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Overview of Role
Individual will be a member of a System & Applications Support Engineer team that provides 24/7 support of global back-office, production, trading & broking service infrastructure. The individual will troubleshoot application and system problems, install and configure IBM Servers (x336, x3550, x3650, x3950 family) & HP Integrity servers (C-Class blade systems) at the Data Centers in a Unix environment, and globally work with Field Services personnel. This position involves shift work at location in Parsippany NJ and occasionally Edison, NJ. This role requires a great deal of dedication to meeting planned timelines and analytical skills to swiftly resolve issues.
Working Hours:
Working hours are 8am – 8pm on Friday/Saturday/Sunday one week and Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday the next week (repeating week over week). Candidate must be flexible to work different shifts if additional coverage is needed.
Principal Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Skills and Experience
Linux System Administrators - Weekend Shift
6 Upper Pond Rd #6 Parsippany, NJ 07054 US
Posted: 08/18/2015
2015-08-18
2023-04-22
Employment Type:
Direct Hire
Industry: Other Area(s)
Job Number: 13
Pay Rate: 110,000
Job Description
Overview of Role
Individual will be a member of a System & Applications Support Engineer team that provides 24/7 support of global back-office, production, trading & broking service infrastructure. The individual will troubleshoot application and system problems, install and configure IBM Servers (x336, x3550, x3650, x3950 family) & HP Integrity servers (C-Class blade systems) at the Data Centers in a Unix environment, and globally work with Field Services personnel. This position involves shift work at location in Parsippany NJ and occasionally Edison, NJ. This role requires a great deal of dedication to meeting planned timelines and analytical skills to swiftly resolve issues.
Working Hours:
Working hours are 8am – 8pm on Friday/Saturday/Sunday one week and Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday the next week (repeating week over week). Candidate must be flexible to work different shifts if additional coverage is needed.
Principal Responsibilities & Accountabilities
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Provide reliable and quality support 24X7 in a production environment.
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Respond to events from the monitoring tools, with the goal of restoration of service.
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Carry out deployments for new servers and replacement or failed components.
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Carry out system health checks periodically and following deployments and upgrades.
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Analyze application logs to determine root cause of problems.
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Perform trace analysis using TCPdump, Snoop and Ethereal.
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Plan and document Change Requests, as required to implement Application and Server upgrades and changes.
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Work with hardware and software vendors to obtain support to diagnose problems.
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Guide field staff with deployment and replacement of servers and server components remotely
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Participate in meetings with other groups (Engineering, Development, and QA) to plan and document deployment approaches and Operational Requirements.
Skills and Experience
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5+ years of Linux experience
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2+ years’ experience working on trading system environments is a plus
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In depth knowledge of RHEL 5 and RHEL 6 including clustering. Certifications preferred.
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4+ years’ experience with installation, configuration and troubleshooting of Servers, Cisco Network devices and trading system applications within a Datacenter environment.
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Experience in hardware and software support, configuration and installation of Servers, Cisco network switches and routers. Server Hardware, Operating system installation, and network TCP/IP experience.
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Knowledge and experience with installation, configuration of PCs, small servers (IBM x336, x3550, x3650 & x3950). Ability to work with Cisco routers and switches desirable.
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Strong understanding of LAN/WAN, TCP/IP and DNS
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Familiarity with ESX VMware virtualization is a plus
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Experience with MS Windows Server desirable.
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Experience with HP OpenVMS desirable.
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Individual must be a self-starter, highly dependable and detail-oriented.
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Communicate clearly and concisely in a logical, organized fashion, verbally and in writing with co-workers, superiors, and corporate users.
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Possess good troubleshooting skills for diagnosing hardware/software issues
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Ability to review and diagnose problems through analysis of system and application logs.
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Ability to work as part of a team as well as independently to perform duties as assigned.
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Ability to analyze and correct equipment malfunctions and performs replacement of components, subsystems as appropriate.
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Learn to developed applications in order to provide support.
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Strong analytical and problem solving skills and logic.
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Must be able to:
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Follow routine checklist of tasks per shift (Many tasks to complete daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annually).
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Review log files, encapsulate (tar, gzip and transport (ftp)
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Provide status updates to management and turnover reporting to other shifts & departments.
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Write incidents reports & keep a timeline of events during outage periods.
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Follow procedures; provide updates; ask questions; take action; follow up on missing; incomplete or unresolved issues.
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Must be:
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Organized with the ability to multitask.
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Flexible to change of task.
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Punctual when reporting for shifts; above average attendance is critical.
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Able to work/cover other shifts during holidays; staffing shortages; emergency cases.
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Flexible to long working hours.
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Equivalent to completion of four years of college-level coursework in computer science, information technology or a related field.
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Reasonably flexible with schedule including working nights, weekends and holidays.
Meet Your Recruiter
Jason Destro
Over 20 years’ of recruiting experience with hands-on recruiting and placement of I.T. professionals (Full Time, Temp 2 Perm, & Contingent) in the NJ/NY/CT/PA marketplace for a wide variety of today's demanding IT skill sets. Focused on delivering exceptional service by understanding client’s objectives and goals.
