not be sent to interview.
 Do you have at least 1 year of experience with HP UX and OpenVMS in a production environment?
If yes, proceed to next question. If no, candidate should not be sent to interview.