Unix Administrator

Synergis has partnered with a large utility company in the Birmingham, AL area to help them locate an UNIX Administrator.

Preferred candidates will have a minimum of five (5) years experience working with UNIX Server operating systems including installation and configuration (SUN Solaris preferred)
Also a minimum of two (2) years Oracle server implementation and maintenance experience.
Provide system administration, software and hardware support, and Oracle/Sybase administration for the computer systems utilized by the IT Generation department.

Candidate responsibility will include:

• Installing and maintaining server hardware and operating systems to support unique customer requirements.
• Follow standard processes for hardware, software and project completion, problem resolution and change management.
• Diagnose and resolve technical problems to meet service level expectations. Participate in departmental initiatives.
• Communicate progress, problems and best practices to management, leads and team mates.
• Installation and support of in-house custom and vendor software
• Storage Management including data backup and restoration
• Database System Administration for Oracle and Sybase Servers
• Disaster Recovery Infrastructure support
• Provide consulting and support for new and existing vendor software
• Provide performance analysis and tuning; database reorganizations; space monitoring and management; data integrity checks and cleanup; database backups and recovery; data load, maintenance and migration scripts
• Install and support Oracle database packages
• Provide root cause analysis, efficient production support and maintenance for existing database instances
• Develop and maintain technical knowledge with emphasis on database related skills.

Preferred candidates will have knowledge with:

• System administration of UNIX (Solaris) operating systems.
• Strong knowledge of Veritas Volume Manager, and Cluster Server
• Experience in Oracle 10g database administration
• Experience in Oracle RMAN backup and recover processes
• General knowledge of Unix hardware platforms and other components (CPU, clusters, storage area networks, disk and tape arrays and special equipment such as DVD, CD or optical disk)
• Basic knowledge of Shell programming
• Experience in backup and recovery of system and database files (Veritas Netbackup a plus)

For immediate consideration, please forward a Resume to (see below).