Unix Administrator ConsultantLocation: Annapolis, MDDuration: 12 MonthsMinimum Skills Required:Minimum 10 years of total IT experienceAt least 5 years of experience as a Unix (AIX) system administratorExperience load balancing, partitioning, back-up/recovery and disaster recoveryExperience working in an environment that requires 24X7 system availabilityGood teamwork skillsExcellent communication skillsApplication development experience requiredLeadership skillsA BA/BS degree in computer science or related IT curriculum is required.Experience with two or more of the listed applications is desired:Extensive experience administering Unix (AIX) IBM pSeries systems.Demonstrated experience administering systems with listed applications:Oracle WebLogic ServersOracle Database ServersProgress 4GL/Database ServersApache Web ServersIBM Model A POWER8 SystemsIBM Flex Systems (P260 Compute Nodes)Infinidat Storage SystemsAIX Replication and Partitioning.Experienced with UNIX (AIX) performance tuning.Able to interface with users and helpdesk for day-to-day support.Backup/recovery and networking methodologies.Capable of troubleshooting at the OS, database and application levels.Skilled in UNIX (AIX) administration including configuration and tuningJava developer certification is desired.