Senior HP Non-Stop Administrator

Company Description 
Lumen Solutions Group Inc. is a technology consulting Services company based in Florida. We provide a wide array of experienced business and IT professionals supporting clients from solution design to implementation and support. We specialize in professional IT consulting services, IT Staffing, Business/IT Strategy, Business Process Blueprints, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Transformation. 
 
Role:  Senior HPE NonStop Administrator
Location: 2955 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Onsite – Relocation Allowed)
Job Type: Contract
 
Job Summary:
We are hiring a Senior HPE NonStop Administrator to support mission-critical train dispatching systems in a high-availability environment. This role is responsible for ensuring the stability, performance, and 24/7 uptime of HPE NonStop (Tandem) systems that directly support real-time transportation operations.
This is a hands-on role requiring deep expertise in fault-tolerant systems, system administration, performance tuning, and disaster recovery, operating under strict SLA-driven conditions.
 
Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain HPE NonStop (Tandem) systems in production and development environments.
• Ensure continuous 24/7 system availability for mission-critical applications.
• Perform system startups, shutdowns, cold loads, and recovery procedures.
• Monitor system health, performance, and availability; proactively resolve issues.
• Implement and enforce security policies, user access controls, and audit compliance.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents and unauthorized access.
• Perform performance analysis and tuning using tools such as MEASURE.
• Conduct capacity planning and resource optimization.
• Implement and validate backup and disaster recovery strategies.
• Support high-availability configurations and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Apply OS patches, firmware updates, and system upgrades.
• Coordinate change management and release cycles with Dev, QA, and Ops teams.
• Support Severity 1 & 2 incidents and perform root cause analysis.
• Participate in on-call rotations and after-hours maintenance.
• Maintain system documentation, runbooks, and configuration records.

• Maintain 24x7 system uptime and operational stability.
• Proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Timely application of patches and security updates.
• Performance reporting, analysis, and optimization.
• Support for production releases and HPE upgrades.
• Maintain technical documentation and configuration guides.
• Provide incident support and RCA for critical issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience with HPE NonStop (Tandem) systems.
• Strong expertise in Guardian and OSS environments.
• Proficiency with utilities: FUP, SCF, TACL.
• Hands-on experience with TACL scripting and automation.
• Experience with system patching, upgrades, and OS-level security hardening.
• Strong knowledge of Enscribe file systems and access control.
• Experience with Pathway server configuration and administration.
• Familiarity with NetBatch or similar job scheduling tools.
• Experience with EMS (Event Management System) monitoring and diagnostics.
• Knowledge of network administration, including CLIM configuration and IP management.

• HPE NonStop Certification.
• 10+ years of NonStop administration experience.
• Experience in transportation, logistics, or dispatching environments.
• Knowledge of NonStop SQL/MP and SQL/MX.
• Exposure to hybrid integrations (REST APIs, iTPWebServer, NSHTTP).
• Experience working in SLA-driven and regulated environments.

• Candidates must be comfortable working in a 24/7 support environment.