Senior AIX System Administrator – Automation & Power

Integrated Resources, Inc ( IRI ); United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Resources, Inc (IRI) seeks an experienced AIX System Administrator to manage IBM AIX and UNIX environments, automate tasks, and optimize infrastructure reliability. The role focuses on LVM/LPAR/PowerVM/VIOS, NIM deployment, and OS tuning within a virtualized Power Systems context.

You will work on day-to-day administration, design automation, and proactive performance improvements, with a 36-month contract and a 56-hour work week in a U.S. environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional experience with UNIX operating system technologies.
• Strong IBM AIX administration including LVM, LPAR, PowerVM, VIOS.
• OS installation and configuration using NIM; HMC admin and user/group management.
• Automation and orchestration with Ansible, Python, UNIX shell scripting; SSH/SFTP admin.
• Networking/VIOS knowledge: Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, 802.1Q, SEA, NFS, LDAP.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day system administration for UNIX/AIX environments.
• Automate lifecycle management for OS components and configurations.
• Identify toil and implement automation to improve efficiency.
• Analyze incidents and patterns to anticipate issues and act proactively.
• Configure and maintain OS and clustering components; monitor performance.

Skills

UNIX admin

AIX administration

LVM

LPAR

PowerVM

VIOS

NIM

HMC

SSH

SFTP

Ansible

Python

Shell scripting

VMware Aria

Networking

TCP/IP

VLANs

SEAs

NFS

SUDO

LDAP

Agile (Scrum/Kanban)

Tools

Ansible

Python

UNIX shell scripting

VMware Aria

Job description

Integrated Resources, Inc (IRI) seeks an experienced AIX System Administrator to manage IBM AIX and UNIX environments, automate tasks, and optimize infrastructure reliability. The role focuses on LVM/LPAR/PowerVM/VIOS, NIM deployment, and OS tuning within a virtualized Power Systems context.

You will work on day-to-day administration, design automation, and proactive performance improvements, with a 36-month contract and a 56-hour work week in a U.S. environment.