Senior Unix Engineer

Position Summary: The Senior Unix is a senior information technology professional within the Datacenter Transformation Center of Excellence (COE) who analyzes existing *nix architectures and workloads and designs new or complementary solutions for transformed environments, implements solutions, and troubleshoots any residual issues after transformation. The Senior Unix Engineer will participate in early project discovery to understand the current mode of operation (CMO). The Engineer will then participate in the evaluation of those workloads and create a Future Mode of Operation (FMO) Design that aligns with the company’s service catalog. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Work with customers on data center transformation activities to confirm (and document accordingly) existing Unix and Linux Systems and workloads, develop Functional Specifications. Independently manage all aspects related to Unix Workload Integration projects. Serve as liaison between the customer, Transition Team and the Datacenter Tower to communicate difficult concepts and processes. Participate in Application owner and Business User interviews to identify system functions and architectural and network related dependencies Execute Discovery activities to fully identify and document the existing Linux/Unix server inventory Work with the Datacenter Server Tower to develop and implement the appropriate solution for successful transformation Consult on complex business issues and design considerations Responsible for the identification and documentation of system requirements to enable the Technical Team to deliver the appropriate solution for successful transformation Participate in the development and execution of the user acceptance test plans, as well as schedule testing Create new documentation and processes as needed to help refine, optimize, and/or to establish network functions and processes Requirements Education and Experience: Bachelors Degree in an Information Technology Discipline and 6 or more years professional experience 8+ years of UNIX (Enterprise RedHat, and/or Solaris, HPUX and AIX) systems experience in a large, 24x7 high availability environment. Extensive Experience with older operating systems including Tru64 Proven Experience migrating legacy Linux servers to modern virtual environments using products like VMconverter or PlateSpin In depth understanding of distributed networks Significant experience in the administration of SSL certs Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Must have strong experience with physical hardware technologies for Unix including Solaris SPARC equipment and AIX Must have proven experience with deep technical aspects of enterprise consolidation/ integration projects Must have strong communication skills, written and verbal Experience interviewing end users to gather requirements Ability to demonstrate professionalism in all internal and external interactions Ability to analyze situations and challenges in a systematic, logical approach Advanced Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) or other High-availability service Experience with Sendmail, Apache, Oracle Weblogic, IBM WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat Experience with installation and basic Oracle 10/11g functions and tuning the operating system components for peak performance Strong experience and knowledge of system internals; memory management, scheduling, TCP/IP stack, and etc. Strong knowledge of dns, ntp, nfs, and ftp Experience and knowledge Ethernet, multicast, vlan tagging, etc. Ability to compile Unix Kernels and Kernel modules Strong scripting skills (KORN, Perl, bash, Awk, Sed, etc.) Python (is a plus) Experience with Networking (sub-netting, routing, etc.) and SAN concepts (provisioning, use, etc.) Experience with ITIL Ability to document ‘as built’ operating guides NTT DATA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. For our EEO Policy Statement, please click here. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here. For Pay Transparency information, please click here.

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