Sr. AIX System Administrator

Location:  McLean, VA.

Duration 6 months.

Rate: DOE.

This is not an H1 position.

AIX System Administration: Responsible for Unix Systems administration, configuration, troubleshooting, upgrades and support in heterogeneous server environments running under AIX operating system on Power Series hardware.

Identify, analyze, fix, and determine root cause, follow-up and coordinate changes to resolve complex problems involving hardware, software, networking and applications. Monitor and ensure adequate security for hosts and tightened file system access control. Responsible for regular backup and restore operations for Linux and Solaris Systems using Tivoli Storage Manager. Identify, control, maintain and verify OS baseline configurations and manage server resources and predict the need for additional capacity in advance.

Install and configure various enterprise wide infrastructure tools including automation tool, job scheduler, authentication and authorization software, backup tools on Linux and Solaris Servers. Quickly restore service during system outages, provide troubleshooting support to team members, perform proactive problem prevention, and escalate technical details to technical lead and/or to vendor support. Write technical documentation, operational procedures, systems documentation and Incident and problem communications and reporting.

Assist with the monitoring performance analysis of existing applications and ensuring that the system is consistent with ongoing need.

Take part in after-hours on-call rotation schedule and weekend activities as required.

Skill level: Senior (7+ yrs)

Skills: Extensive knowledge of IBM p5/p6/p7 server architecture and AIX 5.3/6.1 operating system
Can work independently to

install/configure/performance tune/support AIX on Power platforms,Virtual IO Servers, HMC (Hardware Maintenance Console)
create and configure LPARs.
support, performance tune enterprise databases (UDB and Oracle)
Experience installing database software, preferably DB2 and/or Oracle
Experience with trouble-tracking software such as REMEDY
Experience with backup/restore software such as TSM
Experience with NIM
Experience with GPFS
Experience with EMC Power Path
Installed and configured Cluster
Systems Management (CSM)