System Administrator - UNIX

Affinity Internet is one of the leading web site, ecommerce and online marketing services providers for web professionals and small businesses. Affinity's next-generation hosting infrastructure and core systems deliver the industry's most reliable solutions; backed by a dedicated team of ?success guides? ? knowledgeable consultants with a passion for serving small businesses and a dedication to ensuring their growth and success. We offer a competitive compensation package that includes stock options, 401K, medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance and paid time off.

 

POSITION PURPOSE: To work as part of a team to develop and maintain UNIX web hosting computer systems and report system statuses to management in both verbal and written formats.

 

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

? Coordinates with Technical Support to resolve all system related customer issues

? System monitoring, maintenance, and configuration on several variants of UNIX.

? Installation of equipment

? Install/monitor/administer new Internet access servers running several variants of UNIX.

? Create trouble ticket and escalate appropriately.

? Use ticketing and notification procedures.

? Handle spam and security issues

? Might have specialized focus (i.e. backups, mail systems, etc.)

? Write PERL, Shell and/or C scripts to automate administration tasks

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience:

? Bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems, or similar technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience (4 years).

? RHCE desirable

? Familiarity with system administration on several variants of UNIX, including, but not limited to, Linux, Solaris, AIX, and BSDi.

? Skill to diagnose and remedy serious UNIX-related problems and/or failures promptly and effectively.

? Ability to perform periodic software and hardware system updates, upgrades, backups and security patches

? Desire and patience to work with other members of the staff to fix and improve existing services as well as add new ones.

? Ability to install, configure, optimize and maintain network services including but not limited to Apache, Bind, Sendmail and FTP

? Experience with Shell scripting, PERL or C is required

? Working knowledge of SQL, LDAP desirable

? Strong organizational and communication skills

 

Equipment Operation:

? Networking hardware, Sun, Intel PC

 

Physical Requirements:

? Must be able to lift 50 pounds

? Must be available for on-call duties

 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer