Unix System Administrator (m/f)

Nash direct GmbH supports many of Germanys leading organisations to source, recruit and manage the highly skilled IT and engineering talent they need to succeed in an increasingly technology-driven world.

We offer our employees promising career prospects and access to interesting and challenging technology roles throughout Germany.

For our client in the banking sector in Frankfurt, we are currently hiring a Unix System administration expert (m/w)
Reference Number: 309208
Start: 2.5.2016
Contract: limited permanent contract at Nash direct/Harvey Nash Group, 12 months+ (whole project 36 months)

Main tasks
*Investigate, diagnose and resolve system incidents and problems using available tools and referring to external suppliers if required;
*Proactively identifies and proposes improvements to services, technologies, processes and documentation in order to increase clients system availability, stability and improve customer experience;
*Provide knowledge transfer to other colleagues in the Data Centre section and ensure accurate and up-to-date technical documentation related to systems operated by Data Centre section is available;
*Deploy, configure, support development, test, pre-production and productions systems and environments, integrating business applications under development with the standard infrastructural components and documenting installation and operational procedures for further deployments in Data Centre Operations;
*Complete assigned tasks by agreed deadlines and at high quality;
*Contribute to the deployment of IT solutions in production by advising on the production impact of planned changes, assisting other team members in Data Centre Operations during the roll- out and post implementation;
*If required support service development processes by executing technical transition
*Acting as single point of contact for project teams
*ensuring required resource requirements are understood and timely communicated to respective team leader
*planning, preparing and executing technical transition tests
*supporting Unix based systems, including monitoring, identifying and performing preventive or remedial maintenance;
*deployment, configuration and support of development, test, pre-production and productions systems and environments;
*Evaluating and executing changes and service requests according to provided operating procedures while maintaining agreed service levels and deadlines;
*Maintaining accurate and up-to-date technical, configuration management, inventory and troubleshooting documentation related to business applications and systems;
*Assisting in development of standards for deployed system hardware, OS and software components.
*Planning, preparation and documentation of maintenance activities (such as hardware firmware, OS and software upgrades);
*Supporting design and preparation of recovery and contingency exercises to ensure system recovery in accordance with the predefined plans and documentation;
*McAfee Web Gateway operations and administration;
*Operating and troubleshooting VMware 5 (or newer) based virtual environments and Tivoli backup systems.
*Work in a shift system possible
*On-call duties possible

Your profile:
*Very good command of English with proven drafting ability.
*Good understanding of and experience working with ITIL processes, particularly change, incident and problem management.
*years of experience working with Unix systems.
*Knowledge of Solaris 10/11 administration (including Solaris virtualization technologies and Solaris Cluster administration), Unix Ldap and Kerberos administration, Oracle hardware maintenance and troubleshooting, RedHat Linux, Unix shell scripting.
*Experience operating mission-critical IT infrastructure environments, e.g. in financial service, IT hosting or defence industries, working in mixed operating system and database environments (e.g. environment including Windows/Linux/Unix, MS SQL Server, Oracle, ESX, etc.), managing technical service transition as well as creation and maintenance of support documentation.
*Working knowledge of MS Office (in particular Word, Excel and PowerPoint) Experience working for EU institutions would be advantage
*Understanding of network and storage concepts, technologies and equipment.
*Good analytical and a problem-solving skills;
*Is a team player, ready to step in when needed, tactful when dealing with colleagues and shows commitment to the achievement of team and organisational goals;
*Strives to provide a good service to the customer and is ready to go the extra mile while at the same time managing expectations in view of organisational resources and strategic directives;
*Manages multiple assignments, tracks and reports progress on numerous processes simultaneously;
*Is excited about technology and proactively keeps her/his knowledge up to date;
*Uses simple/clear words to communicate ideas;

By joining us, you will benefit from:
-a market-oriented remuneration package in line with your skills and experience
-generous social benefits such as holiday and Christmas pay
-up to 30 days annual leave (depending on tenure)
-a varied role with challenging tasks
-a support team dedicated to you and your career progression

Were proud to build our company around creative and talented people who value our companys culture, the diversity of our projects and the attractiveness of our clients.
Our market-oriented salaries as well as our transparent and dedicated approach with our clients and candidates lay the basis for a long-term partnership with our employees.

We look forward to receiving your application and are available to you at your convenience for any questions or queries you might have about this role.