Role : Sr. AIX Administrator
Location : Chicago,IL
Duration : 6+ Months
Rate : $45/hr on C2C(Max)
Job Description :
Required Skills-AIX 6.1 or higher, Tivoli TSM, Lpars.
Job Description-
A Senior AIX Administrator who has 7+ years of experience with AIX 6.1 and higher. The individual will be required to maintain IBM Power servers on P750 and P870 hardware, comprising 50+ physical/virtual AIX servers. The position requires the performance of patching/upgrades, troubleshoot performance problems, and understanding PCI standards/security hardening within the OS. This position will also provide support for additional Unix OS related matters, deploy rollouts for the production applications, recommend areas of improvement, create/lead projects, have excellent communications skills and be self-motivated within the enterprise environment. Extensive knowledge of performance tuning, VIO, lpars, storage provisioning, and network configuration is required. It is a plus if there is also knowledge of Tivoly TSM backup, Linux, and VMware. The position will require on-call duties and work occasionally during weekends.
Responsibilities and Experience:
• Maintain and manage critical core business servers within the organization.
• Generate scripts to perform system administration activities
• Provide support for on-call duties
• 7+ years managing and maintaining physical/virtual AIX operating systems; RHEL Linux and Vmware Enterprise Edition is a plus
• 7+ years with architecture, design and enhancements
• 7+ years with creating and maintaining associated server and application projects from start to end
• 7+ years in generating or modifying scripts in Shell, KornShell, Perl, C++ or similar languages
• 3+ years in maintaining and managing Tivioli Storage Manager
• 5+ years in multipathing configuration within Linux or AIX
Education, Certifications, and Skills:
• College diploma or University degree in computer science or 5 years plus experience in the related field
• Certifications in system architecture, design or maintenance
• Certifications in AIX administraton
• Certifications in RedHat Linux administration or association Redhat services
• Certification in Tivoli Storage Administration
• Must have IBM AIX Operating Systems
• Must be able to scripting in Shell, KornShell, Perl, C++ or like languages
• Must be able to provide detail performance analysis within the server and components beyond the servers such as the network and SAN storage connectivity that is attached
• Must be proficient with SAN storage connectivity and multipathing configuration/methodologies
• Proficient on generating graphs using tools such as Excel or generating diagrams
• Extensive knowledge on design and connectivity between the servers with various applications
• Be able to install and maintain hardware within the datacenter; lifting, racking or moving equipment is required
• Proficient to generate projects from start to end with minimal guidance from management
• Proficient on hardening servers related to PCI compliancy
• Required on-call support duties that will include weekend and night time deployments
• Must be able to coordinate and function with different teams within the organization
• Proactiveness and self motivation a plus