Solaris System Administrator

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Solaris System Administrator (L2) to join our Mumbai team. You will be responsible for installing, configuring, maintaining, securing, and troubleshooting Oracle Solaris servers that support mission‑critical enterprise applications.

Key responsibilities

• Install, configure, upgrade and patch Oracle Solaris 10/11 servers.
• Monitor system performance, availability and capacity; tune performance as needed.
• Manage user accounts, permissions, file systems (ZFS, Solaris Volume Manager) and storage volumes (SAN/NAS).
• Configure and troubleshoot networking components (DNS, NFS, SSH, TCP/IP).
• Administer virtualization technologies such as Solaris Zones and Oracle VM Server for SPARC (LDOMs).
• Perform backup, recovery and disaster‑recovery procedures.
• Implement security hardening, compliance standards and audit logs.
• Create KornShell/Bash scripts to automate routine tasks.
• Collaborate with application, database, storage and network teams.
• Maintain technical documentation and standard operating procedures.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT or related field (preferred).
• Oracle Solaris certification(s) preferred.
• Strong experience with Oracle Solaris 10/11 in enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to work independently and within cross‑functional teams.

Required skills

• Oracle Solaris 10 and/or Solaris 11
• ZFS and Solaris Volume Manager
• SAN/NAS storage management
• DNS, NFS, SSH, TCP/IP networking
• KornShell/Bash scripting
• Solaris Zones and Oracle VM Server for SPARC (LDOMs)
• SMF (Service Management Facility) and cron
• System monitoring tools (Nagios, Zabbix)
• Backup and recovery solutions
• Performance tuning and security administration
• IT service management tools (e.g., ServiceNow)