[ale] [Fwd: Open Positions - Buckhead]

[Geoffrey]

   An ASP (Application Service Provider) in the Finance industry has the
    following 2 positions open in the Buckhead area.

    If you're interested in either of the 2 positions outlined below,
    please forward your resume specifiying which opportunity you're applying
    for to: careers at visionarysystemsinc.com


Senior System Administrator
Required Skills
        Strong interpersonal and communications skills; capable of writing
        proposals or papers, making presentations to internal audiences, 
and
        working closely with upper management
.
        Ability to solve problems quickly and automate processes

        A solid understanding of Solaris and Red Hat Linux operating 
systems;
        understands paging and swapping, inter-process communications,
        devices and what device drivers do, filesystem concepts (inode,
        clustering, logical partitions), can use performance analysis to 
tune
        systems.

        A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing
        environment concepts; understands principles of routing, 
client/server
        environments, the design of consistent network-wide filesystem
        layouts.

        Ability to write scripts in some administrative language (Perl, 
Python,
        ksh, bash, sh)

        Strong hardware and software vendor relation skills

        Participate in and lead projects surrounding network/system/site
        changes/updates/enhancements

        Ability to learn and apply new technology and methodologies in a
        distributed environment; recommend hardware and software
        solutions

        Adaptable to change.


Required Background
        Five+ years of system administration experience.

        Willingness to mentor more junior administrators

        Experience with both Solaris Sparc/x86 (2.6, 7, 8, 9) and 
RedHat.Linux

        Experience with TCP/IP network protocols, ability to debug network
        related issues.

        Experience with cabling, computer hardware (Sparc/Intel), SCSI  and
        peripheral device setup and installations


Desirable Background and Skills

        A degree in computer science or a related field

        Experience with network and host-based security (snoop, tcpdump,
        IDS, netfilter/packet filters, firewalls)

        Experience configuring Internet services ? Apache/Tomcat, DNS, 
SMTP,
        SSH, SSL

        Experience developing and implementing a site disaster-recovery plan

        Experience maintaining production systems running Oracle databases
        (installation, performance tuning, configuration)

        Experience with SCSI RAID hardware solutions ? PC hardware 
controllers
        and disk arrays

Appropriate Responsibilities
        Works under general direction from management; recommends and
        implements policies on systems and services.

        Support internal employees and external customers; Must be 
willing to
        do everything from building servers to handling helpdesk calls.

        Must be willing to participate in pager rotation schedule and work
        overtime as required.

        Administers a large site alone or leads the administration of a 
complex
        site.

        Initiates new responsibilities and helps to plan for the future 
of the
        site/network.





Mid-Level  System Administrator
Required Skills
        Strong interpersonal and communication skills; capable of writing
        purchase justifications, training users in complex topics, and
        interacting positively with upper management.

        Ability to solve problems quickly and completely, Independent
        problem-solving, self-direction

        Proficient with most aspects of operating system administration;
        for example, configuration of Internet services (DNS, FTP, Mail),
        system installation and configuration (manual and automated using
        jumpstart, kickstart), fundamentals of security, installing 
third-party
        software(GNU, Actuate, Oracle).

        Has a solid understanding of a UNIX-based operating system 
(Solaris,
        RedHat Linux); understands paging and swapping, inter-process
        communication, devices and what device drivers do, filesystem
        concepts (inode, clustering, logical partitions).

        Knowledge of fundamental networking/distributed computing 
environment
        concepts; SSL, NFS,  Samba/NT domains, Apache/Tomcat web 
environment;
        can use nslookup or dig to check information in the DNS; task
        automation, understands routing, client/server application concepts.

        Ability to write scripts in some administrative language (Perl,
        Python, ksh, bash, sh)

        Ability to do minimal debugging and modification of an application
        environment

        Ability to learn and apply new technology and methodologies in a
        distributed environment

        Adaptable to change..


Required Background
        Three to five years of system administration experience.

        Experience with both Solaris Sparc/x86 (2.6, 7, 8, 9) and 
RedHat.Linux

        Experience with TCP/IP network protocols, ability to debug network
        related issues.

        Experience with cabling, computer hardware (Sparc/Intel), SCSI and
        peripheral device setup and installations


Desirable Background and Skills

        A degree in computer science or a related field

        Experience with network and host-based security (snoop, tcpdump,
        IDS, packet filters)

        Experience developing and implementing a site disaster-recovery plan

        Experience maintaining production systems running Oracle databases
        (installation, performance tuning, configuration)

        Experience with SCSI RAID hardware solutions ? PC hardware 
controllers
        and disk arrays

Appropriate Responsibilities
        Receives general instructions for new responsibilities from 
supervisor

        Support internal employees and external customers; Must be willing
        to do everything from building servers to handling helpdesk calls.

        Must be willing to participate in pager rotation schedule and work
        overtime as required.

        Administers a mid-sized site alone or assists in the administration
        of a larger site.

        Initiates some new responsibilities and helps to plan for the 
future
        of the site/network.

        Evaluates and/or recommends purchases; has strong influence on
        purchasing process; strong vendor relationship skills.

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