UNIX Systems Administrator

San Francisco, CA

Overview

An emerging, high-growth company that is a the leader in improving software quality and security, is searching for a highly-motivated, self-directed, and experienced UNIX Systems Administrator to support the build and test automation for a growing, global Engineering department.

This high visibility role is based in San Francisco and reports to the Vice President, Engineering.


Responsibilities:

---> Provide outstanding service to Operations groups within Engineering
---> Purchase, install and configure hardware and software includes - various UNIX and Linux flavors, and various software packages and compilers
---> Solve problems with operating systems, application software, hardware, networking, and performance
---> Maximizing the throughput of the compute farm is of critical value
---> Implement best practices and procedures to minimize risk, outages and data loss
---> Monitor and measure throughput, and continually improve throughput by identifying bottlenecks, infrastructural enhancements etc

Required Technical Experience:

* Minimum of 5 to 7 years experience administering UNIX systems
* Eperience with networking switches, routers, firewalls and protocols, and experience with NetApp (NAS and SAN) iSCSI storage
* Must have thorough knowledge in the following areas:
--- Protocols such as TCP/IP, YP/NIS, NFS, AutoMounter, SSH, HTTP, FTP, DNS, Samba, SNMP and DHCP
--- UNIX and Linux systems such as Solaris, HPUX, and *BSD
--- Knowledge of Windows systems and protocols would also be an advantage
* Strong skills in writing and maintaining shell scripts, using Perl and Bash to automate systems administration tasks


Additional skills needed for success are:

* Excellent troubleshooting skills to diagnose problems, and fix them
* Able to multitask and work well under pressure to meet deadlines
* Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written
* Motivated by excellence, and achieving customer satisfaction and loyalty
* Ability to work as a team member and independently
* Strong interest in learning and growing
* Strong work ethic - Smart, creative, energetic, conscientious, and enthusiastic
* Team player that enjoys working in a dynamic environment

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