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Job Description
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System Administrator - Linux
The System Administrator, under the guidance of the Vice President of Engineering, develops and maintains all of Rivermine operational systems. The System Administrator is responsible for maintaining the integrity and security of servers and systems used for development and running Rivermine Software. The System Administrator is also responsible for administering the Rivermine Hosting Center running on Linux and Sun Solaris servers. You will also conduct system analysis and development, with limited support and direction from professional staff, to keep our systems current with changing technologies.
The System Administrator must possess a strong background in the UNIX OS, preferably with Linux/UNIX server administration. As new technologies emerge and impact our systems, the System Administrator is expected to learn these technologies very quickly and resolve any problems involved in integrating new technologies with our systems.
The System Administrator is a key technical resources for other Senior Staff, providing advice, training and technical support for various projects. In addition, the System Administrator works closely with professional technical staff in the engineering and customer solutions teams in evaluating current systems and making decisions on future development.
Specific Responsibilities:
• Manages multiple UNIX servers and workstations ensuring proper integration of these components with existing Rivermine computer systems.
• Manages multiple linked databases to include security, data safety and integrity, disaster recovery, and development and implementation of bulk data import/export procedures.
• Plans and implements system security policy, to include firewalls, host and client access, file permissions, and user accounts.
• Conducts growth analysis and capacity planning, and develops capital and operating budget proposals.
• Designs and develops advanced methods and procedures for collecting, organizing, interpreting, and classifying data for input and/or retrieval.
• Designs and programs specific applications in response to department needs; installs and debugs new and/or upgraded software on server and client platforms, ensuring compliance with current site licenses; designs, programs, and manages websites and associated pages.
• Documents the design of the operating environment
• Researches, evaluates, purchases, installs, configures, and troubleshoots all hardware, peripherals, and equipment necessary.
• Troubleshoots networks, systems, and applications to identify and correct malfunctions and other operational problems.
• Develops and implements various training and instruction programs for users on the use of operating systems, networking, applications, and databases.
• Maintains a broad knowledge of state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and/or systems
• May lead or guide the work of other staff engaged in similar functions.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Extensive experience working with Linux
UNIX system and program installation, compilation and configuration;
Previous programming or scripting experience
Proficiency with BSD (e.g. NetBSD, OpenBSD), Windows XP, and Mac OS X operating systems; understanding of the administration of SQL database servers such as (e.g. Oracle), and secure web servers such as Apache with mod_ssl and TOMCAT;
Knowledge of Perl and CGI scripting; working knowledge of Bourne shell scripting; knowledge of standard backup infrastructures;
System-level security procedures, familiarity with cryptography tools (e.g. secure shell, OpenSSL, IPSec); experience maintaining servers for standard Internet services such as DNS, NFS, DHCP, Samba, printing (e.g. LPR, CUPS) and FTP service;
Experience with troubleshooting hardware;
Ability and motivation to learn new technologies quickly and with minimal support and guidance;
Effective communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group of clients and staff;
Ability to work productively in teams; good problem solver.
Oracle installation and maintenance experience as well as Oracle DBA knowledge is a plus
Experience in Configuration Management and knowledge of a versioning system- (SVN, CVS) is desirable
For consideration, please forward a resume to careers@rivermine.com
Indicate req # 16245 in Subject line
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