Senior AIX Administrator - IBM AIX, Power HA

HCLTech

Madrid, Spain

about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

indeed.com

Tech stack

IBM AIX Disaster Recovery Perl (Programming Language) Ethernet IBM Hardware Management Console Tivoli Management Framework Python (Programming Language) Korn Shell Network Installation Services Performance Tuning Ansible Service Pack

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Job description

Job Responsibilities : System Architecture & Deployment: Design and build AIX-based environments, including the configuration of Logical Partitions (LPARs) and virtualized environments using PowerVM and Virtual I/O Servers (VIOS). Maintenance & Patching: Perform operating system installations, upgrades (e.g., AIX 7.1 to 7.2+), and security patching to ensure systems remain supported and secure. Virtualization Management: Use the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to manage resources, move workloads via Live Partition Mobility (LPM), and configure virtual resources like Shared Ethernet Adapters (SEA). Performance Tuning: Monitor system health using tools like nmon, topas, and sar to identify bottlenecks in CPU, memory, and I/O, then apply kernel or subsystem tuning. Disaster Recovery (DR): Develop and test DR strategies, manage backups using tools like Network Installation Manager (NIM), mksysb, or IBM Spectrum Protect (Tivoli), and ensure business continuity. Automation: Streamline repetitive tasks by writing and maintaining scripts in KornShell (ksh), Perl, Python, or utilizing automation frameworks like Ansible. Abacus Umantis Abacus Umantis +9