*MUST BE LOCAL TO MO.* ** ** *Title: Unix Administrator Location: Creve Coeur, MO Duration: Jul - dec, 2009 *
*Job Description: Providing technical expertise within a Tier 2 team focused on the implementation, service delivery and support of products, systems & networks. Driving down incident rates and working with 1st line Operations to improve service recovery times. To ensure that all aspects of operability are delivered as part of the implementation process whilst ensuring that existing service levels are maintained or improved. To contribute to and ensure full compliance to operational standards, procedures and best practise. It involves close liaison with various operational, project, development and product teams as well working within the Service Organisation to ensure ongoing service and support can be maintained to agreed service levels. Duties: Provides technical expertise & support Implements infrastructure in support of projects Reduces the volume of incidents and proactively manages problems To ensure that appropriate documentation is delivered to 1st Level support Participates in ITIL processes – incident / problem management, change management, release management, etc. Works out of hours, when appropriate, to support major implementations or to react to high priority service issues Qualifications: Minimum 5+ years of Information Technology implementation and support experience A bachelors degree in a technical discipline (Computer Science, Electrical Engineering etc.) preferred or equivalent professional experience. MSCE and / or Solaris certification preferred. Data Center Operations experience required Server Operating Systems – Unix (Sun Solaris) and Windows OS Internet technologies Shell scripting. Perl is a plus. Load Balancing Working knowledge of storage technologies (SAN and NAS) Working knowledge of Database systems (Sybase and MS SQL Server) Working knowledge of Management systems Communications protocols and networking technology: TCP / IP, SNMP, IP routing and protocols, IP Subnetting, ARP, ICMP, SSH, DNS, SMTP IT support in the financial industry is preferred ITIL experience preferred Local only. Please place candidates answers to questions either in the bottom of the resume or in the notes section. *
