AIX Administrator Job Description
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AIX Administrator Job Description
- Provide AIX operating systems support and ensure maximum performance and uptime for all AIX servers
- Analyze issues related to AIX and supporting software
- Coordinate and support deployment of AIX supporting software, and application related software upgrades/patches
- Maintain infrastructure software (GPFS, PowerHA, AIX 6.1, 7.1, and later, VIOS, PowerVM)
- Responsible for installing and managing IBM AIX systems
- Assist with the development of standards, guidelines and policies related to the design and architecture of Unix AIX solutions
- Build and support MBUSA Unix AIX server infrastructure, which entails the configuration of physical hardware and the deployment of Operating Systems consistent with the Company’s policy and procedures
- Working with customers to troubleshoot incidents and escalate with L2 support if/when needed
- Lead technical discussions for new initiatives & solutions as per IT roadmap
- Review existing Infra landscape & look for opportunity to improve
- Capability of troubleshooting performance issues
- Solutions and results orientation
- Experience with IBM PowerVM, virtual servers, clustered servers, SAN and NAS connectivity, and global filesystems
- Experience with zLinux, HP Server Automation, Tripwire, and Centrify DirectControl is a plus
- HACMP
- HMC/LPARs
AIX Administrator Job Description
- Experience in installing of VIO Server/Client, LPAR/DLPAR and installation of AIX through NIM Server
- Provide on job training/coaching when required
- Scripting experience such as Korn or Shell Scripting
- Healthcare experience is nice to have
- Comfortable with Virtualization or Red Hat Enterprise
- Engage in 24/7 support periodically to assist in critical production issues to maintain the systems
- Performing audit tasks on Cloud servers (hosts or guest VMs)
- Maintain and upgrade the UNIX system software on all UNIX based midrange systems to ensure operating system integrity and a high degree of system availability
- Apply best practices where possible or engineer new best practices as appropriate
- Analyze new and existing vendor software
- SP/PSSP/CSM
- The position requires NBU certification (will be obtained)
- Ability to work in on-call (standby) shifts 7x24
- Knowledge of the PKI infrastructure
- Knowledge of the VMWare virtualization technology
- 4+ years experience in a large enterprise environment with thousands of servers
AIX Administrator Job Description
- Strong understanding and awareness of AIX and Redhat Linux system security
- Monitor system and application performance to detect errors, apply testing procedures/methodologies (e.g., diagnostic software) and provide interpretation of data
- Provide a root-cause analysis for recurring or critical problem
- Proficiency using personal computer and associated work station/computer-assisted tools
- Establish LPAR cloning standard operating procedures and create LPAR profiles
- Install, configure and establish the plan to maintain software on the LPARs that is required by the data center
- Develop and present mitigation strategy recommendations to the client to address security findings
- Identify problem resolution and coordinate implementation of solution with client management and other impacted technical support teams
- Design, configure, and maintain LPARs required to support various non- production and production components
- Establish and maintain user access accounts
- 4+ years experience Patch\Deployment management
- 4+ years experience Deployment scripting and packaging
- 4+ years Security and Audit Compliance experience
- Experience with Enterprise level Change Management
- Linux\Solaris administration experience
- Bachelor's Degree or (Higher) or a High School Diploma/ GED with 4+ years of AIX System Administrator experience
AIX Administrator Job Description
- Manage and maintain IBM HMC hardware, utilize AIX Logical Partitions, execute LPM for workload relocations, and Power System frame maintenance
- Create file systems and designate CPUs and RAMs
- Provide service for servers, load-balancers, and data storage across a variety of places
- Influence and develop new designs, architectures, standards and methods for large-scale distributed systems
- You will face various interesting challenges regarding to new international projects that we participate in
- Participate in the development and support of Open Systems architecture and strategy across a large multi-vendor platform environment (HP, IBM, Oracle, EMC, et cetera)
- Manage multiple complex projects simultaneously while performing other job responsibilities
- Responsible for defining server hardening guidelines in collaboration with Corporate Security team
- Responsible for continuous automation of Operating System deployments and administrative tasks
- Develop and maintain system documentation and reference manuals for procedures, policies and inventory and ensure currency through periodic review, audit and maintenance
- 4+ years of experience in a large enterprise environment with thousands of servers
- 4+ years of experience Patch\Deployment Management
- 4+ years of experience Deployment Scripting and Packaging
- 4+ years of Security and Audit Compliance experience
- Unix Certification is desired
- Communicates well with technical non-technical clients
AIX Administrator Job Description
- Support day to day L3 calls on AIX/ Servers / VIO Servers issues
- Requires participation in an on-call rotation
- Take problem resolution ownership and facilitate technical bridge during operational disruption in service or service outages
- Monitor events, customer support calls in the call tracking system, return calls from customers, enter new incidents or requests into ServiceNow
- Experience in File Systems, Processes, Performance tuning and troubleshooting
- Manage VIO, Hardware Management Console
- Experience in system recovery using mksysb image using NIM server and Disaster Recovery
- Experience in PowerVM of l virtualization services like Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA), NPIV configuration, virtual SCSI services to multiple VIO servers/client partitions
- Strong Redhat Linux 5.+ System administration experience
- Strong understanding of P6/P7 pSeries hardware architectures
- Primary caretaker of AIX estate and with focus on continuous improvement
- Additional support of the RHEL environment
- Strong knowledge of Oracle and cluster suites
- 5+ years of experience implementing, troubleshooting, and supporting Infrastructure environments
- Minimum of 8 years in the IT industry
- 3+ years AIX