SR. AIX SYSTEMS SUPPORT TEAM LEAD – CONTRACT to PERMANENT
SR. AIX SYSTEMS SUPPORT TEAM LEAD
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Our client is currently looking for a Senior AIX UNIX Administrator to join their Calgaryteam.
The successful candidate will provide ongoing administration and support of a large UNIX enterprise, onsite at one of our clients. You will works with vendors, end users, customer service representatives and other technical staff, to resolve advanced UNIX hardware/software issues. You will effectively solution (architect and design) and implement within your area of expertise, and follow schedules and report variations to your technical lead, Project Manager, or Sales Consultant. You must be available for on-call and for after-hours maintenance changes from time to time and act as a point of escalation for technical problems encountered at this site
We are looking for the following:
· Team player but able to work independently
· Provide design & architecture direction
· Complex system design
· Contribute to long term planning
· Perform day to day AIX UNIX admin tasks
· Provide third-level support response to UNIX service desk calls
· Act on complex problems using creative approaches to facilitate resolution
· Review problems and resolutions for trends that can be identified and corrected
· Develop and maintain accurate documentation
· Ability to lead a small team toward a specific objective
· Technically lead projects
· Some after hours work required for critical system changes and patching
Requirements
· 5 + years of experience as a AIX UNIX administrator
· Solid foundation of scripting skills (Bourne, Ksh, Csh, Perl)
· Sun Solaris experience
· Experience with multiple Oses (AIX, Linux)
· Enterprisesupport experience
· Excellent communication, organizational and problem-solving skills
· Able to provide 24 x 7 on-call support as required