Location: Edmonton, AB
Contract Duration: 6 months
Estimated Hours Per Day: 7.25
Estimated On Call/Standby or OT Hours Per Month: 30
Standard Hours of work: 08:15 - 16:30 Alberta time
After hours work (evenings and weekends) is required of this position.

Job Title: Server Analyst - Senior (Unix Support)

Project Overview

The Enterprise Operations & Infrastructure team requires a resource with specialized skills and knowledge related to Unix servers and support. Systems supported are Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), RHEL on VMware, and Solaris virtualization hosting.

Reporting to the Team Lead, Server Operations - the Senior Server Analyst shall be responsible for day-to-day operations.

The role is to assist in the support, operation and maintenance of UNIX systems hosting and guest support with a focus on disaster recovery. Demonstrated industry experience with Solaris virtualization using Solaris 11, Solaris guest administration (Solaris 10 and 11), Red Hat Linux administration, and familiarity with Linux Server guest creation and administration using VMware hosting infrastructure is required.

Excellent customer focus and client service skills, a proven ability to function in both individual and team environments, and exceptional technical troubleshooting and problem resolution skills are desired.

Work Requirement

Opportunity Title: CL-Server Analyst - Senior

Description of Services:

Responsible for proactively maintain and improve the server core infrastructure functionality and to work within existing procedures and guidelines to meet client business requirements.

* perform problem diagnosis, troubleshooting and resolution.
* perform hardware and OS installations, migrations and/or upgrades.
* plan for software and hardware upgrades and/or migrations.
* develop and maintain documentation.
* maintain operating systems and associated infrastructure software.
* develop system related procedures.
* provide cross training and knowledge transfer to other server team members on relevant aspects of hardware and software support.

Skills/Requirements:

• University graduation in Computer Science or a related discipline and 4-yr Server Analyst experience;
• Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 virtual images running on VMware.
• Experience installing and supporting Sparc T-Series server hardware platforms.
• Experience deploying and supporting virtualized Solaris operating systems using containers and zones.
• Experience supporting Solaris 10 and 11 operating systems as a systems administrator.
  * Must be able to participate in a 7/24/365 oncall rotation
  * Ability to work evenings and/or weekends as required