AIX Unix System Administrator

  • Richmond, VA
  • Posted 8 hours ago | Updated 6 hours ago

Overview

On Site
$$ 71 /hr
Contract - W2
Contract - To 2026-05-25

Skills

AIX Unix System Administrator

Job Details

Job Description:
Qualification:
  • 8+ years professional experience in the area of Unix Operating system technologies
  • Experience with operating system and clustering component configuration
  • Strong experience with automation and orchestration tools, including Ansible, Python, Aria, UNIX scripting, etc., and previous work with Agile methodologies
  • Must be able to work both collaboratively and independently and take initiative to identify, track, and resolve issues
  • Expert knowledge of AIX LVM, LPAR profile creation, configuration, PowerVM administration, AIX OS installation (via NIM) and configuration, OS user, group creation, administration, HMC administration.
  • Strong comfort level with NIM administration and automation, Power Systems firmware upgrades, SSH/SFTP client/server administration.
  • Solid foundation with network concepts and AIX, VIOS network administration (Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, 802.1q, vSwitches, SEAs), NFS client/server administration, SUDO configuration, LDAP client administration.
  • In addition to experience working with Unix technologies, the following skills will be required.
  • Networking and storage technologies used by the FRS.
  • Agile practices, including Scrum and Kanban practices.
  • Familiarity with AIX performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.
Responsibilities:
  • Regular System Administrator activities.
  • Automate software lifecycle management for Operating system components, support software, and configuration management.
  • Experience in identifying toil in Operating Systems.
  • Applies analytics on past data like incidents and patterns for predicting issues and takes proactive actions.
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