Princeton Information is seeking Senior Solaris Systems Administrators for contract opportunities in the Tampa Bay area.

The hardware platforms comprise a multitude of vendors, including SUN and HP and operating systems including Solaris 8/10 and RedHat 4/5.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Build servers utilizing Jumpstart, Kick-start, and Data Center Automation (DCA)

Build and manage servers, through installation and turnover to application teams

Input physical data center requirements in Inventory system, backup/monitoring requirements

Work servers through installation workflow to meet Service Level Agreements (SLA)

Interface with data center site delivery teams to resolve issues

Build out server infrastructure per application requirements and build scripts

Manage change management through internal systems (Infoman, Virtual Request)

Willingness to work in a high-volume environment

Effectively collaborate with architecture, application development, requirements group, QA, Testing, and PMO teams

Work with Audit/Compliance teams to install and maintain security updates and patches

Manage trouble and request queues ensuring timely resolution

Daily justification of audit events via multiple tracking systems

Monitor status of critical system services reporting performance and server health

Develop mutually beneficial working relationships with customers

REQUIRED SKILLS

4+ years hands-on experience supporting Solaris 8/10

Experience supporting Sun entry level and Midrange server line

2-3 years working knowledge of Clustering

Good understanding of Enterprise Architecture methodology

DESIRED SKILLS
The candidate should have strong skills in at least one of the following bulletpoints and knowledge of the others.

Experience in small to large scale system projects including full development life cycle and structured troubleshooting analysis skills

A solid understanding of networking/distributed computing environment concepts; understands principles of routing, client/server programming, and the design of consistent network-wide file system layout

Ability to troubleshoot software/hardware configuration problems

Ability to write clear and concise technical documentation

VCS clustering, NIS+, NFS, Volume manager

Understanding of Sybase/Oracle Server database design

Strong knowledge of File system / Volume Management software

Strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking

Patch and Package management

Knowledge of UNIX Operating System and system adminstration best practices

Good knowledge of Perl or shell scripting

Knowledge of virtualization, resource management