Unix Engineer

Searchability

Barrow-in-Furness

Hybrid

GBP 126,000 - 129,000

Part time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Searchability is seeking a UNIX Engineer to manage Oracle Solaris environments, focusing on T-series hardware and advanced virtualization. The role involves migrations, upgrades, resilience design, and ensuring high availability within a large, secure enterprise.

Ideal candidate has hands-on Solaris expertise, LDOMs experience, and a track record delivering UNIX migrations in enterprise settings. The position is hybrid, based in Barrow-in-Furness, with clear security requirements including SC

Qualifications

Strong hands-on experience with Oracle Solaris
Expert knowledge of LDOM configuration and management
Experience with Oracle T-series hardware – T5, T7 and/or T8
Proven experience delivering UNIX migrations and system upgrades
Experience with cluster technologies, resilience and failover
Strong understanding of UNIX networking, storage and security
Experience working within large-scale enterprise environments
Willingness to work onsite in Barrow-in-Furness as required

Responsibilities

Administering and maintaining Oracle Solaris systems on T-series hardware
Configuring and managing LDOMs (Logical Domains)
Supporting Oracle T5, T7 and/or T8 platforms
Delivering UNIX system migrations and upgrades
Designing and implementing resilience clusters for high availability and disaster recovery
Monitoring system performance and troubleshooting complex UNIX issues
Working closely with infrastructure and application teams
Supporting UNIX networking, storage and security requirements
Ensuring systems comply with relevant security and operational standards

Skills

Oracle Solaris

LDOM configuration

T-series hardware

UNIX migrations

Cluster technologies

UNIX networking

UNIX storage

Security best practices

On-site Barrow-in-Furness

Job description

UNIX ENGINEER

UNIX Engineer | Oracle Solaris | LDOMs | T-Series | SC Cleared

£685–£700 per day via Umbrella
Hybrid – 50/50 overall, Barrow-in-Furness
Initial 3-month contract
SC Clearance required

ABOUT THE CLIENT

Our client is a major organisation operating within a complex and highly secure technology environment, delivering critical infrastructure and systems across a large-scale enterprise estate. They are looking for an experienced UNIX Engineer to support an important infrastructure project, with a particular focus on Oracle Solaris environments and advanced virtualisation.

THE UNIX ENGINEER ROLE:

As a UNIX Engineer, you will be responsible for managing, supporting and improving enterprise UNIX environments, with a particular focus on Oracle Solaris platforms and advanced virtualisation technologies.

You will be involved in system configuration, migrations, upgrades and resilience, ensuring critical UNIX platforms remain secure, highly available and operationally robust.

Key responsibilities include:

Administering and maintaining Oracle Solaris systems on T-series hardware
Configuring and managing LDOMs (Logical Domains)
Supporting Oracle T5, T7 and T8 platforms
Delivering UNIX system migrations and upgrades
Designing and implementing resilience clusters for high availability and disaster recovery
Monitoring system performance and troubleshooting complex UNIX issues
Working closely with infrastructure and application teams
Supporting UNIX networking, storage and security requirements
Ensuring systems comply with relevant security and operational standards

UNIX ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS: