Unix L3 Specialist

Job Description

Level 3

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 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.

Qualifications:
Skills Required:
• 6+ years of Unix/Linux Administration Enterprise Level Experience in large, distributed environment.
• Experience in 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 OS & 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

Bachelor’s Degree Preferred.