Sr Administrator (Support & Operations)

Job Summary

Owns vulnerability remediation across the AIX estate. Largely manual today; role includes feeding automation patterns into Phase 2.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute AIX patching cycles: SP, TL, interim fix application.
• Coordinate maintenance windows with application owners.
• Maintain runbooks for AIX patching and rollback.
• Liaise with IBM Support for advisory triage and complex cases.
• Document automation candidates for Phase 2.

Skill Requirements

• Deep AIX administration: smit, NIM, HACMP / PowerHA.
• Familiarity with AIX patch management (suma, nimadm, multibos).
• Understanding of LPAR and Power VM environments.

Other Requirements

• IBM Certified System Administrator — AIX.
• Scripting in Korn shell, Python.
• Exposure to PowerVC.