Senior Unix Systems Engineer — 24/7 On-Call

TALENT Software Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

TALENT Software Services is seeking a Unix Engineer in New York to manage servers and provide 24/7 support. Key responsibilities include installation, maintenance, and administration of various UNIX servers across locations. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in IT and at least five years of experience with UNIX systems, along with skills in Unix shell scripting and Perl. The position requires willingness to work irregular hours and on-call availability. Sun Certified Solaris Administrator certification is preferred.

Qualifications

• Five years of related work experience with UNIX-based operating systems.
• Extensive knowledge of distributed systems.
• Experience with journaled file systems, TCP/IP, NFS, SAMBA, and DNS.

Responsibilities

• Provide 24/7 overall operations, deployment, and problem support for the Unix environments.
• Develop organizational standards for Unix system design and utilization.
• Lead medium to larger projects as directed by management.

Skills

UNIX shell scripting

Perl

Distributed systems

Security hardening

High availability support

Shell scripting performance tuning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT-related discipline

Tools

IBM AIX

Sun Solaris

RedHat

Apache web server

IBM DS8000

Veritas Volume Manager

Job description

TALENT Software Services is seeking a Unix Engineer in New York to manage servers and provide 24/7 support. Key responsibilities include installation, maintenance, and administration of various UNIX servers across locations. Applicants should have a Bachelor's degree in IT and at least five years of experience with UNIX systems, along with skills in Unix shell scripting and Perl. The position requires willingness to work irregular hours and on-call availability. Sun Certified Solaris Administrator certification is preferred.