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Unix Application Support- Chicago, Contract, 5135

Unix Application Support Engineer

Responsibilities
· Provides Level 3 support to Production Support Teams and other System Engineers.
· Management, administration, support, configuration, and testing of Java systems.
· Administration, support, and configuration of custom PERL and PYTHON utilities.
· Meets deadlines as agreed to within the System Engineering roadmap.
· Follow defined Standard Processes and Procedures within the deployment and support space.
· Provide regular status reports and updates as required.
· Available to provide on-call support nights and weekends.
Technical Skills/Experience
· Understanding and experience with the administration of J2SE and J2EE enterprise applications.
· Understanding and hands on experience with Java Application Servers.
· Understanding and hands on experience with PERL and PYTHON.
· Minimum of 5+ year’s total experience working in distributed enterprise type applications.
· Experience and understanding of the demands of hosted applications especially scalability, clustering, high availability, failover, and disaster recovery
· Must be familiar and at ease with both the Unix and the Windows environments.
· Must have a proven track record of working well in a team environment.
· Must demonstrate problem solving skills and strong critical thinking.
Pluses
· Understand Interest rates risk management and trading strategies.
· Experience with Enterprise System Monitoring
· Experience with BEA Weblogic
· Experience with Borland Enterprise Server

If qualified and interested in this position, please call 312-424-0300 and reference job number 5135.

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Posted on Thursday, June 11, 2009 permalink.