UNIX Administrator

UNIX Administrator

 

Hours: First shift, 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Our client is a proprietary trader of exchange listed options, futures and equities in the US, Europe, and Korea. Technology is the core of their business. Their technology is built on Sun and Intel hardware operating in a UNIX/Linux environment. Virtually all of our software is internally developed for speed and efficiency using C, C++ and Perl.

 

Primary Purpose of the Role:

The focus of this position is the operational support of multiple, remote, proprietary trading environments. The second focus involves performance monitoring and analysis of the aforementioned environments and the development of improved monitoring methodologies, tools, and systems reporting processes.

 

Primary Duties and Responsibilities of the Role:To provide first level technical support for trading staff To communicate systems related issues to trading staff To understand the architecture of the trading environment To manage the startup of the trading environment To monitor the trading environment and identify and report system failures and inefficiencies To understand the purpose of the applications used by the trading staff To understand how these applications are accessed by the trading staff To understand the communications needs and expected behavior of these applications To troubleshoot and resolve unexpected application or system behavior To recommend improvements to facilitate better management and monitoring of the environment

 

Requirements:BS in Computer Science or 2 to 3 years work experience as a UNIX systems administrator Knowledge of the UNIX operating system (Solaris and Linux preferred) Strong perl and shell programming skills Strong interpersonal skills – ability to work well with users Excellent verbal and written communication skills Self-motivated with interest in learning new applications and systemsAbility to handle multiple issues of varying priority effectively C and C++ knowledge is a plus Ability to work unsupervised

Interested applicants, please send resumes to resumes2@hcm-solutions.com . Local candidates only. No 3rd party vendors. Sorry, we are unable to sponsor at this time.

 

 

 

 

Related terms: Unix, Redhat, Sun, Solaris, Linux, Korn, shell, Perl, trading, exchange, trader, administration, engineer