Senior UNIX/Websphere/MQ Administrator (Sun Solaris)

Principal Duties and Essential Functions:

?  Support development configuration, configuration management, installation and monitoring of developed WebSphere JAVA applications in dev, test and production environments

?  Create, test and maintain/update and monitor WebSphere MQ queue managers, queues and network channels

?  Assist PC-based software developers  as needed with the UNIX environment and basic commands

?  Under the direction of the Lead UNIX Administrator responsible for the installation, configuration and performance tuning of the operating system. 

?  Responsible for research on OS, application patches and upgrades.

?  Perform installations and upgrades of system software, hardware and firmware

?  Perform all periodic maintenance activities on UNIX servers, including system software configuration, user account maintenance, file system and volume management, OS patch installation testing and rollout, and email/sendmail support

?  Automate common procedures to increase efficiency

?  Develop and maintain complete documentation of all systems

?  Develop and maintain back-up strategies and security plans

?  Create and maintain OS and application level monitoring tools and strategies

?  Serve as an internal technical consultant to application development teams and others

?  Provide off-hours production support, as needed

 

Basic/Minimum Qualifications:

REQUIRED

?  Bachelor?s degree in Computer, Math or equivalent technical field

?  Minimum of 10 years experience

?  Experience with UNIX shell scripting required.  Scripting with KSH and Perl a plus.

?  Experience with UNIX networking required ? TCP, DNS, NTP

?  Experience with WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ Series, WebSphere Message Broker required

?  Experience in troubleshooting systems required

?  Experience with Sun, Fujitsu and UNIX workstations required

?  Experience with Hitachi SAN, EMC SAN, or Sun SAN required

?  Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

 

HIGHLY PREFERRED

?  Veritas Netbackup or equivalent (Legato, Amanda, etc.) highly preferable

?  Experience with clustering using Veritas and volume management are highly preferable

?  Experience with Sun Solaris disk suite is highly preferable

 

PLUSES

?  Experienced in MQ Software Qnami and QPasa a plus

?  Scripting or programming experience in one or more of the following languages: C++, C, Java, Python, Perl, TCL/TK a plus

?  Experience with one or more of the following is a plus: Oracle 9i or Sybase

?  Experience with IBM monitoring tools such as Tivoli, Candle, etc. a plus

?  Experience with secure shell and SSL, Samba, basic Windows XP/2000 administration is a plus

?  Familiarity with Solaris Jumpstart and secure configuration is a plus


CIBER offers competitive salaries and benefits to include: (Health, Dental, Vision, Prescription, Life & Disability Insurance), 17-days Paid Time Off, Vacation, CBT training, tuition reimbursement, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan and many other benefits.

 

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, it is the policy of CIBER, Inc. to attract and retain the best qualified people available without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or status as a special disabled veteran, Vietnam Era Veteran or other qualifying veteran. Women and minorities are urged to apply.

CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR) is a leading international system integration consulting firm with superior value-priced services for both private and government sector clients. CIBER's services are offered on a project or strategic staffing basis, in both custom and enterprise resource planning (ERP) package environments, and across all technology platforms, operating systems and infrastructures. Founded in 1974, the company's consultants now serve client businesses from over 60 U.S. offices, 18 European offices and three offices in Asia. With offices in 17 countries, annualized revenue run rate of approximately $975 million and approximately 8,000 employees, CIBER's IT specialists continuously build and upgrade our clients' systems to "competitive advantage status."