Unix Administrator | Contract | Rotational Shift

Title: Unix Administrator | Contract | Rotational Shift - Fuku

URL Source: https://apply.workable.com/j/9C4C97FBB5

Markdown Content: 12 months renewable contract role.

Salary upto - $8,000 per month

Shift timings -

• 1st shift - 7am to 4pm (Mon-Fri)

• 2nd shift - 2pm to 11pm (Mon-Fri)

• 3rd shift - 10.30pm to 7.30am (Mon-Fri)

• 4th shift - 7.30am to 7.30pm (Sat-Sun)

• 5th shift - 7.30pm to 7.30am (Sat-Sun

Role:

• Perform system administration and maintenance in a heterogeneous environment (production, DR, test) comprising Sun Solaris servers and Linux-based servers.

• Conduct system upgrades and enhancements on IT infrastructure components.

• Implement operating system and product-specific security hardening and patches.

• Monitor obsolescence of IT infrastructure components (systems).

• Track expiry and perform renewal of system passwords and certificates.

• Implement a schedule of system backups and database archive operations to ensure data recoverability and business continuity.

• Develop and implement disaster recovery plans for IT infrastructure (systems) and conduct regular disaster recovery testing and component switchover exercises to ensure usability of standby and DR equipment.

• Provide second level system support and resolve incidents and problems in accordance with established Service Level Agreements (SLA).

• Perform problem diagnosis on incidents and propose and implement measures to prevent recurrence.

• Perform infrastructure capacity monitoring and planning.

• Monitor and perform performance tuning to optimize system performance.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Minimum 8 years of experience in system administration and support in Middleware, Unix, and Linux systems.

• Experience working with SAN for Unix and Linux platforms.

• Experience performing OS hardening and patching.

• Experience with enterprise backup and system monitoring and management software.

• Proficient in scripting for Unix and Linux-based environments to automate tasks.

• Familiarity with database administration and data centre operations is an advantage.

• Ability to provide 24/7 support on a rostered basis.

• Willingness to provide weekend and after office hours support for change implementation (for critical production services).

Professional Certifications

• Unix and Linux Certified System Administrator certifications.

• Industry certification for public cloud administration preferred.