HP-UX System Administrator
Location: Middletown, OH // Dallas, TX.
Duration: 6-12 months with multiple extensions
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced HP-UX System Administrator with 5+ years of experience in managing, maintaining, and supporting HP-UX server environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in system administration, performance tuning, troubleshooting, patch management, and ensuring high availability of enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, administer, and maintain HP-UX servers.
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot hardware, software, and OS issues.
- Perform system upgrades, patching, backups, and recovery operations.
- Manage user accounts, file systems, storage, and security configurations.
- Support high-availability and disaster recovery environments.
- Automate administrative tasks using shell scripting.
- Work with application, database, and infrastructure teams to resolve system-related issues.
- Maintain system documentation and operational procedures.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of HP-UX system administration experience.
- Strong knowledge of HP-UX 11i environments.
- Experience with shell scripting (KornShell/Bash).
- Expertise in system performance monitoring and tuning.
- Knowledge of LVM, file systems, backups, and recovery procedures.
- Experience with server security, patch management, and troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with networking concepts and enterprise infrastructure.
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with Serviceguard clustering.
- Knowledge of SAN storage and enterprise backup tools.
- Exposure to Linux/Unix administration environments.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- 5+ years of hands-on HP-UX administration experience.