Junior UNIX Administrator / Support Engineer

Junior UNIX Administrator / Support Engineer: 
 
Our client, a market leading telecommunications company urgently requires a Junior UNIX Administrator / Support Engineer, to take part on a rolling 12 month project with our client in Reading. 
 
The ideal Unix Administrator will have approximately 2 years Unix experience working on a client site, but is also a great opportunity to develop your skills as you will shadow other experts within the organisation and receive extensive coaching as you go. This will develop your skills, giving yourself a boost for the next stage of your career. 
 
Responsibilities of the Unix Adminstrator / Support Engineer include: 
 

• Working with the customer technical staff to replace the faulty parts in the systems and support the customer’s testing
• Running the designated acceptance testing once a part is replaced
• Build up your coding knowledge and be able to investigate the issues thoroughly before escalating to R&D
• Use the provided test tools to capture and investigate the logs required by R&D
• Communicating with customers to establish problems
• Investigating and resolving customer problems within the contracted SLAs
• Updating the call tracking system, providing status updates and action plans, providing customer resolution reports for issues
• Provide technical support to EMEA delivery and support teams

 
Skills& Experience of the Unix Adminstrator / Support Engineer include:
 

• Solid experience working with UNIX (Solaris or Redhat Linux)
• UNIX System Administration skills
• Proven coding experience
• Experience of installing, upgrading and configuring computer hardware and software
• Knowledge of mobile networks preferred but not essential
• Good understanding of software engineering principles
• Understanding of the SIP protocol
• Experience working with HP and Sun platforms
• Experience working with IP networks, Cisco router configuration
• Experience of site visits to replace hardware components
• Must be prepared to travel regularly in the UK

 
This is an excellent opportunity for someone to further their skills and obtain a long term contract with a company providing cutting edge technology solutions. If this is of interest, please apply ASAP.