System Administrator

Job Description:

• The Client is seeking a highly experienced Oracle Solaris expert with Solaris 10 to 11 migration expertise to assist approximately 50 community colleges in their migration from Solaris 10 to Solaris 11 on SPARC servers.

• The System utilizes a common ERP system; however, each community college maintains its own servers and infrastructure.

• The candidate should possess expert knowledge in the design, configuration, implementation, integration and migration support of Solaris 10 and 11 operating systems, including server network configuration/troubleshooting and be flexible in assisting colleges as each college's infrastructure and integration needs may be different.

Expected Skills:

• Expert knowledge of the Solaris 10 and 11 operating systems design/configuration/implementation/integration including ZFS file system configuration/support, zone configuration/support, and migration support.

• Strong collaborative skills and able to effectively communicate highly technical information and documentation to both technical and non-technical users.

• Able to work without assistance; can provide leadership to others; able to manage highly complex work efforts; may have advanced education; may have extensive industry experience.

Description (including, but not limited to):

• Responsibility for operations and troubleshooting of system environments, Server back up and security

• Performance tuning and capacity planning

• Analysis of system logs and identification of potential issues with computer systems; troubleshooting of reported problems

• Migration and integration of new functionalities into existing system environments technologies and

• Strong knowledge of Oracle SPARC hardware management

• Strong knowledge of DNS, networking and connected systems

• Ability to participate in limited, sometimes overnight, travel with in North Carolina

Skills:

• Solaris 10 experience.

• Solaris 11 experience.

• Solaris 10 to 11 migration experience.

• Experience with UFS to ZFS file system conversion

• Experience with ZFS snapshots

• Experience with configuring Solaris Global zones and sparse root, whole root and Solaris 10 branded zones.

• Experience with Solaris 11 network communications configuration

• Experience with Solaris 10/11 print differences

• Experience with converting processes to execute in the Solaris Service Management Facility.

Bachelor's Degree

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