Unix Admin - AIX, Samba, SAN
Posted 2 weeks ago by Vallum Associates
Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Unix Admin role focuses on the administration of AIX systems, including managing a legacy application and ensuring the smooth operation of critical ERP software in the Waste Management industry. The position requires on-site presence three days a week and involves tasks such as documentation updates, system upgrades, and monitoring. The role also includes providing overnight support in case of failures and implementing best security practices. The successful candidate will work on a variety of tasks to maintain and improve the Unix estate over a 12-month period.
Key Responsibilities:
- Update documentation and review the disaster recovery plan.
- Fix user issues with AMCS Clear and conduct VIOS, HMC, and OS upgrades.
- Monitor Progress Openedge errors and replication status.
- Implement best security practices and manage backlog work on a time and materials basis.
- Administer scripts and perform general system tidy-up tasks.
- Upgrade Samba from SMBv1 and manage NIM server work.
- Set up and test disaster recovery processes.
- Manage new Progress Openedge backups to SAN and migrate physical volumes.
Key Skills:
- Experience with AIX and Unix administration.
- Knowledge of Samba and SAN technologies.
- Familiarity with Progress Open Edge database.
- Ability to conduct system upgrades and monitoring.
- Experience with disaster recovery planning and testing.
- Strong troubleshooting skills for user issues.
- Understanding of security best practices in Unix environments.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Unix admin (AIX, Samba, SAN) Location: London, UK (3 days/week Onsite) Duration: 12months+
Job Summary: We have 3 Power machines with 8 guests running AIX 7.2, and 2 HMCs spread across two datacenters, we do not use HACMP, We do have a NIM server. The core application running is a Progress Open Edge database running a legacy application CLEAR that is used by our Industrial and commercial division. Graphical printing is via StreamServe running on an Oracle database. The storage is NPIV SAN running on Dell Unity Opportunity We have a skills shortage in house and would like to explore acquiring a service that would enable us to conduct the day-to-day administration activities of our Unix estate and be on call to provide overnight support in the event of a failure. We operate an application called AMCS Clear, an ERP specifically designed for the Waste Management industry and a critical part of our operation. This is in the process of being replaced with it’s more modern equivalent in the next 18 – 24 months after which we intend to extract the data and decommission
Required
- Update our Documentation
- Review the DR plan and Test
- Fix any user issues or challenges with AMCS Clear functioning
- VIOS & HMC & OS upgrades
- Monitoring work to include Progess Openedge errors, replication status.
- Implement best security practises.
- We have backlog of work we may wish to include this is subject to review and expected to be on a T&M basis
- Admin script work , to work through the cron and /local/usr/ scripts.
- DR setup and testing
- Hardening r protocol removal
- General systems tidy up, e.g removal of old disks, users, printers.
- Samba upgrade from SMBv1.
- NIM server work
- New Progress Openedge backups to SAN, currently utilising JFS2 snaps and NetBackup and from this output produce a process for restoring to test systems
- Move to local SAN, add new fibre cards and migrate physical volumes
Priyanka Sharma Senior Delivery Consultant Office: 02033759240 Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com