About the Role
The primary objective of a Senior Engineer specializing in AIX and Linux, along with Storage and Cloud System Administration, is to ensure the secure, efficient, and reliable operation of the IT infrastructure. This role is crucial for supporting the client Infrastructure services, ensuring seamless operation, data integrity, and optimal performance of systems critical to their functions.
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Responsibilities
- Maintain infrastructure software (GPFS, PowerHA, AIX 7.1 and later, VIOS, PowerVM).
- Responsible for installing and managing IBM AIX systems.
- Execute AIX and Linux Patch management.
- Support day-to-day L3 calls on AIX/Servers/VIO Servers issues.
- Participate in on-call rotation.
- Take problem resolution ownership and facilitate technical bridge during operational disruptions or service outages.
- Monitor events and customer support calls in the call tracking system, return calls from customers, and enter new incidents or requests into ServiceNow.
- Experience in File Systems, Processes, Performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
- Manage VIO and Hardware Management Console.
- Experience in system recovery using mksysb image and Disaster Recovery
- Experience in PowerVM for virtualization services including Shared Ethernet Adapter (SEA), NPIV configuration, and virtual SCSI services for multiple VIO servers/client partitions.
- Strong Redhat Linux System administration experience.
- Strong understanding of P9 pSeries hardware architectures.
- Maintain and upgrade UNIX system software on all UNIX based midrange systems to ensure operating system integrity and high system availability.
- Strong understanding and awareness of AIX and Redhat Linux system security.
- Establish LPAR cloning standard operating procedures and create LPAR profiles.
- Install, configure, and establish plans to maintain software on the LPARs required by the data center.
- Develop and present mitigation strategy recommendations to address security findings.
- Identify problem resolution and coordinate the implementation of solutions with management and other impacted technical support teams.
- Design, configure, and maintain LPARs required to support various non-production and production components.
- Extensive knowledge in supporting SAN environments.
- Configure and administer Storage Area Networks (SAN), understanding SAN architecture and configuration best practices, LUN masking, fiber specs, switch specifications, SAN security/Port Zoning, core-to-end systems, and n-tier setups.
- Experience on IBM storage, SVC, HP 3PAR, and SAN Switch administration and configuration.
- Expertise on IBM Storage technologies including SVC, FS7200, FS900, and V7000.
- Expertise on SAN Products such as Brocade Switches.
- Extensive knowledge and experience with various storage replication software, SAN switches, and storage management software/hardware.
- Experience in Azure cloud environments to deploy, manage, and monitor virtual machines (VMs), networks, and storage solutions within Azure.
- Ensure optimal allocation of resources to meet performance requirements and cost efficiency.
- Regularly apply patches and updates to Azure services and infrastructure.
- Implement and maintain security policies and procedures including network security, access controls, and data protection.
- Hands-on experience in deploying, configuring, and managing Trend Micro security solutions, such as:
- Trend Micro Apex One
- Deep Security
- Workload Security (DS Agent)
- Conduct policy configuration, agent deployment, and update management.
- Perform log analysis, threat detection, and remediation of malware or vulnerabilities.
Qualifications
- Required Knowledge and experience:
- Experience: 12 Years in Unix System Administration.
- Educational Qualification:
- A Bachelor’s in Engineering in Computer Science or Information Systems, or an equivalent combination of education and/or professional experience.
Primarily Skills and Experiences
- Manage and administrate all Linux and Unix infrastructure services.
- Maintain an updated patch management process and assure all infrastructure components are patched.
- Monitor system logs and activity on all Linux and Unix environments.
- Perform regular firmware assessments and upgrades.
- Coordinate with third-party suppliers/vendors for the replacement of defective hardware on clients and servers as necessary.
- Update software and hardware inventory and documents.
- Provide scripts to automate regular tasks and jobs.
Certifications
- University Degree in Computer Science or a related subject.
- Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- Azure Administrator Associate (Good to have)
- ITIL Foundation V3 or V4
- Google Certified Professional - Cloud Architect (Good to have)
- IBM Certified Specialist pSeries Administration and Support for AIX
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes (Good to have)
- Microsoft Azure Architect Expert (Good to have)
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in administrating RHEL and Ubuntu.
- Hands-on experience with RedHat Satellite and Ansible.
- Hands-on experience in administrating AIX.
- Hands-on experience with clustering technologies including RedHat cluster, RedHat Satellite, and IBM powerHA.
- Strong background in Blade HW technologies and IBM Power Systems.
- Hands-on experience with VMware vSphere and its operations.
- Hands-on experience with SAN technologies and Storage/SAN administration.
- Azure Cloud administration proficiency.
- Ability to work varying hours and shifts.
