Senior Aix System Administrator

Senior AIX System Administrator
12-Month Contract | Onsite as needed (Atlanta)

Synergis’ client has engaged us in a search for a Senior AIX System Administrator. This individual will become a member of the Distributed Systems group within the Information Technology Department. The candidate’s primary responsibility will be to manage the AIX server infrastructure as part of a team of 6 AIX administrators.

Senior AIX System Administrator| Background and Scope 

• Managing a number of assigned servers and applications, backup on other servers and applications
• Standard trouble shooting procedures for hardware and software problems
• Software maintenance
• Configuration documents
• Scheduled 24/7 on-call support
• Technical diagrams (server environments, relationship diagrams, workflows, etc.)

Senior AIX System Administrator | Requirements

• Extensive experience with IBM AIX and VIO server
• Extensive experience with IBM PowerVM, creation and management of virtual servers, Hardware Management Consoles
• Extensive experience with Live Partition Mobility
• Extensive experience with NPIV
• Extensive experience using SAN disks from multiple SAN vendors
• Experience with writing scripts using Korn shell and Perl
• Experience with CommVault and IBM Tivoli Monitoring
• Experience with troubleshooting software and hardware problems
• Experience installing IBM APARs, PTFs, maintenance upgrades
• TCP/IP and networking experience
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong teamwork and customer support focus
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and simplify technical information, and clearly communicate this information to target audiences 

Senior AIX System Administrator | Preferred

• Experience working with software development technical teams
• Experience tuning the AIX environment
• Performance management of servers in a virtualized environment
• Experience with NIM, IBM Power Linux, Java
• Experience working on IBM POWER8, POWER9 and POWER10 server hardware, firmware upgrades
• Infiniband, RoCE, and GPFS
• WebSphere, IBM MQ
• ServiceNow, CMDB and Automation concepts
• Ansible
• Experience using Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook and other Microsoft Office Suite products
• Familiar with IBM DB2, Oracle RAC, MySQL
• Understanding of Sarbanes-Oxley 

About Our Client
Our client is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. They operate approximately 19,500 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Our client operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial products.
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Disclosure:  The hourly pay range for this position is $50.00 to $65.00/hr (dependent on factors including but not limited to client requirements, experience, statutory considerations, and location). Benefits available to full-time employees: medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401k and commuter benefits. *Note: Disclosure as required by the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (CO), NYC Pay Transparency Law, and sb5761 (WA).