UNIX/Solaris Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by DXP Talent Ltd
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford (TF3)
Summary: The UNIX/Solaris Engineer role involves providing support, administration, and maintenance for critical infrastructure on SunOS platforms. The position requires ensuring the stability, performance, security, and availability of Solaris systems that support business-critical applications. Collaboration with various teams is essential to maintain operational excellence in a secure environment. SC Clearance is required for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer, support, and maintain Solaris (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) environments.
- Perform system monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
- Manage operating system patching, upgrades, and security remediation activities.
- Manage user accounts, permissions, and system access controls in accordance with security policies.
- Investigate and resolve incidents, problems, and service requests within agreed service levels.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and support guides.
- Participate in change management processes, including implementation planning and execution.
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing activities.
- Collaborate with wider infrastructure and application teams to deliver operational and project-based work.
- Ensure systems remain compliant with organisational security and governance requirements.
Key Skills:
- Experience with Solaris (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and performance tuning skills.
- Knowledge of operating system patching and security remediation.
- Ability to manage user accounts and system access controls.
- Experience in incident and problem resolution.
- Technical documentation and operational procedure development skills.
- Familiarity with change management processes.
- Understanding of disaster recovery and business continuity practices.
- Knowledge of security and governance compliance.
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
UNIX/Solaris Engineer
12 months +
£450 to £550 a day
Inside IR35
Hybrid Working in Telford
SC Clearance Required
DXP Talent is seeking an experienced Solaris Engineer to provide support, administration, maintenance, and continuous improvement of critical infrastructure running on SunOS 5.10 and SunOS 5.11 platforms.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, security, and availability of Solaris-based systems supporting business-critical applications and services. The role will involve working closely with infrastructure, security, application, and project teams to maintain operational excellence within a secure environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, support, and maintain Solaris (SunOS 5.10 and 5.11) environments.
- Perform system monitoring, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and capacity planning.
- Manage operating system patching, upgrades, and security remediation activities.
- Manage user accounts, permissions, and system access controls in accordance with security policies.
- Investigate and resolve incidents, problems, and service requests within agreed service levels.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and support guides.
- Participate in change management processes, including implementation planning and execution.
- Support disaster recovery and business continuity testing activities.
- Collaborate with wider infrastructure and application teams to deliver operational and project-based work.
- Ensure systems remain compliant with organisational security and governance requirements.
DXP Talent LTD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.