Want to come work for one of the premier banking clients in New York City? Modis offers an exceptional connection into it - qualified candidates please contact me directly for immediate consideration at sneha.shah@modis.com or 212.378.3788. My client currently has a need for Senior Systems/UNIX Engineer in New York City. Job Description: -Serve as technical subject matter expert and collaborate with other SME,'(tm)s to design the end-to-end technology stack of the next-generation data warehouse - Propose, design, document and implement solutions for system infrastructure and interface components as well as non-functional system solutions and processes using the ,'best-of-breed,' approach - Gather and analyze functional requirements, translate them into respective technical specifications and further map to possible implementation options - Perform environment capacity planning, system optimization and tuning to meet specified performance expectations - Assist Project Managers, Technical Leads and Architects with project scope, estimation, timelines, dependencies and distribution of tasks - Interact with Bank,'(tm)s Information Security and Audit teams to ensure that proposed system solutions adhere to FRS policies and standards - Develop implementation, operational and troubleshooting documentation to be used by operational teams - Facilitate operational knowledge transfer - Provide 2nd level support of the implemented solutions Required Skills: - Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related field and/or at least 10+ years experience of system engineering and administration in mission critical environments - Proven experience of creating effective system solutions, including research, proof-of-concept and advocating proposed solutions to the project teams and management - Prior experience working in fast-pace, high-demand environment as well as excellent written and verbal communication skills required for socializing technical concepts and building consensus - Demonstrated ability to work without supervision, lead certain initiatives within a project, prioritize and escalate when required - Exhibit good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions - In-depth knowledge of Solaris and RHEL OSes including use of embedded virtualization technologies, clustering technologies, multi-home networking, routing, performance tuning and troubleshooting - Proven experience designing, implementing and tuning scalable high-performance infrastructure solutions in support of Oracle-based data warehouse systems is a must - Prior experience implementing and managing Oracle RAC and ASM on the infrastructure side* is a must - Prior experience with Oracle Exadata is a plus - Prior experience in load and performance testing, ability to identify and address performance bottlenecks is a must - Demonstrated understanding of system security best practices - Solid experience in Unix shell scripting - Prior experience designing and implementing peripheral infrastructure solutions in support of large databases (high-throughput backup/recovery, snapshot-based backups, addressing latency effects, etc) is a plus Get in touch with me directly at 212.378.3788 or sneha.shah@modis.com today!