LINUX SYSTEMS & APPLICATIONS SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR

Company: Staffing Solutions Usa, Inc.
Location: Livingston
Posted on: April 3, 2025

Job Description:

LINUX SYSTEMS & APPLICATIONS SUPPORT ADMINISTRATOR

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One of our financial clients in New Jersey is looking for a Linux Systems & Applications Support Administrator to be part of their System & Applications Support Engineering team that provides 24/7 support of the company's global back-office, production & trading systems infrastructure. The individual will troubleshoot application and system problems, install and configure servers in a Redhat Linux/Unix environment, and globally work with Field Services personnel.

Responsibilities:

- Provide reliable and quality support in a production environment.

- Respond to events from the monitoring tools, with the goal of restoration of service.

- Carry out system health checks periodically and following deployments and upgrades.

- Analyze application logs to determine the root cause of problems.

- Perform trace analysis using TCPdump, Snoop, and Ethereal.

- Plan and document Change Requests, as required to implement Application and Server upgrades and changes.

- Work with hardware and software vendors to obtain support to diagnose problems.

- Remotely Guide field staff with deployment and replacement of servers and server components

- Participate in meetings with other groups (Engineering, Development, and QA) to plan and document deployment approaches and Operational Requirements.

SKILLS:

- Follow procedures; provide updates; ask questions; take action; follow up on missing; incomplete or unresolved issues.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and logic.

- Individuals must be a self-starter, highly dependable, and detail-oriented.

- Communicate clearly and concisely in a logical, organized fashion, verbally and in writing with co-workers, superiors, and corporate users.



KNOWLEDGE:

- 5+ years of Linux experience

- 2+ years' experience working on trading system environments

- In-depth knowledge of RedHat Linux v.6, knowledge of clustering would be a +

- 4+ years experience with installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Servers.

- Experience in hardware and software support, configuration and installation of Servers, Server Hardware, Operating system installation, and network TCP/IP experience.

- An understanding of Network routers and switches is desirable.

- Strong understanding of LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, and DNS

- Familiarity with ESX VMware virtualization is a plus

- Experience with MS Windows Server desirable.

SEND YOUR RESUME TO CLIFF@SSUSA.COM

MENTION JOB#837 IN THE SUBJECT BOX

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