What does a Unix System Administrator do?

Looking for job as Senior Unix Systems Administrator

• I am looking for a job in the Dallas Texas area as a Senior Unix Systems Administrator. I have multiple years of experience in production and development support and administration work. I have experience with Solaris (6, 7,& 8), Linux and FreeBSD. I have multiple skills with the ability to adapt and prosper in new and challenging environments of system administration including the selection, acquisition, installation and maintenance of hardware systems and associated system software, planning for site moves, and implementing upgrades of physical plant requirements and telecommunications needs.

• Answer:

  Greetings from Google! You have asked for jobs in the Dallas Texas area as a Senior Unix Systems Administrator. The best places online to do a job search would be Monster.com (http://www.monster.com) and Dice.com (for IT professionals) (http://www.dice.com). I have taken the liberty of doing a search for the position that you are looking for (as well as any other possible matches) on both of these websites. Also, I have futher filtered these results to best match the skill sets that you have described in your question. For the sake of conciseness, the job descriptions and requirements are on the linked page. Some of the results I have found follows. (note that these links may be too long to work on Google answers. You may have to cut and paste into your browser address window. Let me know if you have trouble with these!) From Monster.com: McArthur Associates Unix Systems Administrator (for a healthcare organization) http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=14442861&col=&cy=US&brd=1&lid=615&fn=&q=unix+system+administrator&AVSDM=2002%2D04%2D01+13%3A46%3A00%2E000&CCD=my%2Emonster%2Ecom&JSD=jobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom&HD=company%2Emonster%2Ecom&AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Fjobsearch%2Easp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D615%26q%3Dunix%2Bsystem%2Badministrator&Logo=1 Hr.com (a headhunting company) Systems Administrator http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=14450753&col=&cy=US&brd=1&lid=615&fn=2%2C+543%2C+6%2C+660&q=unix&AVSDM=2002%2D04%2D02+11%3A28%3A00%2E000&CCD=my%2Emonster%2Ecom&JSD=jobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom&HD=company%2Emonster%2Ecom&AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Fjobsearch%2Easp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D615%26fn%3D2%26fn%3D543%26fn%3D6%26fn%3D660%26q%3Dunix&Logo=1 Accor Lodging Unix Admin http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=14229238&col=&cy=US&brd=1&lid=615&fn=&q=unix+system+administrator&AVSDM=2002%2D03%2D07+11%3A43%3A00%2E000&CCD=my%2Emonster%2Ecom&JSD=jobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom&HD=company%2Emonster%2Ecom&AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Fjobsearch%2Easp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D615%26q%3Dunix%2Bsystem%2Badministrator&Logo=1 Michael Arts and Crafts Sr. Unix Systems Administrator http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=14306991&col=&cy=US&brd=1&lid=615&fn=&q=unix+system+administrator&AVSDM=2002%2D04%2D16+08%3A39%3A00%2E000&CCD=my%2Emonster%2Ecom&JSD=jobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom&HD=company%2Emonster%2Ecom&AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch%2Emonster%2Ecom%2Fjobsearch%2Easp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D615%26q%3Dunix%2Bsystem%2Badministrator&Logo=1 From Dice.com: Unix Systems Administrator http://www.dice.com/DandL/c/cxprince.tx1589.html Sun Field Service Engineer http://www.dice.com/DandL/a/adellawr.0419ADT-PL.html Unix Systems Administrator http://www.dice.com/DandL/c/cxprince.tx1620.html These are just a few of my results, and there are plenty more of jobs such as these available. If you haven't already, I highly suggest you put out your resume on dice.com as well as monster.com. These websites have automatic job matching services which send you email alerts whenever new job openings matching your resume become available. They were a tremendous help when I was applying for my internships. I hope this was what you were looking for, but again, please don't hesitate to ask for further clarification! I would be more than happy to help you further on your job search! Best Regards, blader-ga