Senior Unix/Linux Engineer

Sr. Unix/Linux Engineer

Chicago, IL

6 MONTH CONTRACT

No third party resumes

Major trading firm is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Sr. Unix/Linux Engineer with Sun Solaris, VERITAS foundation and VERITAS clustering experience to handle multiple projects in a fast paced environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- This position is responsible for planning, implementing, and performing all of the various tasks required to operate and maintain multiple Linux and Solaris systems.
- Maintain mission critical trading platforms.
- Resolves system problems by debugging, identifying the root cause and applying corrective maintenance.
- Resolves system performance problems by careful analysis of the available information sources, identifies the root cause and recommends appropriate tuning activities.
- Participates in Unix System Admin team's 24x7 on call and early support rotation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

- Strong knowledge of VERITAS products required-Foundation Suite, VCS, VVR-minimal levels of 5.0+ and VERITAS clustering is required.
- Hands on experience with Solaris jumpstarting and RedHat Linux Kickstart server build outs on x86 hardware.
- Expertise with Symantec products including storage foundation RAC, VCS, Foundation suite and NetBackup.
- Expertise with Redhat Linux Administrtion and Performance tuning.
- Experience with Solaris 10.x Zones and containers.
- Experience with IPMP/Link Aggregation/Bonding.
- Experience with fine tuning OS for low latency and network performance troubleshooting is a plus.
- Experience with Redhat KVM and RHEV is a plus.
- Shell/Perl Scripting.
- Min of 5 years. of experience.
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.