Unix Systems Engineer

  We are looking for a team player interested in an assignment with our client?s Technology Information Group. Become a part of a "cutting edge" team

Contract Term would be approx. 7 months.

 

Our team is part of a group called UNIX PQC (Production Quality Control), a dynamic technology group working in the exciting area of UNIX Security and proactive maintenance, supporting several internal partners on exciting new projects. This position is primarily responsible for assisting the Corporate Authentication Services Team (CAST) with conversion of our legacy NIS environment to UnixSecure - an Active Directory Kerberos based Secure Single Sign On solution for Unix/Linux.

 

The ideal candidate should be a quick learner, enthusiastic, have good communication skills and a proven ability to provide world-class customer service and technical support. The candidate must be capable of juggling multiple technical problems and have excellent time management skills to resolve issues in a timely manner, properly prioritize support issues and do consistent follow-up with customers.

 

Required Skill Set:

?  proven Systems Administration experience (including strong korn/bourne shell scripting capability) on Solaris 8 and AIX 5.x

?  experience with NIS authentication on UNIX

?  experience with local and PAM authentication on two or more of the following: Solaris, Linux, HP-UX and AIX

?  experience supporting OpenSSH

?  working knowledge of Kerberos or GSS-API

 

Skills that would be a Plus:

?  Systems Administration experience on Red Hat/SuSE Linux, HPUX

?  experience with VAS (Vintela Authentication Service)

?  experience with Remedy or equivalent change/problem management software

?  experience with VMWare

?  experience with Microsoft Active Directory authentication mechanisms and/or Windows Server O/S Admin/support

?  experience using PuTTY or equivalent SSH client software on Windows