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Unix System Admin
Posted 4 days 13 hours ago by Vallum
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Yorkshire, Sheffield, United Kingdom, S5 9
Job Description
Role: Unix System Admin
Location: Sheffield, UK-Hybrid 3 days/week
Type: Contract Inside IR35
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Individual Contributor- Unix Specialist.
In this role, you will: (Principal Responsibilities)
- Work as a Senior Unix Systems' Administrator in a Global team (across North America, Europe and Asia/Africa) - contributing to the technical delivery of projects and changes by providing Technical/Application guidance to project teams.
- Be a subject matter expert for the Operating System and guide functional delivery teams, across Global Payments Solution IT (GPS IT), for process/system improvements.
- Deliver projects, services, kit to live on time with a minimum of issues.
- Do changes in the GPS Unix environment on both weekdays and weekends, the latter via a rota.
- Provide overall Unix platforms' support to these projects.
- Satisfy changes during a working week.
- Satisfy changes on live production over a weekend.
- Provide 2nd and 3rd line support from time to time for break-fix issues.
- Have a senior level of technical expertise in development engineering and Scripting (ksh/bash) to produce automated, efficient and/or self-service solutions for technical teams or end-user stakeholders to consume.
- Communicate solutions, errors, status reports and liaise at all levels of the Business.
- Work as a fully engaged and contributing engineer, within a team
- Assist with any break-fix issues in the environment where appropriate
- On occasion may be asked to work longer hours in order to complete a piece of work.
- Be able to prioritise their work between running daily changes, weekend preparation and ongoing projects
- Come up with ideas to make the environment more efficient whether procedural or technical.
The successful candidate would also be expected to -
- Identify and work on initiatives for process efficiency and service improvement projects to achieve efficiencies (Process. FTE, sustainable saves).
- Drive process improvements and cost efficiency initiatives
- Attempt to avoid external training by doing self-study or internal knowledge sharing for UNIX
- Ensure review within a team for all critical/complex deliverables
- Interact with application teams and other infrastructure teams
- Suggest process enhancements
- Have experience of working in an enterprise environment and be ITIL aware.
- Ensure strict adherence to all regulatory issues and compliance of all internal controls
- Ensure strict adherence Client Group Compliance Policies
To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements: (Mandatory Requirements)
- Fluent in English
- 5 years plus of experience in UNIX infrastructure.
- Expert level knowledge of UNIX (AIX/Solaris/Linux)
- Expert level knowledge of Veritas Volume Manager, Veritas Cluster Server (SFHA) and Veritas NetBackup Client
- Strong knowledge of host-based SAN migrations
- Very good understanding of SAN configuration EMC/Hitachi LUNs on UNIX (AIX/Solaris/Linux) Servers
- Ability to develop simple/complex Shell Scripts (eg Bash, Korn) as per requirements.
- Ability to support DR/Role swap exercises
- Effective in dealing with Crises calls/Critical issues for business critical services
- Proven experience in technically guiding teams in productivity/results driven environment.
- Proven experience in managing and building relationship with business partners and customer service and stakeholders up and down the chain.
- Worked in at least two of the areas of IT Infrastructure support ie Production Support, Application Support & infrastructure Support.
- Should understand & have proven record of how technology adds value to the business and ultimately the end customer.
- Should possess industry standard certifications for UNIX/Cluster Technologies.
- Should be well versed with ITIL concepts and more specific understanding of Service operations activities.
- Strong technical knowledge in respective technology.
- Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Communication and interpersonal skills.
- Working across cultures.
- Open mind set and adapt to the change, positive attitude and logical thinking.
- Able to work independently, under pressure and proactively in a fast paced environment with multiple deadlines.
- Team player; multi-tasking; good testing skills; organized self-starter.
- Identify areas where efficiency can be gained
- Suggest & implement best-in-call industry practices in the projects, as applicable.
- Implement Shared delivery in terms of understanding & training the teams on project specific technical aspects
- Support technology Managers in identifying emerging technology trends, constantly question, clarify from teams and ensure that critical technology issues are surfaced and considered
- Understanding of functional requirements and translation of business requirements into technical specifications
- Participate in crisis calls as applicable
- Proactively identify problem situations and resolve to give maximum customer satisfaction
- Demonstrate analytical and problem management skills
The successful candidate will also meet the following requirements: (Good to have Requirements)
- Experience in Finance and Banking industry would be an advantage.
- Full stack engineering skills eg Kubernetes, Docker, Groovy, Jenkins, Mulesoft and Kong API,
- Google and Amazon Cloud Services
- Python, Perl, Groovy, C.
- Use of JIRA would be welcomed.
- Automation skills with a mind set to explore and exploit the technologies we could and should use safely and efficiently within the Bank.
Vallum
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