Senior Unix Server Support Specialist

The role is within a financial institution's IT department, focusing on server support and infrastructure management. The candidate will work in Warsaw as part of a team including internal employees and external consultants, collaborating closely with the Server Engineering team and an external support company based in India.

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing hundreds of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Unix servers in enterprise environments.
• Practical experience with management and deployment tools, specifically RedHat Satellite.
• Strong understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies and compute operations.
• Ability to design, build, implement, and maintain automation using tools like Ansible and Terraform.
• Experience optimizing GCP cloud spend and safeguarding compliance.
• Experience identifying and remediating inconsistent configurations across hybrid-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with modern management and monitoring tools for RedHat/Unix and GCP infrastructure.
• Skilled in daily server management, incident response, and technical consultation.
• Skilled in IT governance, including SOPs, compliance, patching, upgrading, and monitoring.
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written) at least B2 level.
• Previous experience in financial institutions or highly regulated environments is a strong asset.

Nice to have:

• Experience managing other Unix OSes: Solaris, AIX, IBMi.
• Practical experience with VMware environment VM support.

• Collaborate closely with the Server Engineering team on governance, security, architecture, and design.
• Run projects and define the future of infrastructure.
• Work with an external company handling daily support operations.
• Focus on reducing the number and duration of major incidents.
• Optimize resources including personnel, servers, and licenses.
• Improve support for IT operation and development teams.
• Diagnose and troubleshoot RedHat/Unix server issues.
• Respond to major incidents and quickly restore services.
• Deliver technical consultation to other units.
• Plan and control IT operations including defining and ensuring standard operating procedures.
• Ensure compliance with Engineering and Cybersecurity policies.
• Perform patching, upgrading, hardening, and monitoring of servers.