Friday 27 May 2011

ITJOB-ALERT Reqd: Systems Engineer

Hi,

 

Please send matching resumes ONLY to aaron.edwards@experis.com or contact AARON EDWARDS at 877 340 8205 ext. 2002.

 

 

Job Title: Systems Engineer

Duration: 31 Months Contract

Location: Atlanta, GA

 

Job Description:

 

Position Description:

Duties: Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
- Host master responsibilities for DNS servers and DHCP, supporting internal DNS.
- Host master responsibilities for BIND DNS servers hosting over 5000 domains in external DNS.
- Postmaster responsibilities for SMTP gateways supporting inbound and outbound mail infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot FTP, SMB, DNS, DHCP, SMTP issues occurring in daily operations.
- Provide technical and end user related support for any issues relating to the systems supported by UNIX Operations.
- Build and maintain hardware/software configurations for enterprise UNIX/LINUX systems.
- Develop standards and processes for the implementation and maintenance of software packages running on multi-user servers. Software packages include, but are not limited to: multiple UNIX OS versions, clustering, disk and file management systems, backup applications, Oracle, Apache, Perl, SSH.
- Develop standards and processes for change and configuration management.
- Support, modify, and/or improve internally developed and 3rd party production, development, QA and UAT hardware and applications.
- Monitor and optimize storage capacity, data availability, capacity usage, performance and data reporting.
- Isolate issues and correct and improve operational efficiency through changes to the software, reconfiguration of the hardware, or implementation of new processes or solutions.
- Develop tools to automate administrative tasks and offer efficient and scalable solutions to meet the demands of administering large number of servers in an enterprise environment.
- Write proposals or papers, making presentations to internal customers and peers, and working closely with upper management.
- Lead large-scale technical projects, working with company staff and vendors to gather requirements, determine solutions, and then implement those solutions.
- Document system configurations, operating procedures, etc
- Participate in a 24X7 on-call rotation with peers.
- Lead projects aligned with major departmental initiatives or the team's core services.
- Fulfill advisory and contributory role for projects led by junior team members.
- Ensure that team projects are designed and architected to produce solutions which are scalable, maintainable, adhere to industry best practices, and contribute to improved operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Effect process improvement via the application of knowledge in the subject matter and the creation of custom tools.

Qualifications

Minimum of 8 years experience in systems administration and engineering that include the building, configuring and support of mission critical, production systems in a large, enterprise environment.
- Minimum of 6 or more years experience supporting Red Hat Linux operating system platform in business-critical environment. Red Hat Certified Engineer certification highly desired.
- Experience supporting DNS, DHCP, SMTP installations with large user base.
- Experience with SAN technologies.
- Knowledge and understanding of relational databases such as MySQL and Oracle.
- Knowledge and understanding of industry best practices for system administration in large scale, mission-critical environments.
- Ability to interpret server operational and performance characteristics.
- Ability to write shell scripts or applications to create custom solutions that streamline and automate business processes.
- Ability to use the resources at their disposal to gather information, formulate solutions, circulate ideas to solicit peer input, determine the right solution and implement a timely solution.
- Possess critical thinking and effective troubleshooting skills with ability to quickly and accurately determine source of a problem, identify possible solutions, select the most appropriate solution, and implement the solution in a timely manner.
- Strong dedication, work ethics, sense of teamwork, and professional attitude.
- Consistent track record of taking technology implementations from vision to execution.
- Proven history of constantly striving for improved methodology, efficiency, and work processes.
- Ability to mentor junior engineers in best practices of operations.
- Strong Red Hat Enterprise Linux experience.
- Solid knowledge of DNS, DHCP, SMTP, SMB, FTP protocols.
- BIND, Sendmail, shell/Perl scripting, PHP, MySQL, VSFTP, Samba

 

 

Aaron Edwards
Recruiter
Experis

T:

+1 877 340 8205 Ext. 2002





aaron.edwards@experis.com
www.experis.com

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