AIX Administration(Remote)

Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Shift

Day 09AM TO 05 PM CST

This position is an Complete Remote

• Maintains smooth operation of multi-user Unix computer systems including coordination with other IT functions.
• Support the requests of the users and solve any problems related with the Linux servers and workstations
• Installs operates manages and maintains hardware and/or software including administrator and service accounts
• Working on UNIX server builds (Linux & AIX) server retirements OS upgrades troubleshooting issues escalated from L2 team part of project team and helping in setting up the
• infrastructure projects. Contributing & working on continuous improvements initiatives& automations.
• Maintenance of system documentation tuning system performance backup/recovery and other planned configuration changes.
• Interacts with users and other stakeholders to plan and implement changes and deliver support.
• Contributes to evaluation and recommendations for vendor products
• Responsible for managing the disk space as well as the back up
• Manages and monitors policies and standards for the use of computing resources and executes on programs and projects within a specific IT function
• This position is responsible to deliver Unix server support operations running critical business applications.
• Candidate will support production & nonproduction systems
• Play SME & Technical Lead role resolving complex incidents ensure high availability and zero business impact. Supports multiple OS like AIX RHEL Solaris. Working on end-to-end Server
• Provisioning Infrastructure release patching & upgrades Hardware Migrations and Server Decommission. The team also responsible for managing the configuration management tools such
• Puppet Ansible.
• - Planning AIX RHEL Solaris Servers Provisioning Upgrade Patching decommission of unused Servers and Hardware Capacity Management Maintenance finding innovative idea
• and implementing through Ansible Pu

Certification(s) Required

AIX CERTIFICATION

Skill matrix

Mandatory Skills

(Top 5 Keywords or skills)

Skill Proficiency

Years of Experience

Basic Knowledge

Medium

Expert

AIX Unix

8+ YEARS

YES

Linux

4+ years

Yes

Solaris Unix

2+ years

Yes

Shell scripting

2 + years

Yes

Service Now - incident resolution and Change creation

2 years

Yes

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**Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not

Qualifications

Technical Skills

SNo Primary Skill Proficiency Level * Rqrd./Dsrd. 1 AIX Administration PL1 Required 2 HP - Unix Administration PL1 Required

* Proficiency Legends

Proficiency Level Generic Reference PL1 The associate has basic awareness and comprehension of the skill and is in the process of acquiring this skill through various channels. PL2 The associate possesses working knowledge of the skill, and can actively and independently apply this skill in engagements and projects. PL3 The associate has comprehensive, in-depth and specialized knowledge of the skill. She / he has extensively demonstrated successful application of the skill in engagements or projects. PL4 The associate can function as a subject matter expert for this skill. The associate is capable of analyzing, evaluating and synthesizing solutions using the skill.