Overview
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Skills
Ansible
IBM AIX Administration
IBM AIX
IBM GPFS
IBM PowerHA
Python
Job Details
Location: Richmond, VA & Dallas, TX & NYC
Role:
- The systems managed here support national financial operations.
- Stability, uptime, and reliability of this infrastructure are essential for fundamental processes like payroll deposits, interbank transactions, etc.
Day to Day:
Core AIX System Administration:
- Performing system updates and patches
- Troubleshooting and incident remediation
- Working closely with customers to schedule changes and perform configuration tasks
Change Management:
- Managing changes such as filesystem expansions, resource allocation, or new configuration deployments
- Handling hardware replacements in coordination with IBM
Incident Handling:
- Investigating and resolving issues across AIX infrastructure
- Escalating or collaborating when needed (critical for risk-sensitive environment)
Documentation & Ticketing:
- Managing incident, request, and change records in ServiceNow
- Following structured change procedures with audit precision
Must-Have Skills:
- AIX administration, troubleshooting, performance tuning, Familiarity with VIO (Virtual I/O Server) and HMC (Hardware Management Console)
- Clustered Storage: IBM GPFS (now Spectrum Scale) experience with clustered network filesystems
- High Availability: IBM PowerHA (now Spectrum Protect HA) for managing failover and redundancy
- Automation/Configuration: Ansible Tower understanding playbook execution (development experience is a plus but not mandatory)
- Python nice to have
On call support required
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