Senior Unix Engineer

Req ID : 340833

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We are currently seeking a Senior Unix Engineer to join our team in Atlanta, Georgia (US-GA), United States (US).

Position Summary :

The Senior Unix is a senior information technology professional within the Datacenter Transformation Center of Excellence (COE) who analyzes existing

• nix architectures and workloads and designs new or complementary solutions for transformed environments, implements solutions, and troubleshoots any residual issues after transformation. As part of the Transformation COE the Senior Unix engineer will participate in early project discovery to understand the current mode of operation (CMO). The Engineer will then participate in the evaluation of those workloads and create a Future Mode of Operation (FMO) Design that aligns with the company's service catalog. The Senior Unix Engineer will concentrate on high-level server related duties such as system architecture, network design and dependencies, selection of physical replacement devices and assessment of virtualization feasibility, lead troubleshooting activities for outages and / or performance issues during transformation projects. The Senior Unix Engineer will lead administrative resources in the implementation of the prescribed design. The Senior Unix Engineer will review, analyze, and document system requirements and dependencies and select the best manner of transformation in the FMO environment. The Unix Engineer will identify and document requirements, define scope and objectives, and identify system modifications needed to support business requirements and initiatives in the transformed environment. The Senior Unix Engineer will migrate Unix and Linux workloads from the CMO to FMO environments using specific tools and industry best practices.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Work with customers on data center transformation activities to confirm (and document accordingly) existing Unix and Linux Systems and workloads, develop Functional Specifications.

Independently manage all aspects related to Unix Workload Integration projects.

Serve as liaison between the customer, Transition Team and the Datacenter Tower to communicate difficult concepts and processes. Work with vendors and contractors to define detailed technical requirements

Participate in Application owner and Business User interviews to identify system functions and architectural and network related dependencies

Execute Discovery activities to fully identify and document the existing Linux / Unix server inventory

Work with the Datacenter Server Tower to develop and implement the appropriate solution for successful transformation

Consult on complex business issues and design considerations

Responsible for the identification and documentation of system requirements to enable the Technical Team to deliver the appropriate solution for successful transformation

Participate in the development and execution of the user acceptance test plans, as well as schedule testing

Create new documentation and processes as needed to help refine, optimize, and / or to establish network functions and processes

Requirements

Education and Experience :

Bachelors Degree in an Information Technology Discipline and 6 or more years professional experience

8+ years of UNIX (Enterprise RedHat, and / or Solaris, HPUX and AIX) systems experience in a large, 24x7 high availability environment.

Extensive Experience with older operating systems including Tru64

Proven Experience migrating legacy Linux servers to modern virtual environments using products like VMconverter or PlateSpin

In depth understanding of distributed networks

Significant experience in the administration of SSL certs,

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Must have strong experience with physical hardare technologies technologies for Unix including :

HPUX-HP9000 etc

Solaris SPARC equipment

AIX

Must have proven experience with deep technical aspects of enterprise consolidation / integration projects

Must have strong communication skills, written and verbal

Experience interviewing end users to gather requirements

Ability to demonstrate professionalism in all internal and external interactions

Ability to analyze situations and challenges in a systematic, logical approach

Ability to analyze data points extracted by automated and manual discovery processes

Advanced Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) or other High-availability service.

Experience with Sendmail, Apache, Oracle Weblogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat

Experience with installation and basic Oracle 10 / 11g functions and tuning the operating system components for peak performance

Experience working with Oracle RAC desirable

Knowledge of Multi-Tiered Application Architecture

Strong experience and knowledge of system internals; memory management, scheduling, TCP / IP stack, and etc.

Strong knowledge of dns, ntp, nfs, and ftp

Experience and knowledge Ethernet, multicast, vlan tagging, etc.

Ability to compile Unix Kernels and Kernel modules

Strong scripting skills (KORN, Perl, bash, Awk, Sed, etc.) Python (is a plus)

Experience with Networking (sub-netting, routing, etc.) and SAN concepts (provisioning, use, etc.)

Experience with ITIL

Ability to document 'as built' operating guides

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $100k to $145k. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate's actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and / or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.

About NTT DATA

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