Sr UNIX Systems Administrator

Options Group; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading executive search firm in Raleigh, North Carolina is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer specializing in Unix systems. The role includes diagnosing production problems, managing performance, and ensuring systems comply with established regulatory controls. Candidates should have over 10 years of experience with Unix and Linux systems, strong troubleshooting skills, and familiarity with storage management tools. This position offers an opportunity to work at the forefront of talent management solutions in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with core Unix ecosystems including AD/Centrify, GLDAP, NIS.
• Extensive knowledge in Linux (Red Hat 5 & 6, SLES 10) is essential.
• Experience in managing SAN technology and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose production problems on Unix host.
• Manage performance and capacity metrics.
• Coordinating changes across various systems.

Skills

Unix systems maintenance

Linux knowledge

Performance analysis

Scripting (Shell/Perl)

Troubleshooting skills

Tools

Veritas Cluster server

Puppet

Oracle Rac

Job description

Options Group is a leading global executive search and strategic consulting firm specializing in financial services including capital markets, global markets, alternative investments, hedge funds, and private banking/wealth management.

For more than 25 years, our clients and candidates have come to know that Options Group always exceeds expectations. Our innovative approach to facilitating limitless search possibilities for our clients and candidates around the world has been recognized as the industry standard. Through our global footprint (15 offices spread across 4 continents), Options Group has the resources, analytics and experience to drive the acquisition of top tier talent for firms of any size. Options Group is on the forefront, pioneering a new generation of human talent management solutions, where research meets recruiting for optimal strategic results. OG is hands‑on in providing a superior range of innovative options for financial services & tech clients and candidates.

Job Description

• Diagnose production problems on Unix host leveraging standard debugging tools for hardware, CPU capacity, memory, network, and I/O.
• Manage Performance and Capacity, collect metrics for analysis and leverage for performance, stability and overall environment enhancement.
• Ability to coordinate changes across Storage, Network, Database and application specific changes.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to run projects and provide management updates.
• Ability to follow up with vendors for root cause analysis.
• Ensure Unix systems are maintained to the established baselines to eliminate single points of failure as well as to comply with internal and external regulatory controls.
• Support ofEnd of Life, quarterly OS patching, and DR test initiatives

Qualifications

• Knowledge of core Unix ecosystems such as AD/Centrify, GLDAP, NIS, DNS and NFS, 10+ years
• Knowledge of Linux (Red Hat 5 & 6 and SLES 10), 10+ years.
• Knowledge of Solaris 10 is highly desirable although greater focus on Linux as a growth area.
• Performance analysis and tuning, 10+ years.
• SME knowledge of storage multipathing (PowerPath, VxDMP, RedHat DM)
• SME Knowledge of disk management tools such as DiskSuite, LVM, VxVM, 10+ years
• SME knowledge of network resiliency tools such as (IPMP, Nic teaming).
• Knowledge of clustering tools such as Veritas Cluster server, Red Hat Clustering, 10+ years.
• Knowledge of SAN technology and its impact on the server environment, 10+ years.
• Troubleshooting Skills (CPU, I/O, network, and Memory), 10+ years.
• TCPIP stack 10+ years.
• Shell/Perl Scripting, 7+ years.
• Distributed Systems Management, 10+ years.
• Knowledge and Support of large DB environments such as Oracle Rac, Sybase, Sybase IQ, 10+ years
• Knowledge of Puppet, Spacewalk or RedHat Satellite is a requirement for this role.