AIX  Lead

Introduction
At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As an AIX Administrator L3 he/she will lead the administration optimization and support of AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) systems within the organization. This advanced-level position requires a deep understanding of AIX principles technologies and best practices coupled with the ability to lead cross-functional teams in ensuring the stability performance and security of AIX environment. You will need to visit the domestic client’s offices / data centres on a daily basis or on an as-needed basis as part of this role.

Responsibilities:

• AIX System Administration Leadership: Lead the administration and maintenance of AIX systems overseeing installation configuration tuning monitoring and troubleshooting activities.
• Performance Optimization: Analyze system performance and implement optimization strategies to ensure the efficient operation of AIX environments.
• Security Management: Implement and maintain security measures to protect AIX systems from internal and external threats ensuring compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements.
• High Availability and Disaster Recovery: Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery solutions for AIX environments ensuring business continuity and data protection.
• Patch Management: Develop and implement patch management strategies to keep AIX systems up-to-date with the latest security patches and updates.
• Backup and Restoration: Establish backup and restoration procedures to ensure the integrity and availability of data on AIX systems in the event of data loss or corruption.
• Capacity Planning: Conduct capacity planning activities to forecast resource requirements and ensure scalability and performance of AIX environments.
• Documentation and Training Leadership: Develop comprehensive documentation for AIX systems and processes providing leadership in training and knowledge transfer to team members and end-users.Needs to have a thorough understanding of and are able to articulate IBM’s technical support strategy.
• Candidates on the L3 Category should have 5 years relevant experience.
• Candidates should have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Candidates should be willing to work on 24×7 and on-call support during critical issues.
• Candidates should have eagerness to learn new technologies and skills.
• He/She should be hardworking with strong work ethics and discipline.
• Ready to work on 24/7 shifts to support client requirement.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Min 8+ years of experience with experience in the following areas:
• AIX installation/Upgradation/Patch Management
• NIM based installation and administration.
• Hardware health checkup/Logs Collection
• System Monitoring/Performance Monitoring/data collection.
• Start/Stop reboot OS as and when required.
• LVM FileSystem and NFS Management.
• Storage Attachment and multi-pathing Configuration.
• User Administration.
• OS Hardening as per Client/Audit Security policy.
• Develop and maintain documentation about current environment setup standard operating procedures and best practices.
• Schedule Jobs/cron.
• System backup and restores
• BCP activities and Support.
• PowerHA Installation/Configuration/Start/Stop/Administration
• LPAR Creation and Administration.
• VIO installation and configuration
• Resource Management and DLPAR operations.
• Trouble shooting any problem data collection.
• Raise and track Service Requests with IBM/OEM.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Required Education:- BE / B. Tech Computer Science MCA or Equivalent / higher Qualification
• You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
• Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work
• Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
• Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
• Up-to-date technical knowledge by attending educational workshops reviewing publications