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Houston - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Description
As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion creed sex pregnancy sexual orientation marital status gender identity national origin citizenship status age disability or protected veteran status.

I. Job Summary

Under minimal supervision installs configures and provides maintenance and administration of complex networks and computer systems pertaining to UNIX and/or Linux operating systems.

II. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
  • Provides advanced technical support and resolves complicated or ambiguous problems regarding UNIX/Linuxbased networks hardware and software.
  • Develops strategies for complex processes (including but not limited to backup/restore shutdown and startup).
  • Manages complicated systems activities and adjusts system parameters and configuration to ensure security of systems and maximum performance.
  • Monitorsdisk space usage and performs capacity analysis as needed.
  • Acts as liaison between technical/nontechnical personnel and vendors in obtaining requirements designing and implementing UNIX/Linuxbased systems.
  • Provides user account set up on servers and identifies possible improvements (security gaps patch levels capacity thresholds) to optimize performance.
  • Performs advanced script writing and/or programming as needed.
  • Researches emerging trends and technologies to stay current within the field.
III. Qualifications

A. Education and Experience

  • Education: Bachelors Degree (accredited) in Computer Science MIS or similar area of study or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant experience.
  • Experience: Five (5) years of previous experience required (in addition to education requirement).

B. Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements

  • None required.

C. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Required

Technically advanced knowledge or indepth skills in one or more of the following is required:

  • Demonstrated experience and expertise (conceptually and handson) in AIX Solaris Linux and VMware Operating System management hardware specification and configuration performance tuning techniques TCP/IP network configuration enterprise backup administration scripting and automation utilities capacity planning workload management & distribution implementation testing and event management.
  • Expertise in Server virtualization including AIX PowerVM Xen KVM Solaris Zones and VMware Infrastructure management.
  • Proven experience supporting resource intensive web application and database environments including high level expertise with web infrastructures (authentication encryption load balancing session management) application middleware (Apache JRE EAI JDBC) java application environments (WebSphereJBoss Sun One WebLogic) and Oracle.
  • Integration expertise with a Microsoft Windows computing infrastructure including directory services file sharing networking client configuration and multiplatform tiered application deployment.
  • Experience with large enterprise computing environments and collaboration with multiple functional teams and customers to ensure high service levels and effective solutions.
  • Demonstrated experience in successful development and implementation of new technologies and work process.
  • Competency in project management effectively arranging resources and managing multiple projects in a crossfunctional environment.
  • Ability to articulate and communicate to technical and nontechnical personnel.
  • Ability to lead a team to achieve goals within set deadlines.
  • Ability to work in a teambased environment.
  • Ability to develop strategies and define procedures.
  • IBM Certified System Administrator/Expert Red Hat Virtualization Technologies Red Hat Certified Systems Engineer Solaris certifications.

D. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities that Contribute to Success

May require technically advanced or indepth skills in one or more of the following:

  • Amazon Web Service
IV. Physical Requirements
Listed below are key points regarding physical demands physical and occupational risks and the work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

  • This job primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers phones copy machines etc.


V. Benefits
At WM each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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