Unix Systems Analyst

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Unix Systems Analyst located in Guadalajara, North Campus.

Reporting to the IT Senior Manager, Unix Systems Analyst role involves being responsible for day-to-day 24x7 operation of all high-end enterprise Unix systems (RedHat, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu or relevant Unix Flavor OS).

What a typical day looks like:

• Install, configure, and manage large multi-node clusters on hard/soft/logical system partitions.
• Utilize and support enterprise storage in both SAN & NAS environment and cloud storage in public clouds.
• Perform capacity planning, performance tuning, systems monitoring, and disaster recovery.
• Interface with vendor support, internal application support & DBA team to resolve system issues.
• Create and maintain Process documentation to ensure reliable operation of all systems in a structured ITIL based environment which will exceed all regulatory requirements.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• BA/BS/MBA or equivalent work experience.
• Strong English language analytical, verbal, written, documentation and presentation skills.
• Previous experience in Linux/Unix/Cloud hands-on system administration with back-end large server experience and or cloud experience.
• Strong enterprise storage background with experience in SAN/NAS/iSCSI. Knowledge and experience with multi volume and file managements such as VxVM, SDS, HP LVM, AIX LVM, VxFS, UFS, JFS and NFS.
• Must have Automation skills using either of Ansible or Terraform or Shell scripting (Bourne, Korn, C, puppet, ansible or other) to automate repetitive tasks.
• Hands on experience on working on Cloud environment – AWS or Azure or GCP.
• In depth understanding of TCP/IP and SAN networking, including routing, zoning, persistent binding, SMTP, DNS, and LDAP.
• Backup and recovery experience using Veeam, Veritas Netbackup or similar in a SAN environment.
• Working knowledge in hypervisors e.g. VMWare, Containers, HyperV, IBM DLPAR, Sun LDOM/Containers, Linux KVM.
• SAN Management and backup experience is also a plus.
• Cloud Management and orchestrations tools is also a plus.
• OpenShift/Mesos/Kubernetes is also a plus.
• Baan tools & Oracle DBA knowledge is also a plus.
• Large scale multi-team project management experience is also a plus.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Competitive Salary.
• Life & Medical insurance.
• Christmas Bonus.
• Food Coupons.
• Saving Fund.

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