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Role Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Unix Technical Lead with strong expertise in Solaris, HP-UX, Unix clustering technologies, and scripting to manage and support mission-critical enterprise platforms. The candidate will be responsible for leading Unix infrastructure operations, managing high availability clusters, automating operational tasks, and providing L3 technical support for production environments.
The role requires deep technical expertise in legacy and modern Unix systems, strong troubleshooting skills, and leadership capability to guide junior engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership

• Lead Unix platform operations across Solaris and HP-UX environments

• Provide L3 support and technical guidance to L1/L2 teams

• Act as escalation point for critical incidents (P1/P2)

• Review and approve technical changes, implementations, and upgrades

• Mentor team members and build technical capability

• Solaris & HP-UX System Administration

• Install, configure, and maintain:
  o Oracle Solaris (10 / 11)
  o HP-UX (11i v2 / v3)

• Perform OS patching, upgrades, and system hardening

• Manage users, filesystems, storage, and system services

• Perform performance tuning and troubleshooting

• Handle OS-level issue diagnosis and resolution

Cluster Management

• Cluster Management

• Manage and support Unix cluster environments such as:
  o Veritas Cluster Server (VCS)
  o HP Serviceguard
  o Solaris Cluster
  o PCS (Pacemaker/Corosync) (if applicable)

• Configure and manage cluster resources:
  o Application services
  o Virtual IPs
  o Filesystems
  o Database services

• Troubleshoot cluster failures, failover issues, and node problems

• Perform cluster health checks and maintenance

• Scripting & Automation

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using:
  o Shell scripting (Bash, Korn shell)
  o Ansible

• Automate operational tasks such as:
  o Health checks
  o Monitoring scripts
  o Deployment scripts
  o Maintenance tasks

• Improve operational efficiency through automation

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• Incident, Problem & Change Management
• Lead troubleshooting of production incidents
• Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Implement preventive and corrective measures
• Support change management activities
• Ensure SLA compliance and platform stability

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• Storage & System Management
• Manage storage using:
  o LVM
  o Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM)
• Manage filesystems such as:
  o VxFS
  o UFS
  o ZFS
• Support SAN and multipath configurations

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• Disaster Recovery & High Availability
• Support DR environments and failover testing
• Perform DR drills and validation
• Ensure cluster and DR readiness
• Eliminate Single Points of Failure (SPOF)

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• Documentation & Compliance
• Maintain technical documentation and SOPs
• Create operational runbooks
• Ensure compliance with security and audit standards

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Mandatory Skills:

• Unix Platforms
• Strong hands-on experience with Solaris administration
• Strong hands-on experience with HP-UX administration
• Deep understanding of Unix system internals
• Cluster Technologies
• Strong experience with one or more clustering technologies:
  o Veritas Cluster Server (VCS)
  o HP Serviceguard
  o Solaris Cluster
  o PCS Cluster (preferred)
• Scripting
• Strong shell scripting skills (Bash / Korn shell)
• Experience with automation scripting
• Python scripting experience preferred
• Troubleshooting
• Strong production troubleshooting skills
• Experience handling critical incidents

**Why join Ericsson?**At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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Encouraging a diverse and inclusive organization is core to our values at Ericsson, that's why we champion it in everything we do. We truly believe that by collaborating with people with different experiences we drive innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. learn more.

Primary country and city: India (IN) || Bangalore

Req ID: 781337