[SVLUG-Jobs] Full Time Position in Mountain View

[Suresh Adapa]

About Akraya: Akraya is an award-winning full-service global supplier of
best in breed talent to a host of Technology companies. A few to name
are Yahoo!, eBay, PayPal, Genentech, Cisco, S&P and others. Our vision
is to build a reputation based on integrity, professionalism and
measurable ROI. We strive to become the Supplier of choice for clients
who are thinking of the best talent pool. Since inception we have
averaged 300% annual growth and plan to double again this year. Please
visit our website at http://www.akraya.com/ <http://www.akraya.com/>
for more information.

 

Presently we have an exciting position with one of our esteemed clients:

 

Title: UNIX/Linux System Administrator 

Duration: Full time 

Location: Mountain View

 

Responsibilities:

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

-  Perform Tier I and Tier II support activities of the company's
Production service applications. Manage and document all work through
appropriate work request ticketing system and change control systems.
-  Perform system administration and trouble-shooting activities on the
following OS platforms: Linux Redhat, Linux Advanced Server, Sun Solaris
2.x, and Microsoft Windows.
-  Perform system administration and trouble-shooting activities on
following Web Server platforms: Sun Microsystems iPlanet, Apache, and
Microsoft IIS.
-  In the event of a service disruption, perform all administrative
functions to isolate and correct the problem. This includes performing
all stop/start and redirect functions on web servers and application
servers to restore service availability.
-  Perform proper escalation of service issues to next level technical
support using appropriate methods and tools within the designated
timeframes. Include notification to appropriate Customer Service
organization and management within correct timeframe.
-  Write clear and concise outage report(s) within 4 hours of resolving
a service impacting outage. Coordinate with internal and external
resources the completion of the report which includes: customer impact,
engineering analysis, and overall impact to weekly service availability.
-  Complete and submit weekly staff report to Operations Manager.
-  Monitor and ensure successful completion of tape back-up jobs.
Prepare tape storage containers for off-site storage, retrieve tapes for
restore purposes. Maintain tapes, tape libraries, and on/offsite
documentation per policy and procedures.
-  Participate in the completion of the shift-handover report to ensure
that incidents and priority tasks and projects are successfully handed
off to the next shift.
-  As assigned by manager, support special projects and tasks as
required.
-  Provide input to manager on issues associated with system and
application architecture as well as customer service issues to improve
overall processes in managing the environment.
-  Participate in the 'on-call' pager rotation
-  Required to participate in bi-weekly maintenance windows as requested
by management.

Requirements:

-  BS degree in Computer Science or related field.
-  In depth knowledge of UNIX, Linux, networking, and shell scripting.
-  In depth knowledge of Windows (2003, 2000 and NT 4.0) is desired.
-  5-7 years working in an application/technical support organization.
-  Work within following Shell environments: bash, csh, ksh.
-  Knowledge of Perl scripting.
-  Must be able to lift 30 lbs and work inside a data center environment
-  Must have US CITIZENSHIP and willing to work graveyard shift (Wed -
Sat from 12am - 10am) 

15% additional bonus will be given for doing graveyard shift.

Apart from the other host of benefits, Akraya also offers free career
advice services to its employees to achieve their career goals. If your
skills match with the position, please contact us immediately to discuss
this position in detail and take it forward.

 

Email:Suresh.adapa at akraya.com    

Contact # : 408.512.2370