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Updated: 11 Feb 2012

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Job: UNIX System Administrator

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City	Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are gross 10th to 90th percentile ranges. Many factors can affect pay. To get the full picture, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$50K	$100K	$150K
New York, New York	$48,585 - $115,168
Chicago, Illinois	$45,000 - $98,477
Atlanta, Georgia	$45,644 - $90,000
Seattle, Washington	$49,316 - $100,354
Dallas, Texas	$48,936 - $92,581
Los Angeles, California	$38,783 - $80,373
Houston, Texas	$46,540 - $92,738
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 11 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 813

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Job Listings for UNIX System Administrator Jobs

Posted	Job Title	Company	Job Location
Jan 20	Sr Systems Engineer / Sr. Unix Administrator	AdKeeper Inc.	New York, New York
	com What we’re looking for? Sr Systems Engineer / Sr. Unix Administrator Location: This position can be... utilities (system backups, file systems, job control... Indeed
Jan 03	Systems Network Administrator (Linux/Unix)	Wolfe.com	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	Jr. level Systems Administrators and Helpdesk staff... of existing systems. • Manage backup systems and ensure data integrity of all systems. • Work on... Indeed
Jan 19	Senior Unix/Linux System Administrator	The Armada Group	Belmont, California
	UNIX/Linux System Administrator to support the system... and systems (servers, storage, load balancers, backup in addition to other appliance based systems... Indeed
Jan 15	Unix Systems Administrator	Manufacturing / Diversified Company	Melville, New York
	NY needs: Unix Systems Administrator Minimum of... configuration of mail systems, system installation and configuration, printing systems, fundamentals of... Indeed

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UNIX System Administrator Job Description

People with the job title UNIX System Administrator typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), and Internet system or a segment of a network system. Maintain network hardware and software. Monitor network to ensure network availability to all system users and perform necessary maintenance to support network availability. May supervise other network support and client server specialists and plan, coordinate, and implement network security measures.