Senior / Lead AIX, Linux & Storage Administrator - Arabic

Net2Source Inc.; Ras Al Khaimah; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Part time

Job summary

A global staffing solutions company is seeking a Senior / Lead AIX, Linux & Storage Administrator to manage large-scale IBM POWER servers and AIX/Linux environments. Responsibilities include complex OS migrations, performance tuning, and storage management. The ideal candidate has expertise in system auditing and shell scripting. This role offers a 12-month contract in Ras Al Khaimah, within an inclusive hiring framework supporting UAE labor law.

Qualifications

• Experience in architecting, deploying, and managing AIX and Linux environments.
• Proficient in OS migrations, upgrades, and storage systems management.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise OS standards and performance tuning.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and manage large-scale IBM POWER SERVERS / AIX and Linux environments.
• Perform complex OS migrations, SP/TL upgrades, and backups.
• Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability.

Skills

IBM POWER SERVERS Management

AIX and Linux Administration

Performance Tuning

Storage Management

Shell Scripting (ksh, bash, Python)

OS Hardening

Job description

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📍 Operating in 32 countries | 5,500+ Employees

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Job Title: Senior / Lead AIX, Linux & Storage Administrator

Location: Ras Al Khaimah

Type: 12 months Contract

Languages: Arabic and English

Required Skills & Experience:

• Architect, deploy, and manage large-scale IBM POWER SERVERS / AIX and Linux environments
• Perform complex OS migrations, SP / TL upgrades,
• VIOS upgrades, backups, and dual-VIOS redundancy.
• Advanced performance tuning (CPU, memory, I/O, kernel parameters)
• Deep expertise in LVM, filesystem tuning, multipathing (MPIO)
• Implement OS hardening, RBAC, sudo policies, and system auditing.
• Shared adapter configuration Vlan tagging
• HMC Backup / LPAR configuration and profile backup restore
• PowerVM Live Partition Mobility configuration and validation migration
• Design and enforce enterprise OS standards, baselines, and hardening
• Advanced administration of IBM PowerVM, HMC, VIOS, LPARs, Shared Storage Pools
• Conduct regular AIX and Redhat Linux system updates, upgrade kernel and apply patches,
• Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability
• Design and manage LPAR capacity planning, CPU/memory allocation, and dynamic resource adjustments (DLPAR)
• Troubleshoot OS-level issues and perform root cause analysisAutomate routine tasks using shell scripting (ksh, bash, Python)
• Manage enterprise storage systems (IBM, NetApp, EMC)
• Provision, allocate, and decommission storage (SAN, NAS)
• Configure and maintain SAN zoning and LUN masking
• Manage storage replication, snapshots, and backups
• Perform storage capacity planning and performance tuning
• Support storage for databases, applications, and virtualization platforms

🔻 About Net2Source Inc.

Net2Source offers global staffing solutions and enterprise-scale recruitment support.

🏆 Recognized by INC 5000 & SIA

🌍 Global offices: UAE | USA | India | UK | Singapore | Canada | ANZ

🌈 We support inclusive hiring practices in accordance with UAE labor law.

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