We are seeking an experienced hands-on AIX System Administrator. This is a technical hands-on position for an experienced self-motivated administrator who will be an integral part of a Unix services team. The team is responsible for supporting critical business systems like SAP. This position requires hands on experience designing, configuring, and supporting complex AIX systems. This hands-on position will work in conjunction with SAP Basis administration team as we continue to roll out SAP across the enterprise.

This new position is a permanent, full time opportunity located in Midtown Cleveland, OH.  The position offers a competitive salary, subsidized benefits including health care, vision, and dental, on-site fitness center and cafeteria, free parking, and career development opportunities. 

Job responsibilities include:

• Design, configure, and support complex AIX systems including high-availability and disaster recovery
• Perform routine maintenance patch installation
• Perform systems management functions and monitoring, performance analysis, workload balancing, and tuning
• Perform system troubleshooting, analysis, and problem resolution
• Create and monitor procedures for system backup, restore, and recovery
• Fully document all procedures and policies associated with AIX Administration
• Participate and support disaster recovery initiatives and change management standards and procedures
• Interact in a cross-team capacity to meet operational and needs
• Mentor other project team members in areas of expertise

Requirements:

• 5+ years proven AIX technical experience, preferably version 6.0+
• 5+ technical hands-on expertise in managing and supporting the Power platform(P7 preferred)
• 3-5 years Hands-on experience with LPAR virtualization, NIM, VIO, and MKSYSB
• Experience designing and managing AIX in a load-balancing, high-availability configuration.
• Ability to periodically work under a high-stress environment and perform isolation and determination work under extreme time constraints in emergency conditions
• Proven analytical, problem solving, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to operate independently and as part of a team, establishing & maintaining effective working relationships
• Bachelor Degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Proof of authorization to work in the United States
• Lives in Northern Ohio (relocation assistance is not available)

Preferred:

• Experience working with SAP BASIS administrators to optimize SAP & DB2 application performance and reliability preferred
• Power7
• Experience running an AIX system for SAP systems
• Configuring and provisioning SAN storage: IBM XIV storage systems
• TSM experience
• Virtualized networks experience, VLAN tagging and Cisco
• Experience managing a large, complex multiple data center environment