Location: Alpharetta, GA, USA
Job ID: IRC72412
Post Date: 01/10/2014
Detailed Description
THE COMPANY
E*TRADE Financial Corporation, the online investing & trading pioneer, with 4.5 million accounts and over $200 billion in customer assets, is continuing to reinvent the online trading industry. Our unique culture of innovation creates an environment where you will be continually learning and challenged to develop your career.
SUMMARY
The Systems Administrator (SA) is responsible for monitoring and managing E*TRADE online applications. The primary role is to ensure high availability of the applications running in the datacenter. This multi-faceted position employs the skills of the associate to design, implement, maintain, and support a variety of applications and systems.
RESPONSIBILITIES
● Monitoring, optimizing and managing of UNIX/Linux OS, system hardware and application performance
● Perform application upgrades, patches, be able to identify and troubleshoot bugs that involved Tuxedo, Tomcat and Apache
● Be ready to lead and coordinate teams during system/application outages and execute tasks accordingly to minimize impact.
● Attend project meeting and provide input to Project Managers/developers based on Systems Operations perspective, as well as planning for production launch execution.
● Identify tasks which require automation and deploy automated process to minimize human intervention
● Management of Corporate common network services, i.e. DNS and DHCP services
● Enrolling users and maintaining system security
● Backup and recovery of OS and application information
● Weekend coverage rotation
REQUIREMENTS
MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE
● 2-5 years’ experience in Unix/Linux systems administration
● Strong system/application trouble-shooting skills
● Ability to analyze information and draw conclusions on system performance and trends
● Ability to write mini-scripts in some administrative language (Tk, Perl, shell)
● Strong communication skills
● Ability to work in a team environment, as well as individually with minimal supervision
● Good interpersonal skills
● Ability to coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously
● Works well under pressure, in a very fast paced working environment
● Manages time effectively and according to priorities
● Comfortable with many aspects of UNIX systems administration i.e. system installation and configuration, fundamentals of security, installing third-party software.
DESIRED EXPERIENCE
● Strong knowledge of web and middleware based technologies a plus
EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, TRAINING
● BS degree in Computer Science preferred
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We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Please visithttps://us.etrade.com/e/t/career/benefits to learn more about the opportunities.
E*TRADE FINANCIAL is an EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER