Overview
On Site
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 9 Month(s)
No Travel Required
Skills
Ansible
Auditing
Change Control
Collaboration
Computer Hardware
Configuration Management
Documentation
File Systems
HMC
Hardware Management
High Availability
IBM AIX
IBM PowerHA
Management
Performance Tuning
Python
Regulatory Compliance
Spectrum
System Administration
Job Details
Job Title: AIX System Administrator
Location: Richmond, VA / Dallas, TX / New York City, NY (On-site)
Employment Type: W2 Contract
On-Call Support: Required
Location: Richmond, VA / Dallas, TX / New York City, NY (On-site)
Employment Type: W2 Contract
On-Call Support: Required
Key Responsibilities:
Core AIX System Administration:
- Perform system updates, patches, and routine maintenance
- Troubleshoot incidents and remediate issues
- Collaborate with users to coordinate scheduled changes and configuration tasks
Change & Configuration Management:
- Manage changes including filesystem expansions, resource allocations, and new configuration deployments
- Coordinate hardware replacements with vendors
- Ensure structured change control procedures are followed precisely
Incident Response & Resolution:
- Investigate and resolve infrastructure-related issues in a risk-sensitive environment
- Escalate and collaborate with internal and external teams as needed
Documentation & Ticketing:
- Maintain accurate records of incidents, service requests, and change implementations in ServiceNow
- Ensure full compliance with audit and documentation standards
Required Skills:
- Strong expertise in AIX System Administration including performance tuning and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with VIO (Virtual I/O Server) and HMC (Hardware Management Console)
- Experience with IBM GPFS / Spectrum Scale for clustered storage
- Knowledge of IBM PowerHA / Spectrum Protect HA for high availability and failover
- Familiarity with Ansible Tower and playbook execution (development experience is a plus)
- Basic understanding of Python (nice to have)
- Must be available for on-call rotation
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