AIX Administrator

Job Title : AIX Administrator

Location : Spring, TX 77389 (Onsite)

IT professionals with 10 + years of experience and a mix of technical and process skills.

• Strong knowledge of AIX Lpar/HMC and upgrade.
• Strong knowledge of hardware.
• Strong knowledge in AIX administration, performance tuning and support experience.
• Strong knowledge with configuring OS, Kickstart servers, Identity Management
• Strong knowledge of virtualization products
• Perform OS upgrades and patch installations
• Strong skills of user and performance management.
• Strong Shell scripting (bash/ksh, PERL, Python)
• Strong knowledge of DR and recovery of OS.
• Strong troubleshooting skills related to server boot, HMC, VIO and cluster issues.
• Strong networking troubleshooting ability
• Strong understanding of Logical volume manager.
• Strong knowledge of migration.
• Understanding of Yum and RPM and how to create application repositories and synchronization of application repos
• Knowledge / use of security and password management software
• Very strong AIX Administration and troubleshooting skills including: Job control, soft and hard links, distinctions between the kernel and the shell, shell scripting
• Ability to provision bare metal installs, configure, operate and maintain systems
• Deep Knowledge of Networking fundamentals, Storage technologies, and Cluster fundamentals.
• Good Knowledge of SAN and NAS.
• Working with an enterprise wide, large scale matrix environment.
• Ability to plan and prioritize work and meet project deadlines.
• Must be self-motivated and work well with other groups
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required