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Abilities/Skills:
- 10+ years of IT experience working to support and enhance infrastructure and DR capabilities within an organization.
- Good understanding of Tivoli System Automation for Multi platforms
- Systems engineering and technical expertise in the planning, design, and implementation of high availability AIX open systems.
- Perform senior-level Linux/VMware System administration including troubleshooting, fault isolation, system tuning, software installation, and maintenance
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x/5.x installation on physical Blade and VMware ESXi 5, 4.1.2 Virtual Environment.
- GPFS installation and administration on AIX/ Linux systems .
- Responsible for the installation and maintenance of the operating system and application server configurations on the UNIX servers in the environments, including management of virtualization in the environment.
- Assists Database Administrators with operating system configurations related to database subsystems.
- Ensures proper procedures are followed to introduce changes and fixes into the operating environment in order to ensure the lowest possible error rate.
- Proactively monitors software maintenance levels compared to the vendor published software stack to ensure optimization and corrective fixes are applied.
- Operational support in the planning, design, replication, and synchronization of secure, high-availability systems and applications.
- Develops, updates, and maintains operations manuals, inventories, and written procedures relative to installing, maintaining, and using Operating Systems and subsystems software.
- Demonstrated ability to manage infrastructure-related projects including installation of hardware and software solutions (for mainframe, distributed servers, storage, middleware, and networking)
- Knowledge of and experience in managing DR environment/configuration projects and/or other data center operations projects.
- Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and to apply it to business needs.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
- UNIX Shell Scripts
- Ability to Conduct Technology and Capacity assessments
- Manage and remediate security vulnerabilities
- Prior experience as Sr. Systems Engineer for multiple infrastructure projects that include both internal, external, and vendor resources.
- Good understanding of data warehouses running in AIX/ DB2 environments with Cognos as the BI reporting tool.
- Understand Cloud based solutions and best practices
- Working knowledge of network components (switches, routers, port configurations).
- Responsible for the installation and maintenance of the operating system and application server configurations on the AIX and Linux servers, including virtualization management.
- Assists Database Administrators with AIX/Linux operating system configurations related to database subsystems.
- Utilizes strong troubleshooting capabilities to diagnose and resolve problems
- Monitors and manages storage, network, and security in the assigned environment in conjunction with vendor recommendations and customer requirements.
- Proactively monitors software maintenance levels compared to the vendor published software stack to ensure optimization and corrective fixes are applied.
- Operational support in the planning, design, replication, and synchronization of secure, high-availability systems and applications.
- Develops, updates, and maintains operations manuals, inventories, and written procedures relative to installing, maintaining, and using Operating Systems and subsystems software.
- Strong communication skills.