Responsibilities:
You will be responsible for PortBlue's entire IT infrastructure, including both its production infrastructure and its MIS infrastructure. Specifically, this means being responsible for all networking elements (connections, routers/VPNs), file servers, Solaris application servers and Windows servers, desktops, laptops and PDAs, both in our data center and in our Marina Del Rey offices. You will also play a significant role in the software release by working with our development team to write scripts, configure applications, test packages and aid in our performance, load and test automation efforts. You will be responsible for ensuring the security of our systems, assessing, testing and verifying our failover scenarios, and ensuring continuous production uptime.
This position is a full-time position in our offices in Marina Del Rey, CA. While some weekend or evening work is a necessary part of this position, we anticipate that in total this work will consume no more hours than other PortBlue positions. We are open to full-time contracting arrangements as an interim step, but our final goal is to have an employee.
Required Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree or better and 7+ years experience of system administration, specifically including support of a Web-based application. You should have superior skills in each of the following areas:
1. Network administration, including router/firewall/VPN configuration (at least 4 years)
2. Solaris administration, including Bash/sh/Perl script writing and installation, configuration and maintenance of software packages such as
Apache, JBoss and Oracle (at least 5 years)
3. PC/Windows administration, including desktop and PDA support, especially for travelling executives (at least 4 years)
Desired Qualifications
1. Some experience with database administration, especially with Oracle or PostgreSQL =
2. Some experience with supporting software development teams
To Apply:
If this opportunity interests you, please send a current resume and brief answers to the two questions below to techadminjobs@portblue.com
1. Very briefly, what are some of the initial steps and tools that you would employ when asked to first assess and then to enhance the security of a given IT infrastructure?
2. Describe some of the most complex tasks that you've performed under Solaris, and what made them difficult.
IT Analyst
Job Description
Description
business environment
hp invents.
We never stand still.
We look for new things to do, and new ways to do things we’ve done before.
IT is a driving force for invention.
Providing support that helps us to work smarter. Transforming our business
models. Driving our competitive cost structure. Setting up end-to-end ownership.
And making sure we make the most of our resources.
IT creates the re-usable building blocks with which we assemble integrated
solutions, and deliver the consulting that makes the technology work.
Excellence is the minimum standard acceptable.
job description
The system analyst uses many tools and skills to practice as a consultant. The
client often defines some of the tools by selecting computing solutions before
selecting an analyst. Key skills are observation, curiosity, communication,
patience and let me repeat patience.
An analyst educates clients (management and staff) to allow them to make good
business decisions about which computing tools to use and how to deploy them. If
the client could make these decisions alone the analyst would not be a necessary
part developing solutions.
An analyst investigates many topics with the purpose of gaining an understanding
of all sides of the problems involved in building applications which perform
tasks for customers (clients). An analyst uses this understanding to properly
guide development of computing systems to solve tasks for organizations. Some
clients are individuals with one or two computers. Some clients are large
business units with hundreds of systems.
The system analyst takes a unique role in developing business solutions. The
analyst must have knowledge of both business and computing. The analyst often
spends time investigating a business process to understand how the data and
communications flow with individual tasks and transactions.
One key role for an analyst is to remain current with many computing tools. With
the explosion of computing popularity this can be difficult. An analyst must
keep in touch with emerging solutions and evaluations of new versions of
existing software. The analyst must be able to correctly recommend tools which
will work together and to quickly guide his client away from combinations with
conflicts and incompatibilities. Failure in this area is fatal for client
relations.
The analyst must understand as many aspects of how computing fits into an
organization as possible. This includes everything from the reception desk to
the loading dock. Organizations are demanding interconnected networks and
productivity enhancement tools. Marketing groups demand presentation tools and
publications staff seek to bring pre-press tasks back from the ad agency. Upper
management demands access to information and at the same time demand security as
tight as Fort Knox.
An analyst must have a broad understanding of data management. Many businesses
misunderstand that data is a resource just like cash, capital, buildings, tools
or people. A successful analyst protects his client from loss of important data.
An analyst must understand how data flows through an organization and which
people should have the right to modify data, where read-only access should be
invoked, and where data is to be sequestered.
An analyst must be an excellent communicator and organizer. The investigative
process often generates large amounts of information about an organization, it’s
people, data, and processes. The analyst must be able to draw back and make a
simplistic picture which accurately captures the overview.
Qualifications
your profile
Bachelor's (undergraduate) degree in computer science, information systems,
electrical engineering or equivalent experience.
Must have a minimum of 3+ years experience as a systems analyst.
Experience in project management is desirable.
A record of successful participation and leadership of teams.
A good knowledge of the business workings and functions.
Experience in Product demonstrations, customer training and product
installation
Detailed knowledge of key customer types or customers on given products
Experience with business plan development, full software development life
cycle (SDLC), software development, testing methodologies, and selling of
solutions
Strong communication and negotiation skills
Possess creative ability, consulting skills, leadership qualities,
credibility, self-confidence
http://www.hp.com/
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