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[Remote] Sr. Unix System Administrator

๐ŸŒ Remote ยท United States ๐Ÿ’ผ Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LCI - Lawinger Consulting, Inc. is seeking a senior UNIX systems administrator to support enterprise customers and resolve complex production infrastructure issues. The role focuses on AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris environments, including operating systems, storage, clustering, networking, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Resolve advanced UNIX infrastructure and operating system issues for enterprise customers
  • Troubleshoot complex storage, networking, performance, boot, and clustering problems
  • Support production environments running AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris
  • Implement solutions remotely and occasionally on-site
  • Participate in a low-frequency on-call rotation for critical customer escalations
  • Maintain and expand internal UNIX lab environments for testing and validation
  • Share technical expertise through quarterly webinars and knowledge sharing
  • Continuously learn and develop expertise across supported UNIX platforms

Skills

  • Strong hands-on production experience with at least two of the following platforms: IBM AIX, HP-UX, Oracle Solaris
  • Enterprise UNIX administration and troubleshooting
  • Logical Volume Manager (LVM)
  • Filesystem administration (JFS/JFS2, ZFS, VxVM, SVM)
  • High Availability clustering (PowerHA/HACMP, Serviceguard)
  • Shell scripting (ksh, sh, bash)
  • Performance tuning and diagnostics
  • Enterprise storage (SAN, Fibre Channel, multipathing)
  • NFS and SMB/CIFS administration
  • TCP/IP networking and troubleshooting
  • LDAP, Active Directory integration, PAM, and Kerberos
  • Patch management and security hardening
  • Operating system installation, upgrades, and disaster recovery
  • Boot process troubleshooting across enterprise UNIX platforms
  • Has extensive production experience supporting enterprise UNIX environments
  • Can independently troubleshoot highly complex technical issues
  • Is comfortable working directly with customers
  • Experience supporting all three platforms
  • PowerHA / HACMP
  • Serviceguard
  • Solaris Zones or Logical Domains (LDOMs)
  • NIM or Ignite-UX
  • Veritas Volume Manager
  • SPARC systems
  • IBM Power Systems
  • NetApp, EMC, Ceph, GPFS, or Lustre storage
  • Python, Perl, or Ruby automation
  • Legacy UNIX platforms such as Tru64 or IRIX
  • Enjoys solving difficult infrastructure problems
  • Thrives in a collaborative, highly technical team

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions
  • Employer-funded Life Insurance
  • 401(k) with employer contributions
  • Employee Ownership Program
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Company Holidays
  • Flexible work environment (Remote, Hybrid, or On-Site)
  • Remote flexibility within the United States
  • Access to a dedicated multi-platform UNIX lab
  • Opportunities to continue expanding your UNIX expertise

Company Overview

  • For 25 years, Lawinger Consulting, Inc., has provided innovative IT solutions to help our clients thrive โ€ข Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies (General Mills, 3M, Lifetouch, Medtronic, State of Minnesota & others) seeking global team partnerships to small businesses requiring inexpensive, low-maintenance solutions. It was founded in 1988, and is headquartered in Osseo, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is http://lci-online.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • LCI - Lawinger Consulting, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2026, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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