Our Company

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is a portfolio of lifestyle brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, abercrombie kids, Hollister, and Gilly Hicks. Reaching customers across 120+ countries, we strive to create customer-centric, omni-channel experiences for our global customer base.

Our Values

How do we do it? Every day, our associates show up and empower one another to stay curious and think big. As a team of relentless innovators, we aren’t afraid to dream boldly. We are accountable and aim to the highest caliber to understand, push boundaries and embrace change. We coach, mentor, care, and bring our best selves every day because we are in this together. Whether you lead yourself, a team, or the company, everyone is a leader at A&F.

This individual will be part of a group of Systems professionals responsible for all phases of UNIX systems design, implementation, and support.  This individual’s primary focus will be production support and project delivery (design & implementation,) across the UNIX systems landscape.  In addition, the engineer will be responsible for providing support for hardware, OS, software applications, and networking to internal customers in a fast-moving enterprise environment.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Systems specifications design on x86 and IBM Power hardware
• Systems configurations automation via Puppet Enterprise
• Install, configure, and maintain AIX on IBM Power hardware
• Install, configure, and maintain SLES and OEL on x86 hardware
• Configure and manage monitoring tools such as Splunk and SNMP to identify problems across the systems space
• Plan and document multi-step complex changes
• Contact vendor support for hardware and/or software problem resolution
• Work with Information Security to maintain PCI and SOX system requirements
• Develop disaster recovery procedures and test on a periodic basis
• Be available for rotating 24/7 on-call support

What Do You Need To Bring?

• 4+ years of UNIX administration, including SUSE, RedHat, OEL, and AIX
• Understanding of configuration automation using Puppet (or similar) management tools
• Understanding of Linux/AIX best practices for secure builds in a large enterprise
• Understanding of PCI and SOX regulations and how they apply to the UNIX systems
• Knowledge of UNIX security practices and how to implement systems without creating vulnerabilities (privileged escalation or other kinds) to internal or external users
• Understanding of software and services lifecycle management and change process
• Scripting (Shell, Perl or Ruby preferred)
• Must be a highly motivated self-starter capable of simultaneously prioritizing, and managing a variety of complex project tasks and support activities in a fast paced environment
• Must possess excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Must possess strong organization skills, including a keen attention to detail
• Minimum 4-year degree required

Other Desired Skills

• Experience with GIT (or similar) version control systems
• Experience with systems administration atop a vSphere infrastructure
• Experience with systems administration atop a Cisco UCS architecture
• Basic understanding of sudo management
• Basic understanding of networking concepts
• Basic understanding of networked storage concepts
• Basic understanding of Veritas Cluster Server

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