Job summary:


Title:
AIX Administrator

Location:
Remote

Length and terms:
Long term - W2 or C2C


Position created on 10/27/2021 06:11 pm

Job description:


Interview Type: Skype *** Very long term project; initial PO for 1 year, expect to go for 4+ years *** Remote project ****

***The candidate can work remotely for the duration of the engagement. Equipment will be shipped.

This is a request to engage the services of a contractor with significant skills in support of the AIX Operating System. A Senior staff member will be retiring at year end and we would like to have them work in tandem to provide as much knowledge transfer possible.

This is an essential position that would prevent an impactful gap in the support of highly complex and specifically engineered solutions that support  We need skills to help DIT identify performance enhancement opportunities within the -300 host AIX fleet, including production transactional database system . This includes improving our security stance as well as identifying and mitigating any outstanding vulnerabilities. 

  1. We routinely are called upon assist with complex network issues affecting system backup and patching activities such as partial function events which are much more difficult than completely not working events. We are seeking skills that will allow us to help diagnose and triage issues beyond the edge of the OS platform.
  2. We must continue enhancing  AIX patching system by programming complex yet reliable logic plugins for the automated AIX patch system (IBM Big Fix) and helping redesign the AIX patch process such that we now increase application availability by reducing system downtime and can very rapidly roll back to pre-patch state should patches induce defects.

 

Required Skills

8 years experience

3 years of

  • Expert knowledge of AIX L VM
  • ServiceNow and BigFix skills nice to have
  • Expert knowledge of LPAR profile creation & configuration
  • Expert knowledge of PowerVM administration
  • Expert knowledge of AIX OS installation (via NIM) and configuration
  • Expert knowledge of OS user, group creation, administration
  • Expert knowledge of HMC administration
  • SSH/SFTP client/server administration
  • SUDO and Netbackup client configuration
  • Understand how to design and configure AIX platforms to support applications, processes, and accounts
  • Solid foundation with network concepts and AIX
  • In depth familiarity Automation programming (i.e., sed, awk, Perl, Python)
  • In depth experience with AIX performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.

 

Contact the recruiter working on this position:



The recruiter working on this position is Ragadeep Gattipally(Shaji Team)
His/her contact number is +(1) (510) 4086890
His/her contact email is gragadeep@msysinc.com

Our recruiters will be more than happy to help you to get this contract.