AIX system Administrator

Stefanini North America and APAC; Richmond (VA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini North America and APAC is seeking a Senior UNIX System Administrator for a remote-capable position. This role supports Enterprise UNIX environments from the US and begins with a Monday–Friday schedule, transitioning later to Tuesday–Saturday or Sunday–Thursday.

Responsibilities include regular system admin activities and automating lifecycle management for OS components and configuration management.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Unix OS experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong automation skills with Ansible, Python and UNIX scripting.
• Expert knowledge of AIX LVM, LPAR, PowerVM and NIM.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and collaborative work.

Responsibilities

• Regular System Administrator activities.
• Automate software lifecycle management for OS components, support software, and configuration management.
• Identify toil in Operating Systems and optimize processes.
• Apply analytics on incidents and patterns to predict issues and take proactive actions.
• Initial work schedule: Mon-Fri, transitioning to Tue-Sat or Sun-Thu.

Skills

Unix OS expertise

Automation & Orchestration

Agile practices (Scrum/Kanban)

Power Systems administration

Troubleshooting

Tools

Ansible

Python

UNIX scripting

Job description

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Job Details

Remote

W2 Candidates Only

Responsibilities

• Regular System Administrator activities


• Automate software lifecycle management for Operating system components, support software, and configuration management


• Experience in identifying toil in Operating Systems


• Applies analytics on past data like incidents and patterns for predicting issues and takes proactive actions


• Initial work schedule: Monday - Friday, then will transition to either Tuesday-Saturday OR Sunday-Thursday

Job Requirements

• 8+ years professional experience in the area of Unix Operating system technologies


• Experience with operating system and clustering component configuration


• Strong experience with automation and orchestration tools, including Ansible, Python, Aria, UNIX scripting, etc., and previous work with Agile methodologies


• Must be able to work both collaboratively and independently and take initiative to identify, track, and resolve issues


• Expert knowledge of AIX LVM, LPAR profile creation, configuration, PowerVM administration, AIX OS installation (via NIM) and configuration, OS user, group creation, administration, HMC administration.


• Strong comfort level with NIM administration and automation, Power Systems firmware upgrades, SSH/SFTP client/server administration.


• Solid foundation with network concepts and AIX, VIOS network administration (Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, 802.1q, vSwitches, SEAs), NFS client/server administration, SUDO configuration, LDAP client administration.


• Familiarity with AIX performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.

Additional Skills

• Networking and storage technologies


• Agile practices, including Scrum and Kanban practices

Stefanini takes pride in hiring top talent and developing relationships with our future employees. Our talent acquisition teams will never make an offer of employment without having a phone conversation with you.Those face-to-face conversations will involve a description of the job for which you have applied. We also speak with you about the process including interviews and job offers.

About Stefanini Group

The Stefanini Group is a global provider of offshore, onshore and near shore outsourcing, IT digital consulting, systems integration, application, and strategic staffing services to Fortune 1000 enterprises around the world. Our presence is in countries like the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and more than four hundred clients across a broad spectrum of markets, including financial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, chemical services, technology, public sector, and utilities. Stefanini is a CMM level 5, IT consulting company with a global presence. We are CMM Level 5 company.

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