The Senior Level AIX Systems Programmer will provide technical support in the identification, recommendation, implementation, and management of AIX / Unix systems hardware and software. The AIX Systems Programmer will support all aspects of the IBM p-series platform hosting domestic and international Financials and domestic Payroll and HR functions. This individual will work across the organization to help develop and implement a strategy for the team, and will support platforms that are critical to the organization. This is a direct hire position and can be located in either Louisville, KY or Plano, TX.
Responsibilities Include:
Planning, installing, and supporting AIX operating system software, administration and related program product components for production and disaster recovery environments. This also includes the development of standards, procedures and configuration management.
Maintain continuous availability of computer systems by installing preventative and corrective maintenance to operating systems and other middleware program products of AIX 5.3 – AIX 7.1 (including knowledge of VIO, HMC, and micro-partitioning configurations).
On-call and 3rd level system support providing problem determination and resolution for installed systems software base and data center p-series.
Meet defined availability and performance SLA’s from computer systems software base and data center hardware.
Maintain knowledge of vendor’s current hardware and software products and industry trends /insights.
Prepare evaluations on benchmarks of products to provide recommendations to management, ability to provide remote system support and establish remote working relationships.
Support Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery preparedness and testing.
Communicate effectively with internal and external teams as needed to ensure architecture, performance; capacity and capabilities are in place.
Requirements:
Bachelor of Science in technology related field
Requires 8 -10 years’ data processing experience
4 years of experience directly related to Unix systems administration in medium to large scale data processing installations
Requires comprehension of associated middleware program products, and the methodologies for installing, maintaining and supporting these systems
To apply for this job email your details to travis.arkon@newat.com
