Unix System Administrator

Dunhill Professional Search & Government Solutions

July 11, 2025

02:38 PM

Wilmington, NC

Company size : 11-50 employees
Job Type & Title : Remote
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About Company:
Dunhill Professional Search is an executive search and management recruiting firm that has assisted companies of all sizes in the selection and recruitment of top talent around the nation. We serve clients in a variety of industries including: InformationTechnology, Information Assurance, Government Contracting Solutions, Healthcare IT, CyberSecurity, Big Data, AI/NLP, IoT, Predictive Analytics, Mobile Application Development, Serious Gaming/Virtual Reality, Service-Oriented Architectures, Software as a Service (SaaS), Engineering/Manufacturing, Sales/Marketing (Enterprise/Sales Engineers), Defense/Aerospace. Dunhill was established in 1952 and, looking back, we find that despite the increase in technology, searching for high impact talented players is still done with the same principles we’ve always employed. Networking, becoming involved and knowledgeable within a client centric industry / skill-set niche, and canvassing deep inside of organizations continue to be the most effective means to locate those hard-to-find candidates that are poised for their next career challenge. Dunhill Professional Search has been consistently recognized by clients as one of the nation’s finest executive search firms to partner with, and is defined by the integrity and ethics provided to candidates and companies alike. At Dunhill Professional Search, we are dedicated to helping our clients transform their businesses by finding superior leaders whose contributions translate into performance growth. With our esteemed candidates searching for a new opportunity, we offer a unique blend of becoming your career agent and advisor
Skills:

About the job

Designs, configures, implements, and maintains UNIX hardware and operating system environments including Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), HP-UX, and Solaris. Optimizes backup processes; optimizes disk space allocations; performs installations and upgrades; monitors and reviews logs; applies appropriate operating system security measures; designs and implements high availability solutions and plans data migrations between systems.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Performs Red Hat installation and configuration in Google Cloud Platform service management
Performs Filesystem management
Provides technical expertise and assistance to team members as required.
Monitors operating system, hardware, storage, and backup procedures.
Determines execution and recovery times during disaster recovery and production environment testing, along with designing and implementing efficiency improvements.
Engineers and implements redundant systems; develops and enforces policies, procedures, and tests for disaster recovery and data archiving to ensure effective protection and integrity of data assets.
Participates in initial project analysis including feasibility studies, scope, timeline, task list, and duration of projects.
Designs, implements and performs UNIX authentication and security audits while providing solutions and remediation for identified discrepancies.
Reviews real-time trending information, and contacts tiered support, when necessary.
Maintains regular contact with users and supervisor/manager regarding status of open or pending service calls.
Assesses and develops long-term strategic goals for production operating systems versions in conjunction with data owners.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

Designs and builds complex information technology and systems infrastructures.
Conducts analysis including planning, designing, and evaluating a variety of complex information technology tools.
Handles user requests for system needs and upgrades that are unique or complex and require additional research.
Implements various applications of a highly complex nature.
Administers and runs complex tests on operating system and related software.
Schedules, performs, and monitors system backups and, when necessary, performs data recoveries.
Performs root cause analysis and diagnostics on the more unique or complex production systems.
Identifies opportunities for process improvements and works with team members to implement efficiencies.
Actively engaged in the planning and designing of new platforms and integrating new technologies into existing infrastructure. Evaluates new technologies and releases.
Conducts cost analysis of proposed new/upgraded platforms and technologies.
Effectively creates and maintains relevant systems documentation and user guides.
Acts as a mentor to junior team members by providing guidance and expertise on troubleshooting unique or complex problems.
Applies scripting methodologies to automate related tasks.

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