Sr. UNIX/AIX Administrator bei Softtek Government Solutions

UNIX/AIX Administrator (Remote)

Overview:

Softtek Government Solutions is in search of an AIX/UNIX Administrator who will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting AIX servers to ensure the reliability and performance of our computing environment. You will work closely with system engineers and IT support personnel to implement and optimize AIX solutions, ensuring our infrastructure supports the needs of the business effectively.

Responsibilities: 

• Configure, monitor and maintain AIX OS systems in a virtual environment 
• Plan, install, test, and implement upgrades and patches to AIX OS
• Provides tier 2 and 3 support for escalations from Help Desk 
• Knowledge and experience troubleshooting Linux and Unix based systems
• Participate in on-call rotations to provide 24x7x365 infrastructure operations support
• Support infrequent after hours and weekend escalations as needed (aside from on-call rotation) 
• Optimize system operations and resource utilization as well as perform system capacity analysis and planning 
• Utilize tools and processes, including but not limited to software distribution, backups, performance measurement, tuning, license and asset management to allow automated as well as remote systems management of the server environment.
• Provide support to resolve incidents, problems, or service requests that require subject matter expertise and cannot be resolved by the EOC. Task personnel shall provide final problem resolution.
• Work with EOC to implement automated preventative measures, proactive monitoring and system self-healing capabilities to limit outages/performance issues which impact service levels.
• Contribute to the Root Cause Analysis efforts when applicable. 

Requirements/Qualifications: 

• 10 years of experience and a B.S. or M.S. degree.  Bachelor of Science (BS) can be substituted with an additional 4 years of related experience.  Masters (MS) can be substituted with an additional 2 years of related experience.  
• US Citizenship
• Active DoD Top Secret and/or T5 background investigation
• 5+ years of experience providing operations and maintenance support, including experience identifying/resolving performance issues in a UNIX Environment (Linux, Ubuntu, and/or AIX)
• 5+ years of experience with Veritas Cluster Server (VCS), including configuration and failover testing
• 5+ years of experience with shell scripting
• 5+ years of experience supporting infrastructure design and configuration of products including determination of hardware, OS, and other platform specifications
• 4+ years of experience providing quality assurance review and the evaluation of new and existing software products. 

Preferred Requirements:  

• IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX
• Experience with IBM Tivoli Monitoring and/or NetCool Omnibus

 About Softtek Government Solutions:

Softtek Government Solutions is a professional services firm focused on addressing our nation’s most complex threats and challenges. As a small business we’re committed to supporting our clients’ missions with services delivered by our diverse and experienced staff. With expertise in cybersecurity, emergency preparedness, and public health, our experience base spans federal, state, and local governments, as well as private sector entities.

Softtek Government Solutions encourages collaborative communication and ongoing learning.  Some of our benefits include:

• Extensive training programs
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Education reimbursement
• Technology benefits
• Commuter benefits
• Generous paid time off and much more!

Softtek Government Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)