Senior UNIX Systems Administrator recruitment

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Support the production, BRP, UAT and development environment.

• Provide business and infrastructure project resourcing.

• Assist the team in issue and problem management.

• Monitoring performance and capacity of systems and make recommendations where appropriate.

• Manage  the release of software into the production environment.

• Interface with application support staff on production problems.

• Provide out-of-hours cover for production systems.

• Maintain accurate support and project documentation.

• Coaching and mentoring UNIX production support team.

• Active participation in strategic technology initiatives.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Associate Director, Head of London Unix Team

• Head of Production Services.

• Project managers.

• Vendors (e.g. Oracle, Red Hat).• Infrastructure and Application support teams.• Developers.• Global Engineering Team

EDUCATION /OR EXPERIENCE

• Good communication skills.

• Planning, organizing, and negotiating skills.

• Demonstrate competency in crafting efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems.

Business Knowledge

• Understanding of the Capital Markets business.

Strategic Thinking

• Ability to contribute to the development and execution of a business aligned technology strategy.

• Ability to achieve strategic deliverables while still meeting short and medium term needs.

• Ability to clearly define and communicate ideas and broker consensus to keep initiatives progressing.

COMPETENCIES Technical

• High level of Linux and Solaris administration expertise.

• High level of Veritas products.

• Supporting mission critical systems.

• Delivery of medium/large scale IT infrastructure projects.

• Substantial scripting experience (shell and perl etc).

Behavioural

• Maintains a “client first” mentality with a concern for quality and delivery.

• Collaborates to get buy-in from multiple stakeholders and communicates effectively towards better understanding between multiple groups.

• Copes with change and ambiguity while ensuring all effort to make sure that there is cooperation and teamwork.

• Consistently maintains a positive ‘can-do’ attitude.