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UNIX / Linux Job Description
- You will learn and assist team members in support of Availity's UNIX platform
- Support communications protocol servers for Linux/Windows
- Setup, install, configure ESXi and blade servers, maintain and restore VM backups and snapshots
- Regularly communicate with internal clients from different departments and project stakeholders
- Responsible for the ongoing maintenance, security and availability of several applications based on business requirements and adhering to tight operations, security, and procedural models
- Document and thoroughly understand the application architecture, system configuration across platforms and work with various systems and use this knowledge effectively to resolve issues
- Implement change requests and meet project deliverables
- You achieve and understand Service Level commitments
- Provide day-to-day end-user support with a high level of customer service
- Create, upgrade, and maintain any specialized scripts required for source code control, backups and automation of server and application processes
- System partitioning and virtualization utilizing IBM AIX POWER LPAR/DLPAR technology and Virtual IO Server/Micropartioning (pSeries), Redhat Linux VM (HP servers)
- Experience with virtualization in large-scale production environment, cloud computing architectures and solutions
- 5 years of Linux Engineering administration
- Experience with highly available and appliance load balanced systems utilizing VIP’s
- Good knowledge of SQL programming language and database solutions like DB2 and Oracle is a plus
- Good understanding of IT processes and good practices characteristic for large IT corporation (ITIL knowledge/training/certificate is a plus)
UNIX / Linux Job Description
- Configures software and hardware for UNIX support initiatives to meet client business needs
- Continuously monitor and maintain high level of security in our environment
- Develop, test and maintain disaster recovery procedures
- Ensure compliance with corporate security, internal standards and regulatory requirements
- Provide after-hours support, including on-call
- Project management including review of schedules affecting the installation and maintenance of operations systems at ADF-E, monitor milestone dates and record milestone completion information at the direction of the Government
- Assess and analyze technical requirements, and identify and deliver a solution meeting those requirements
- Create, update and contribute to critical documentation
- Resolve issues and problems, and test fixes and implement fixes, as required
- Provide support (problem resolution, ) to QA
- Result orientated approach in day to day work
- Good knowledge of IT networks (as plus)
- Good knowledge of Windows operating systems (as plus)
- Good administrative knowledge of TADDM v 7.2.x or 7.3.x (as plus)
- Fluency in Danish
- Experience with the SSH protocol and Public Key authentication
UNIX / Linux Job Description
- Assists with disaster recovery and business continuity by conducting basic tasks (starting servers and bringing services on-line) in a Unix environment
- Support implementations (as needed, provide support after hours)
- Implement, administer and monitor a comprehensive corporate and federal environment to ensure the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information owned, controlled or processed by the organization
- Perform daily security activities as it related to the security profile of the platform and all relevant systems
- Provide evaluation on security related information from a variety of sources
- Ensure compliance with all applicable directives that drive our overall security position
- Risk assessment responsibilities with respect to internal systems and how they interact with the global infrastructure footprint including remediation activities that require active changes through CI/CD and configuration management
- Accurately report on findings and/or events to aggressively protect assets
- Manage multiple projects with varying priority levels and time lines from conception to implementation
- Participate in dialogue centered on innovative solutions to improve current policies and procedures
- Ability to create and automate processes
- Detailed oriented individual that has strong analytical skills, problem solving, and is a conceptual thinking
- Communication/documentation skills and willingness to work with others
- Familiar with SSH based software such as OpenSSH, putty, and/or Tectia
- Familiar with BPM 2.0
- Ability to automate solutions to repetitive problems/task
UNIX / Linux Job Description
- Maintains Linux/Unix Disaster Recovery Plan and actively participate in Technology and Business Recovery activities
- Demonstrate best practices from both a security analyst systems administration mindset
- Work alone and with technical writers to document changes with regard to procedures and services
- Communicate with other internal groups to solve problems with the integrity of the platform in mind
- Schedule, communicate and manage change control in an enterprise which supports/effects multiple hardware and software platforms
- Creates repeatable processes and procedures to help with O/S and other hardware/software installations, software/hardware related trouble-shooting, security, and performance testing
- Works with team and manager to document logical steps of installing operating system and other firmware and software packages
- Works directly with customer representative to obtain and refine functional and technical requirements
- Satisfies requirements, meets agreed to completion date, and performs unit and integration tests for products developed
- Perform analysis for NY.gov ID customers’ application security requirements
- Performs daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all hardware, server resources, systems and key processes, reviewing system and application logs, and verifying completion of scheduled jobs
- Interacts closely with the respective client service representatives and works with all levels of team members across business units within the company
- Bachelor's degree in a computing field or four years of applicable experience and 9+ years of Information Technology experience
- Minimum of 5+ years’ experience using Linux doing all activities such as installation, system integration, image development, patching, upgrades, complex problem resolution, virtualization and other activities in a complex environment
- Experience with Docker Containers or similar tool
- Extensive experience with VMWare ESXi 5.X
UNIX / Linux Job Description
- Plan and implement timely upgrades to Directory systems
- Work as a member of a NY.gov ID Services group to provide Directory support for applications
- Develop and maintain system documentation and current change control procedures
- Work with support personnel as required regarding implementing server infrastructure, resolving system failures, and developing customized functionality to meet specialized program area requirements
- Coordinate installation and maintenance of system software with the Data Center support and operations groups
- Diagnose and assist NY.gov ID team and customers to resolve complex directory problems
- Adhere to ITS policies, procedures and standards
- Implement changes to Development and Quality Assurance NY.gov ID environments prior to production
- Perform approved production changes scheduled in off-hour maintenance windows as assigned
- Must be available to work extra upon need for unscheduled problems and emergencies
- Skills in Perl and Unix shell programming is a plus
- Working knowledge of LDAP, NFS, SAN and DNS protocols
- 5+ years large environment experience
- Strong configuration and troubleshooting knowledge and experience of J2EE based middleware applications
- 3+ years scripting experience in UNIX Shell and Perl programing
- Certified as RHCE for version 6 or 7