[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4773
Unix System Engineer - Louisville
Posted by: "Jennifer" jhagaman@ghx.com
Date: Wed Oct 1, 2008 4:31 pm ((PDT))
GHX is committed to advancing the business of healthcare, leading to
improved patient care worldwide. Owned by an industry collaboration
of medical providers and suppliers, GHX provides a business hub to
drive better performance in healthcare. GHX helps any organization
that buys, sells, uses and tracks healthcare products realize costs
savings, gain efficiencies, and make better business decisions.
Currently, organizations representing more than 80 percent of the
hospital beds and medical products sold in the United States
participate in GHX, as do a considerable number of healthcare
providers and suppliers in Canada and Europe. As the business hub
evolves and participation grows, the opportunities to improve
healthcare expand beyond supply chain automation to initiatives that
can improve patient safety.
Job Summary
Provide top-level support for Solaris and Linux systems utilizing
Hitachi and Sun Enterprise Storage, being backed up in a Symantec
Netbackup environment.
Responsibilities
• Responsible for the installation, configuration, and tuning
of Unix based application and web servers
• Provide technical support for san containing Hitachi/Sun
enterprise storage
• Troubleshoot system issues and coordinate resolutions In a
proactive manner
• Maintain Unix operating system patches and upgrades as
required
• Provide support after hours and weekends including being on
24 hour pager rotation
• Travel may be required to out-of-state data centers
Qualifications
• Well versed with Solaris 8/10 and Linux operating systems
utilities and commands.
• Fundamental understanding of Solaris 10 features such as
(SMF, ZFS and Dtrace)
• Fundamental knowledge of san protocols
• Familiarity with Hitachi 9900 and Sun 6100 Storage solutions
• Symantec software products (VCS, VxVM and Netbackup)
• Network support services (DNS, NTP, SMTP, SSH, LDAP, HTTP
and TCP/IP).
• Ability to write scripts in one of the following languages
(Perl, bash, sh)
• Hands on experience managing systems running Oracle or
equivalent RDBMS databases
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills: capable of
conveying ideas and applying knowledge to challenging tasks.
• Candidate should be open to new ideas, technologies and have
a strong desire to learn
• Works well in team oriented environment
Experience and Education
• 3+ years of systems administration experience within a
Solaris and Linux environment
• 2+ years of Tape backup methodologies and hands-on
experience with Symantec Netbackup, or other enterprise backup
systems.
• Hands on experience
• Bachelor degree in technical discipline or equivalent
working experience
