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ASM Research · 4 months ago

AIX Administrator

Fairfax, VA, 22033, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

ASM Research is a company that specializes in information technology projects across various disciplines. They are seeking an AIX Administrator to configure, monitor, and maintain AIX OS systems, provide tier 2 and 3 support, and optimize system operations.

Information Technology & Services

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Configure, monitor, and maintain AIX OS systems in a virtual environment

Plan, install, test, and implement upgrades and patches to AIX OS

Provides tier 2 and 3 supports for escalations from Help Desk

Knowledge and experience troubleshooting Linux and Unix based systems

Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24x7x365 infrastructure operations support

Support infrequent after hours and weekend escalations as needed (aside from on-call rotation)

Optimize system operations and resource utilization as well as perform system capacity analysis and planning

Utilize tools and processes, including but not limited to software distribution, backups, performance measurement, tuning, license and asset management to allow automated as well as remote systems management of the server environment

Provide support to resolve incident, problem, or service requests that require subject matter expertise and cannot be resolved by the EOC. Task personnel shall provide final problem resolution

Work with Enterprise Operations Center (EOC) to implement automated preventative measures, proactive monitoring and system self-healing capabilities to limit outages/performance issues which impact service levels

Contribute to the Root Cause Analysis efforts when applicable

Applies scripting methodologies to automate IT Admin related tasks

Qualification

AIX OS administrationVeritas Cluster ServerShell scriptingLinux troubleshootingInfrastructure designIBM Tivoli MonitoringNetCool OmnibusProblem resolutionRoot Cause Analysis24x7 supportCapacity analysis

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent relevant experience; Master's Degree preferred

8-15 years of overall experience in information technology, systems administration or other IT related field to include: 5+ years of experience providing operations and maintenance support, including experience identifying/resolving performance issues in a UNIX Environment (Linux, Ubuntu, and/or AIX), 5+ years of experience with Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), including configuration and failover testing, 5+ years of experience with shell scripting, 5+ years of experience supporting infrastructure design and configuration of products including determination of hardware, OS, and other platform specifications, and 4+ years of experience providing quality assurance review and the evaluation of new and existing software products

US Citizenship

Preferred

IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX

Experience with IBM Tivoli Monitoring and/or NetCool Omnibus

Company

ASM Research

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ASM Research, an Accenture Federal Services Company, is an information solutions integrator and a leading provider of innovative technology solutions and advanced analytical services for the Federal government.

Founded in 1978

Fairfax, Virginia, US

1001-5000 employees