AIX Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by DXP Talent Ltd
£550 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford (TF3)
Summary: The AIX Engineer role involves supporting, administering, and maintaining IBM Power Systems environments running AIX versions 5.3 to 7.1. The position requires extensive experience in both legacy and modern AIX environments, ensuring the operational integrity and security of critical infrastructure. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to deliver operational support and implement improvements. Security clearance is required for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Administer, support, and maintain AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 operating system environments.
- Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability to ensure service continuity.
- Perform operating system patching, maintenance, upgrades, and security remediation activities.
- Manage Logical Partitions (LPARs) and virtualised IBM Power environments.
- Administer and support Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) infrastructure.
- Configure and maintain storage connectivity, including SAN-attached systems and multipathing technologies.
- Perform system troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and incident resolution.
- Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
- Implement and maintain system hardening in accordance with security standards and compliance requirements.
- Participate in change management activities, including planning, testing, and implementation.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, support procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Work collaboratively with project teams to deliver infrastructure enhancements and platform upgrades.
- Provide support for business-critical applications hosted on AIX platforms.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience with AIX operating systems (versions 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1).
- Knowledge of IBM Power Systems and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS).
- Experience with Logical Partitions (LPARs) and storage connectivity (SAN).
- Strong troubleshooting and incident resolution skills.
- Familiarity with system hardening and security compliance.
- Ability to produce technical documentation and operational runbooks.
- Experience in change management processes.
- Security clearance.
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
AIX Engineer
12 month+ Contract
£400 to £500 a day
Inside IR35
Telford - Hybrid working
Security Clearance required
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced AIX Engineer to support, administer, and maintain critical IBM Power Systems environments running AIX versions 5.3 through to 7.1. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, security, and operational integrity of business-critical AIX infrastructure. The role requires extensive experience supporting both legacy and modern AIX environments, working within secure and highly regulated operational environments. The engineer will work closely with infrastructure, application, storage, networking, and security teams to deliver operational support, problem resolution, platform improvements, and lifecycle management activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Administer, support, and maintain AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1 operating system environments.
- Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability to ensure service continuity.
- Perform operating system patching, maintenance, upgrades, and security remediation activities.
- Manage Logical Partitions (LPARs) and virtualised IBM Power environments.
- Administer and support Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) infrastructure.
- Configure and maintain storage connectivity, including SAN-attached systems and multipathing technologies.
- Perform system troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and incident resolution.
- Support backup, recovery, and disaster recovery processes.
- Implement and maintain system hardening in accordance with security standards and compliance requirements.
- Participate in change management activities, including planning, testing, and implementation.
- Produce and maintain technical documentation, support procedures, and operational runbooks.
- Work collaboratively with project teams to deliver infrastructure enhancements and platform upgrades.
- Provide support for business-critical applications hosted on AIX platforms.
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