Aix(Linux) System Engineer

Description

The candidate should have proven hands on experience in deploying IBM Power Systems IBM AIX OS & Linux (SUSE; RHEL etc.) operating systems to a variety of technology and business clients.
Must have a blend of technical knowledge, business knowledge (Pre-Sales) and effective communication skills for this role.
The role will be expected to work in a positive and collaborative fashion with fellow team members, senior engineering/architect staff, vendors, and customers
Technical Skills required (Must have):
8 years of hands-on working experience, should have done real time deployments, day to day operations ,Security ; OS Patch Updates and support of :- IBM Power Systems (Power 5/7/8/9 etc.)
IBM AIX Operating Systems (6.1/7.1/7.2/7.3 etc.)
IBM Power Linux; SUSE on IBM Power
Open Source Linux (SUSE ;RHEL etc.) Operating systems
Should have an expertise in :-
AIX OS Migration from AIX 5.3/6.1 to AIX 7.1/7.2 & IBM Power Systems technology refresh from POWER4/5/6 to POWER7/8/9 systems.
Migrate legacy HACMP and Power HA versions from 5.4/5.5/6.1 to Power HA 7.1/7.2.
Managing HMC (& managing via HMC-Command line), Virtual I/O servers (VIOS) and AIX LPARs in POWER8/9 systems.
Deploying & maintaining Power virtualization(VIOS) and VMware virtualization.
system Mirror and SUSE pacemaker cluster.
Technical Skills required (Optional, having them could be an added advantage):
3 Years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Windows Server operating system, Linux operating system & other hypervisors (Hyper-V , KVM , AHV etc. )
3 Years of good exposure and mixed working experience on Storage (IBM, Dell EMC, NetApp etc.), Compute (Lenovo/IBM /HP/Dell Servers etc.) and Backup domains (Veritas, Commvault , ArcServe, Veeam etc.)
Technical Certifications:
IBM Certified AIX System Administrator
IBM Power servers certified System Administrator
RHEL/SLES Linux Certified System administrator
IBM Storage Administrator
Note: Must & should have at least 2 (if not 4) of the above mentioned certifications:
Additional Skills:
Should be able to Architect and Design IBM Power environments depending on the ask & pain areas of the customers
Demonstrate technical leadership in understanding Datacenter practices and application workloads
Excellent customer service skills with strong focus on customer satisfaction
Must be able to accommodate a flexible work schedule that may include nights, weekends or holidays as required
Must be process and detail oriented with the ability to multitask Strong critical thinking and troubleshooting skills with the ability to determine problems and act without supervision
Must be self-motivated and eager to learn new technologies and skills to better assist customers.
should able to showcase or conduct Product POCs (Proof of Concept) to colleagues & customers
Should be able to collaborate extensively with peers in other infrastructure disciplines in developing designs, implementation plans and support strategies.
Must be good in documenting the system configuration & project deployments done.
This experience should include the planning, deployment, configuration and administration of heterogeneous virtual environment/s.
Should be comfortable and good at articulating technology to the customers.