Technical Specialist Advisory, Linux - Unix Expert

Scotiabank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diversity & inclusion

Accessibility & accommodations

Tuition assistance

Competitive rewards program

Dynamic team environment

Community engagement

Work-life balance

Job summary

Scotiabank seeks an experienced UNIX infrastructure engineer to provide 2nd-line support for Solaris and Red Hat environments, with emphasis on SPARC/x86 hardware, Veritas storage, and virtualization. You will drive troubleshooting, automation with Ansible, and disaster recovery readiness across thousands of servers.

The role requires strong communication, project involvement, and mentoring of junior staff within a large, global technology team. A post-secondary degree is required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on UNIX administration experience on Solaris 10/11 and Red Hat Linux 7/8.
• Experience with Oracle Sparc and x86 hardware; vendor engagement when needed.
• Deep knowledge of Veritas Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Services.
• Experience with NIS/IDM, NFS, Solaris Zones and LDOMs.
• Strong scripting (shell, Perl) and Ansible automation skills.
• Good problem-solving, troubleshooting and analytical abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritize competing priorities.
• Post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide systems-level support for 3,000+ production and non-production servers.
• Handle incident, problem and change management in a large, complex environment.
• Participate in capacity planning and DR failover testing per bank policies.
• Work with Solaris, Linux on SPARC and x86, virtualization including VMware and Cloud.
• Develop automation using Ansible; patching and vulnerability remediation.
• Mentor junior team members and contribute to policy development.

Skills

UNIX system administration

Solaris 10/11

Red Hat Linux 7/8

Oracle Sparc hardware

x86 hardware

Veritas Storage Foundation

Veritas Cluster Services

NIS/IDM

NFS

Solaris Zones & LDOMs

Scripting (shell, Perl)

Ansible automation

Incident/Problem/Change Management

Education

Post-secondary education in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Veritas Storage Foundation

Veritas Cluster Services

NIS/IDM

NFS

Solaris Zones

LDOMs

Job description

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Requisition ID: 268634

Join our team!

Would you like to complete your internship with an organization that has been in the market for more than 35 years, dedicated to improving our customers’ financial well-being through comprehensive and innovative solutions?

The team:

Scotiabank’s Global Technology Enterprise Platforms (GTEP) Operations - Infrastructure Support’s Unix Infrastructure team is responsible for providing infrastructure support on servers running RedHat Linux & Solaris operating systems for various mission-critical business applications.

The role:

As part of our team, you will provide systems-level support for over 3,000 mission-critical application production and non-production servers. Your responsibilities include technical troubleshooting and providing solutions to complex issues, also work on capacity planning and providing recommendations. This role will include project work and interacting with multiple stakeholders. You will participate in semi-annual Disaster Recovery (DR) fail-over testing regularly as outlined in the bank's policies and procedures to ensure DR functionality.

There is occasional overtime for after-hours or weekend work. Also, rotational 24x7 on-call support is required.

Is this role right for you? In this role you will:

You thrive on multi-tasking and prioritizing work to meet deadlines in a large complex environment.

You embrace 2ndlevel UNIX support on production issues, participating in Incident Management / Problem Management / Change Management; and working on security vulnerabilities as part of the audit and compliance requirements.

You are eager to work on Solaris, Linux operating systems running on Oracle Sparc and x86 HW products, and virtual hosts including LDOM’s, VMware and Cloud.

You also want to work with Veritas Clustering/Storage Foundation, RedHat clustering, Solaris ZFS (Zettabyte File System) and EMC/Hitachi SAN storage products.

You are keen to monitor the environment and identify any issues that could be of a risk and then rectify them.

You enjoy working on automation by using Ansible for implementing changes, patching, fixing security vulnerabilities, and writing scripts for system monitoring.

You take pride in aiding with project management functions during all stages of requirements rollout including assessment, planning, initiation, implementation, and management.

You like the challenge to assist in the identification, development and maintenance of policies and procedures that are relevant to the proper operational functions of the Unix infrastructure.

As part of your “DNA”, you are detail-oriented, proactive, have an eagerness to learn and thrive on challenges.

You are willing to mentor and coach more junior members of the team sharing your knowledge to grow the team through the individuals.

Do you have the skills that will enable you to succeed in this role? We’d love to work with you if you have:

You can demonstrate excellent communication (verbal/written) skills.

You have at least 10+ years of hands-on technical working experience with the system administration, recovery, configuration & troubleshooting of Solaris (versions 10/11) and Red Hat Linux (versions 7/8) Operating Systems.

You have at least 10+ years of hands-on technical working experience in troubleshooting with the Oracle Sparc and x86 hardware products, and where necessary know when to engage the vendor.

You have at least 10+ years of hands-on technical working experience with the configuration, administration, builds and troubleshooting of Veritas/Symantec Storage Foundation (VSF) & Veritas/Symantec Cluster Services.

You have at least 10+ years of hands-on technical working experience with Network Information Service (NIS)/IDM, Network File System (NFS), Solaris Zones & Solaris Logical Domains (LDOM’s).

You can demonstrate a very good technical working knowledge on SAN / NAS storage file systems and Virtualization platforms/technologies.

You possess very good scripting capabilities (e.g., shell, perl) to complete day to day UNIX tasks; plus, the use of Ansible automation.

You have good problem-solving, troubleshooting and analytical skills.

You can work well under pressure with time constraints and can prioritize competing priorities appropriately.

You have completed a post-secondary education in Computer Science, Engineering or in a related field of study.

What's in it for you?

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Allyship - We strive to create an inclusive culture where every employee is empowered to reach their fullest potential, respected for who they are, and are embraced through bias-free practices and inclusive values across Scotiabank. We embrace diversity and provide opportunities for all employee to learn, grow & participate through our various Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that span across diverse gender identities, ethnicity, race, age, ability & veterans.

Accessibility and Workplace Accommodations - We value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. Scotiabank continues to locate, remove and prevent barriers so that we can build a diverse and inclusive environment while meeting accessibility requirements.

Upskilling through online courses, cross-functional development opportunities, and tuition assistance.

Competitive Rewards program including bonus, flexible vacation, personal, sick days and benefits will start on day one.

Dynamic Ecosystem - Free tea & coffee, universal washrooms, and lots of space for team collaboration.

Community Engagement - No matter where you choose to work from; we offer opportunities for community engagement & belonging with our various programs.

We are an international, modern, and digital bank.

Work-life balance matters to us — we are the first bank in Chile to reduce the workweek to 39 hours!

Continuous learning and development — participate in projects, conferences, and events that help you build new skills and gain relevant knowledge.

We are diverse and inclusive.

At Scotiabank, inclusion is part of the way we do business. his opportunity is open in accordance with Law 21.015. If you require any reasonable accommodation to participate in the recruitment process, please let us know.