Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Unix Systems Administrator

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Job details

  • Job Number: 29187335
  • Maiden, NC, North Carolina, United States
  • Posted: Sep. 11, 2013
  • Weekly Hours: 40.00

Job Summary

Apple's Internet Services Group is an exciting, fast paced, ever growing and changing environment supporting millions of customers. The Internet Services Group is responsible for installation, configuration, troubleshooting and maintenance of all applications and infrastructure systems related to Apple’s Internet facing applications. We are seeking an experienced Senior UNIX Systems Engineer, that is looking for a challenge in a cutting edge fast paced environment to join our growing team in Maiden, North Carolina. Your role will be onsite support of thousands of application servers, load balancers and storage subsystems. You will handle escalation tickets, work directly with project team and give recommendations. This is a senior position, thus we are looking for individuals that have experience with large Internet facing application environments. You must have strong scripting skills with Perl, shell or Ruby. You must be good at getting things done and take pride in your work.

Key Qualifications

  • - Minimum 5+ years in UNIX systems administration in a large environment (500+ servers).
  • - Background in Linux, OS X/BSD, Solaris, and networking
  • - Familiarity with the following: Apache, java, tomcat, postfix, Python, Perl, Ruby, dtrace, tcp analysis tools
  • - Familiarity with version control systems such as CVS or Subversion
  • - Jumpstart, Kickstart, DHCP, NetBoot / NetRestore (OS X), DNS
  • - Good communication skills both written and verbal
  • - Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Preferred Experience:
  • - OS X, Solaris 10, RHEL 5
  • - Network Appliance,
  • - Citrix NetScalar
  • - Load Balancers
  • - Networking (L2,L4 and L7)
  • - SAN, NAS
  • - UNIX related tools
  • - Veritas
  • - VMWare
  • - ORACLE
  • - Nagios

Description

Eligible candidates should: - consistently meet deadlines - be able to learn and react quickly when facing new problems - be able to handle multiple tasks and projects and switch between them quickly - evaluate priorities and use time effectively and efficiently concentrating efforts on the most important tasks - quickly grasp the essence and the underlying structure of things - deal with concepts and complexity comfortably - enjoy the challenge of unfamiliar tasks - work independently Responsibilities: - Provide second-tier on call support for all local services. Identify, troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly and effectively, sometimes under pressure. - Participate in the 24x7 pager rotation for thousands of systems supporting millions of customers in an Internet facing environments. - Evaluate or develop tools / scripts to facilitate improvement and to support ongoing maintenance of a growing environment. - Define and write clear and succinct technical documentation related to systems and applications as necessary. - Install and setup systems as required to support growth and new projects. - Work well in a team environment and be able to work with and feedback accurate technical information to developers to identify and resolve complex issues. - Provide recommendations and implement solutions for scalability and performance improvement.

Education

Technical BS/MS degree or equivalent work experience

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