Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator Job in New York City 10007, New York US

 

The New York City Housing Authority’s IT Infrastructure Department is seeking a Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator/Assistant Chief of Operations to join its UNIX/Linux Systems Management Team.

 

The UNIX/Linux Systems Management Team provides enterprise-wide systems support services for mission-critical systems.  NYCHA maintains approximately 150 Sun Solaris/Red Hat Linux Servers which are located among three Datacenters.  The UNIX/Linux team provides technical services to include: systems design, planning, hardware/software installation, operations, maintenance, and upgrades to UNIX/Linux systems and infrastructure components which support the Authority’s daily operating business functions.  Unix/Linux team primary focus areas:  UNIX/Linux Systems Engineering, UNIX/Linux Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, UNIX/Linux Systems Operations, UNIX/Linux Systems Documentation, Procurement and Contract.

 

The Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator/Assistant Chief of UNIX/Linux Systems Operations will provide enterprise-wide UNIX/Linux System infrastructure support for complex system and interconnected technologies that require day-to-day support and administration in order to maintain optimum performance and utilization. In addition, candidate will assist the UNIX/Linux Chief of Operations with providing technical leadership and mentoring to a team of five UNIX/Linux Systems Administrators in the following areas: Sun Solaris 10 Systems Operating System Support, Red Hat Linux Operating System Support,  Veritas Cluster administration and server virtualization, Enterprise Netbackup, Sun LDAP for UNIX systems and applications including various existing NYCHA applications.  Specific duties shall include, but not be limited to the following:

 


QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

 

Professional/vendor certification(s) in wide area network administration that is required for the position to be filled.  In addition, all candidates must have the following:

 

1.      A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and two years of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) experience in wide area network planning, design, configuration, installation, troubleshooting, integration, performance monitoring, maintenance, enhancement, and security management; or

2.      A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory full-time (not classroom based) information  technology experience of which at least 2 years must have been as described in “1” above; or

3.      A master’s degree in computer science or a related field from an accredited college may substitute for one year of experience.  However, all candidates must have at least one year of satisfactory (not classroom based) full-time information technology experience as described in “1” above.

 

Note:

 

In addition to meeting the minimum Qualification Requirements:

 

Incumbents may be required to update existing and/or obtain additional professional industry-standard certification(s) for current and future technical environment(s) in which they  may be assigned to work, as determined by the employing agency.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE PREFERRED:

 

 

 

SKILLS DESIRED:

 

 

 

Interested candidates may fax cover letter, resume, to (212) 306-5194, e-mail to HR.Recruitment@nycha.nyc.gov or mail to:

 

New York City Housing Authority

Human Resources Recruitment Unit

90 Church Street, 5th Floor

New York, NY  10007

Attn.: Senior Recruiter

Job Code: Senior UNIX/Linux Systems Administrator