Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer

Senior Linux/Unix Systems EngineerMetasys Technologies is seeking a qualified Senior Linux/Unix Systems Engineer for our direct client.Job Description:Senior Unix Systems Engineer with experience working in data centers and hosting facilities. Strong UNIX experience with Red Hat is required. Solaris experience is a plus.Qualifications (background, education, experience, and other requirements):8+ years of UNIX (Enterprise Red Hat, and/or Solaris) systems experience in a large, 24x7 high availability environment.Experience and deep knowledge of Red Hat RHEL 4.x and 5.xExperience building in VMWare 4 and 5 environments.Strong scripting skills (KORN, Perl, bash, Awk, Sed, etc.) Python (is a plus)IBM and/or Sun Blade Centers hardware experience desired, high end server experience a plusAdvanced Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and VERITAS Cluster Server (VCS) or other High-availability service.Experience with Sendmail, Apache, Oracle WeblogicExperience with installation and basic Oracle 10/11g functions (Not looking for a DBA, but should know basic SQL)Experience working with Oracle RAC desirableRHCT and RHCE desirableKnowledge of Multi-Tiered Application ArchitectureStrong experience and knowledge of system internals; memory management, scheduling, TCP/IP stack, and etc...Strong knowledge of dns, ntp, nfs, and ftpExperience and knowledge Ethernet, multicast, vlan tagging, RDMA, etc...Ability to compile Linux Kernels and Kernel modulesExperience with Networking (sub-netting, routing, etc.) and SAN concepts (provisioning, use, etc.)Experience with ITILAbility to document as built operating guides and facilitate operations acceptance.