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Technical Support Engineer-Unix & Active Directory: Quest Software, Inc.

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Job ID2963
Company NameQuest Software, Inc.
Job CategoryTechnology
LocationHalifax, Nova Scotia
Position TypeFull-Time, Employee
Experience2-5 Years Experience
Desired Education LevelOther
Date PostedJune 24, 2008 (Reposted Oct 1)


Quest Software is seeking a Support Engineer to support customers on our Windows Management product line for our Vintela / Active Directory Support team. Position will be based out of the Halifax, Nova Scotia office.


Engineers will work independently and as part of a team using their skills to solve customer’s technical issues in various heterogeneous (UNIX and Windows) environments. The engineer will be on the Afternoon Shift (12:00 PM – 9:00 PM) and will also be responsible for providing after-hours support as part of an on-call rotation.


Day-to-day Duties Include:

· Field incoming technical issues from customers

· Maintain a personal queue of ongoing customer issues until resolution

· Interface with R&D resources to bring escalated issues to resolution.

· Document all customer/case details in a case tracking system

· Create solutions from resolved issues for future use by customers and internal personnel

· Act as a customer advocate


Required Technologies:

· 3+ years experience as a Sys Admin, directly responsible for one or more UNIX-like operating systems:

o UNIX– (AIX,HP-UX,Solaris, OS X

o Linux– (Redhat, SuSE, Debian)

· Understanding of various UNIX run levelsand proficient with the command line (Pipes, redirect, chaining commands)

· Shell scripting, both writing and debugging (Bourne, BASH, finding return code values, etc)

· Comfortable with at least one text editor (vi, Emacs, etc)

· Configuring and compiling software(gcc, ccand GNU MAKE)

· Thorough understanding of DNS protocol and ability to query and interpret zone records

· Good understanding of NetworkingProtocols: (TCP/IP, UDP, etc)

· Familiar with NIS and NFS

· Familiar with Samba 3.0+ (Setup Samba in Window 2000+ environment , Used windbind )

· Familiar with PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) and configuring modules in the PAM stack (/etc/pam.conf, /etc/pam.d/system-auth, etc).

· Thorough understanding of local user authentication and authorization (/etc/passwd, /etc/groups, /etc/security/user, etc)

· Basic understanding of the C programming language and UNIX/Linux shared libraries (glibc/libc)

· Working knowledge of LDAP (including generating LDAP queries) and Kerberos

· Familiar with Windows Active Directory 2000/2003

· Remote connection methods - OpenSSH (debug, changing ports, Authentication methods), Telnet, FTP, RSH, etc

· You must be independent, self-motivated, a team player and have a people-oriented personality.


Preferred Experience:

· Configured, installed and managed Apache servers (Installed Apache Modules, Configured httpd.conf, Know the format and purpose of .htaccess files)

· Experience with 2-factor authentication (Smart Cards, RSA Tokens, etc)

· Database Experience (SQL, DB2, Oracle etc)

· Setting up Windows Group Policies

· Basic understanding of SMS 2003

· In depth understanding of Active Directory (Sites, Replication, Trusts, Parent/Child Domains, Hierarchal Groups, etc)

· UNIX/Linux Clusters

· Excellent understanding of LAM (Loadable Authentication Modules) and AIX extended security attributes

· Configured and setup Solaris 10 Zones.


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