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* JobID: #437
* Submitted On: 2006-05-02 17:44:33
* Company: IPsoft, Inc.
* Contact: Ken Martin,
* Email: Ken.Martin ip-soft.net
* Url: http://www.ip-soft.net
* Phone: Not Specified
* Fax: Not Specified
* Reference No: SA Linux
* Title: System Administrator
* Salary: Upto $90,000
* Description:
IPsoft, founded in 1998, is a leading managed services
provider, offering a complete solution to enterprise
customers for outsourcing global Internet operations. The
world’s largest Global 1000 companies, such as GE
Financial, IKON Office Solutions, Avon, Unilever, Amazon,
Pfizer, Cendant, and Astra Zenca have entrusted their
systems, network, databases, and enterprise applications in
the hands of IPsoft. Today, over 1 in every 35 Fortune 1000
companies depends on IPsoft for its IT infrastructure
management needs.
IPsoft's managed services provider business has grown
over 300% each year for the last 3 consecutive years.
IPsoft, Inc. has immediate openings for System
Administrators / Engineers to leverage there experiences in
UNIX / Linux / Solaris System Administration / Engineering.
Required Skills
o A very solid understanding of a UNIX-based
operating system: virtual memory, file system concepts,
processes, TCP/IP networking, signals communications and
IPC, can use performance analysis to tune systems.
o Solid understanding of networking/distributed
computing environment concepts; understands principles of
routing, client/server communication, and the design of
consistent network-wide file system layouts.
o A solid understanding of web/OS communication,
including dynamics of CGI/OS interaction, why CGIs can be
evil.
o Ability to program in an administrative language
(Perl, shell); C a plus, but not necessary.
o Ability to solve problems quickly and completely
and multitask projects
o Able to work well with customer problems and
provide pathway or solutions within a short amount of time.
o Ability to work on tasks and projects alone or
as part of a larger team.
o Initiative to take on challenging tasks; must be
a self-starter.
o Being able to think outside the box on a daily
basis.
o Ability to identify tasks which require
automation, and automate them or work with developers to get
them automated.
o Strong inter-personal and communication skills;
capable of writing proposals or papers, acting as a client
technical lead, making presentations to customer or client
audiences or professional peers, and working closely with
upper management.
o Desire and ability to lead a project from
inception to completion.
o Strong knowledge of hardware
o Experience installing and maintaining the
network cabling in use at the site.
o Experience installing and configuring hosts.
o Experience with SCSI (FCAL) device setup and
installation.
o Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to
work with vendors.
Technical Skills
o Solaris, Linux, HP, AIX, Perl, SCSI, System V,
Windows, Veritas, NFS, JFS, TCP/IP, DNS, SAN, MySQL, Oracle,
Sybase, Nagios, HP Openview
Required background
o More than five years previous systems
administration experience. A degree in computer science or a
related field.
Core Experience
o Solid experience with specific operating systems
(SunOS, Solaris, Linux; HP* and AIX a big plus),
applications, and programming languages (Shell scripts,
Perl; Python and C a plus) in use at the site.
o Solid experience with sites running more than
one UNIX-based operating system. Familiarity with both
System V and BSD-based UNIX operating systems. Experience
with non-UNIX operating systems (for example, Windows
family, MacOS) a plus.
o Experience with VxVM, Veritas Clustering,
DiskSuite; LVM and similar a plus.
Programming Skills
o Extensive programming experience in Perl, C,
web-based programming, client/server communication is a big
plus.
Networking Skills
o Experience configuring filesystems (for example,
UFS, VxFS, ext3, NFS, ReiserFS, JFS etc.)
o Experience with network file synchronization
schemes (for example, rsync, rsnapshot. and track).
o Experience with TCP/IP networking protocols
(ability to debug and program at the network level).
o Experience with high-speed networking (for
example, FDDI, ATM, or SONET).
o Experience with complex TCP/IP networks
(routing, encapsulation over different physical media).
o Experience configuring and maintaining routers.
(Cisco, Extreme networks) a plus
o Experience installing/configuring DNS (BIND,
TinyDNS).
Security
o Experience with network security (for example,
building firewalls, deploying authentication systems, or
applying cryptography to network applications).
o Experience with host security and hardening (for
example, passwords, uids/gids, file permissions, filesystem
integrity, use of security packages, ipchains, iptables)
o Experience with SELinux, chroot*d apps; Trusted
Solaris a plus.
Site Specialties
o Experience at sites with over 1,000 computers,
over 1,000 users, or over a terabyte of disk space (SANs
NAS; EMC and other storage platforms).
o Experience coordinating multiple independent
computer facilities (for example, working for the central
group at a large company or university).
o Experience with a site with 100% uptime
requirement, live upgrades, and minimal downtime.
o Experience developing/implementing a site
disaster recovery plan.
Databases
o Experience using MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL
and/or Sybase, on the application or programming side.
Monitoring
o Experience with any of Nagios, NetSaint,
InterMapper, Cacti, MRTG, SNMP.
o Experience with mainstream applications such as
HP OpenView, Tivoli, etc. also a plus
Appropriate Responsibilities
o Designs/implements complex local and wide-area
networks of machines.
o Acts as the technical lead for clients including
Fortune-500 companies.
o Works under general direction from senior
management.
o Leads entire projects from inception to
completion.
o Establishes/recommends/deploys policies on
system use and services. Provides technical lead and/or
supervises system administrators, system programmers, or
others of equivalent seniority.
It's an exciting time at IPsoft as we expand our
offices globally to support our client base further than
ever. We offer a competitive salary, 401(k), company
sponsored medical, dental and vision coverage, and
vacation/holidays. To learn more about IPsoft and this
opportunity, we welcome you to visit our web site at
www.ip-soft.net ! EOE
* Required Skills:
Solaris, Linux, HP, AIX, Perl, SCSI, System V,
Windows, Veritas, NFS, JFS, TCP/IP, DNS, SAN, MySQL, Oracle,
Sybase, Nagios, HP Openview
* Location:
New York City, NY 10004
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