Unix / Linux Engineer

Contributing Responsibilities

• Degree in Information Systems                                                                                                                           

• 5+ years of experience in Linux/ UNIX environment within the financial services industry 

• Expert knowledge of RedHat Enterprise 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and solid footing in Centos and Ubuntu 

• Expert Knowledge of UNIX kernel and network subsystem tuning and optimization desirable. 

• Good knowledge of system performance and monitoring tools such as Geneos, sar, iostat, vmstat, etc. 

• Good programming skills with Perl, Awk, Sed, Shell script (Bourne, C, Korn) 

• Solid understanding of TCP/IP and basic networking – ability to use and understand output of tcpdump/snoop 

• Administration of Unix core services and applications such as NIS, NFS, Automount, DNS, DHCP, CIFS, SendMail, Apache, NTP, PTP, Sudo, Jumpstart/Kickstart, LDAP, SSH, Puppet, Ansible 

• Hands-on experience with technologies (Veritas Infoscale, Solaris Zones, Ldoms, VMWare, KVM etc.) 

Comfortable performing system upgrades, installing layered products, and analyzing and troubleshooting complex production systems. 

• Hands-on experience with various hardware including Dell and HP servers. 

• Good knowledge of EMC SAN storage arrays and NetAPP Network Appliances 

• Should be familiar with system administration regarding relational databases (Sybase, Oracle), Middleware (WebSphere MQ), and market data distribution (Reuters RMDS) a plus. 

• Ability to interface with users at all levels of the organization and good end-user support skills. 

• Must be well organized, responsible, a good project manager, have good verbal and written communication skills, and able to multitask in dynamic trading environment. 

• Work as a member of a team, adhere to corporate standards and change management processes, and work to improve IT standards and policies. • Proficient in English.

Required Technical Knowledge/Skills:

• At least 5+ years of technical experience in as many of these operating systems (OS):
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x / 8.x
• Ubuntu 18.x / 20.x
• Red Hat Satellite
• Veritas Cluster Services (VCS)
• Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
• Ansible
• Handles the product lifecycle of the Unix infrastructure to assure operational availability; designs and specifies changes for implementation.
• Candidate must be competent on how to install the OS on physical servers and virtual servers.
• Troubleshooting Knowledge on RHEL 9.x / 8.x
• Scripting Knowledge.
• Hardware and Networking Knowledge on Server Hardware Multiple Vendors, Remote Management Tools, Software & Hardware RAID, Technical understanding on network topologies & devices, Storage Devices
• Strong knowledge on governance, server build and administration of IT services in cloud-based environments.
• Patching through Satellite & Client-side yum configuration.
• Develop and maintain system documentation, including configuration guides, and standard operating procedures. Direct and be responsible for the implementation effort.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
• Assess demand for their service or technology area and develop plans to meet future capacity needs and makes recommendations to the manager.
• Aware of all critical changes to infrastructure and applications that could impact service delivery to their business customers.
• Able to work autonomously and as part of a team using strong analytical skills
• Be service oriented, customer focused, positive, committed and have an enthusiastic “can do” attitude.
• Demonstrate a systematic and logical approach to problem-solving 
• Able to follow the bank’s standards, processes and procedures.
• ITIL 4 Foundation qualification.



Specific Qualifications (if required)

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)