Responsibilities:

• Diagnose AIX and Linux platform issues in complex, business-critical environments.
  
• Manage and Troubleshoot TSM Server and Windows, Linux and AIX clients
  
• Maintain continuous availability of computer systems by installing preventative and corrective patches to operating systems and other middleware products.
  
• Perform AIX system tuning and capacity planning to meet defined availability & performance from computer systems software base and data center hardware.
  
• Perform Linux system tuning and capacity planning to meet defined availability & performance from computer systems software base and data center hardware.
  
• Leads simple to moderately complex technical projects according to internal project management procedures as well as participate in team projects that enhance the quality and efficiency of support.
  
• On-call and system support providing problem determination and resolution for mission critical systems.
  
• Prepare evaluations on benchmarks of products to provide recommendations to management

PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with IBM Pseries (P570, 595) hardware and mix of RS6000 models
  
• Experience in AIX 4.3.3, 5.2 and 5.3
  
• Experience with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V5
  
• Solid understanding of AIX security
  
• Good understanding of SAN technologies (SVC, DS8300, etc.)

SECONDARY REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with IBM VIO technologies
  
• Experience with Redhat Linux V3,4, and 5
  
• Working knowledge of GPFS and HACMP

All Qualifications:

• 5+ years hands-on practical experience with Unix operating systems (i.e. AIX and Linux) and LPAR technologies
  
• Experience with IBM pSeries hardware as well as a mixture of RS6000 models
  
• Experience in AIX 4.3.3, 5.2 and 5.3
  
• Experience in IBM VIO technologies
  
• Experience in RedHat Linux v3, v4 and v5
  
• Experience in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) v5
  
• Working knowledge of GPFS and HACMP
  
• Solid understanding of UNIX Security
  
• Good knowledge of SAN storage in AIX environment
  
• Strong leadership skills, time management, troubleshooting skills, and project management skills
  
• Experience maintaining a mission critical operation and able to adapt to fast-paced environment
  
• Excellent communication skills; ability to professionally represent area in meetings with other departments in the organization
  
• Demonstrated knowledge of high availability concepts
  
• Ability to understand, analyze, and resolve customer requirements and requests