System Administrator - HP UNIX II (Experienced) in Boston, MA

*Additional Skills: Managing Remote Cluster - a 1000 job scheduling cluster - Linux based - home grown opensource tools. Diverse group of PHD, scientific type uses. Main job is managing the cluster: run-aways, capacity etc. Qualifications: Proficiency in UNIX system administration, particularly Linux (RedHat/SuSE) & Solaris: ?? Experience in implementing and troubleshooting UNIX network utilities & applications: NIS, NFS, DNS, DHCP, PXE, Sendmail, Apache, Package tools ?? Experience with installation, management & configuration of open source packages such as SAMBA, Nagios, Ganglia, Orca, Apache, mySQL ?? Experience with storage volume & file management/retention and backup (BlueArc, Isilon, Tivoli) ?? Excellent oral and written communication skills, and a professional customer service ethic, with high ability to prioritize, organize & multi-task ?? Proficiency with at least one Scripting language (shell, Perl, Ruby) Familiarity or experience preferred in one or more of the following: Oracle, mySQL; Linux computational clusters; distributed resource management solutions, such as SGE, PBS or LSF; SystemImager Responsibilities: Provide hands-on technical systems administration of client's Boston site infrastructure, including UNIX, storage, backup, and database environments, and remote administration of a high-performance computational cluster utilized by Boston scientists: ?? Perform software and hardware installation, updates, and maintenance; manage local storage & backup systems; responsible for security & maintenance policies and configuration management of Servers and applications. ?? Support Open Source tools library on UNIX systems ?? Serve as an IT technical resource for local scientists & developers: analyze and solve client problems; assist developers with performance monitoring; isolate system performance bottlenecks; manage capacity ?? On-call emergency response coverage, with occasional after-hours activities to minimize customer disruption To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here