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Again, let me know if it bothers you that I post jobs here. I get nothing out of it other than knowing I might have helped someone. --------------------------------------------------------------- Gregg Macomber Senior Staffing Specialist Surrex Solutions Corporation 617-663-4906 gmacomber at surrex.com "Excellence in Fulfilling the Promise" UNIX/Linux Administrator (2 openings-1 junior (60-70K) and 1 senior (80K)) Cambridge/MA Location This position requires a responsible, team oriented, well organized individual with strong communications skills and the ability to handle multiple concurrent projects while adapting quickly to rapidly changing priorities. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who likes to roll up their sleeves and make an impact! Job Description: The Unix / Linux Administrator will design, build, research, analyze, configure, troubleshoot and maintain Unix / Linux Systems across the company. This position will focus on implementation tasks related to new deployments. This will include multi-level, multidimensional systems. In addition, this position will provide appropriate levels of support for Unix based equipment as assigned. OS hardening, server design and engineering for supportability, application installations, security management, and business continuance testing and implementations are among the other responsibilities of this position. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Build and implement new hardware configurations. 2. Provide support for common and advanced system administration responsibilities, including backup and restore, clustering, replication, and migration. 3. Analyze and measure system performance, capacity and availability 4. Adhere to SOP processes as well as develop, implement and document refined processes as needed. 5. Support Linux Servers on Production Business Applications (not just DNS, Utility Servers etc) 6. Experience with enterprise version of Linux such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux v2.1 and higher 7. Troubleshoot hardware, networking and Linux related problems as they arise. 8. Perform server application configuration management / deployment support. Work with software engineers, quality engineers, and project managers to help deploy and manage new applications and update existing applications (using Java tools). 9. Assist with the monitoring performance analysis of existing applications ensuring that the system is c consistent with ongoing need. Help identify potential tools to facilitate capturing of performance metrics and permit ongoing monitoring of the system. 10. Help create and review application, installation, and system support documentation. Minimum Qualifications * 3+ years Unix / Linux administration experience (Red Hat preferred, Solaris Unix preferred) * 3+ years Apache administration experience * 1+ years Web application server administration experience (Tomcat preferred) * 2+ years SQL (MySQL preferred) * 2+ years Java experience (Application architecture) * 2+ years Sendmail or Postfix administration experience * 2+ years DNS (BIND) administration experience * 2+ years shell or Perl scripting * 2+ years Radius authentication * Proven analytical / problem solving ability * Demonstrated ability to learn new skills quickly * Able to work and contribute to a team environment * Required to be flexible, detail oriented and organized with the ability to multitask and work independently. * Understanding of systems development lifecycle process * Knowledge of component and network monitoring systems (Nagios experience is a plus) * Solid networking experience C++/UNIX/AIX Developer (50 p/h) Waltham, MA Job Description This position is an essential and critical part of the software development process. You will be involved in software engineering projects. Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Writing functional requirements, detailed component design, and documentation * Developing and coding in C, C++, korn shell or Perl * Participating in rigorous unit testing and implementation, support and debugging during all test phases Required Skills * BS in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience * 3+ years software development experience (could be intern or co-op experience) * Experience coding in C, C++, korn shell and Perl * Experience developing commercial software on a Unix or AIX platform * Ability to work in both a team environment and independently * Strong communication, analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills * Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment UNIX/STORAGE SYSTEMS ENGINEER (100K) Burlington, MA Will have primary responsibility for delivering on-site consulting services to our customers. You will be assigned to projects that will involve the implementation of systems-related technologies into existing or new environments at our customer sites. Projects will range in design complexity from fairly straight forward to moderately complex. Will additionally serve as a pre-sales and post-sales support specialist when needed. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: * Deliver medium to large size, single or multi-product projects, usually with multiple computer environments where design is extremely complex * Provide pre-sales support with Sales Executives and the generation of Visio Architectures, proposals, and assist wih responding to RFI,RFQ, and RFP requests * Estimate time frames, quality and quantity of resources required to successfully implement project * Perform storage audits, assessments, utilization studies, and security reviews * Accurately estimate time frames, expertise and duration of resources required to successfully implement projects * Assist in testing new products and provide timely feedback to organizations involved * Conduct periodic status reviews with customers and management to assess progress * Revise project plans and document scope changes, communicate reasons to customers and management as necessary throughout project * Submit customer incident details in problem management system and centralize documents on-line * Hold regular customer review meetings with assigned customer accounts * Provide sales team with on-site pre-and post-sales technical support as required * Build services business by developing customer relationships and obtain additional consulting assignments out of existing accounts Qualifications: * Bachelor's of Science, ideally in computer science or equivalent experience. * 6 - 9 years experience, with 5 years consulting a plus * Must have specific experience in Storage and Server deployment/migration projects * Must have experience with SAN, NSA, DAS storage infrastructures. Specific experience with Sun, DotHill, Hitachi, StorageTek a plus * Experience with UNIX (Solaris or Linux). Operating Systems knowledge a plus * Experience with storage software projects for backup, replication, and virtualization from Veritas (NetBackup, SRM, APM), Sun, StorageTek and other vendors a plus * Experience with fabric switching solutions, SCSI-fiber bridges, cable management, and other production data center storage technologies a plus * Experience in clustering technology - Veritas, Sun, or MS cluster services a plus * Experience in architecting and design of complex enterprise solutions * Experience in formulating customer proposals * Strong organizational skills and interpersonal skills * Excellent communication and presentation skills and comfort interfacing with customers * Proven ability to meet designated deadlines and professional business practices * Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives concurrently * Must be willing to travel local to client sites covering the New England area
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