Aix/Unix Systems administrator (Don Mills)

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My Client, a large Travel and Services firm in Don Mills , requires the services of a bright Unix/Aix systems administrator

• 8+ years of architecting, implementing and maintaining substantial UNIX systems based primarily on IBM p series hardware.
• 5+ years of HACMP experience
• 5+ years of implementing and maintaining substantial SAN\NAS system.
• 3+ years of backup system implementing and maintaining.
• 2+ years of Linux (Redhat) experience

Other System
• Oracle Database and Application Server
• Windows Operating System
• Working knowledge of HTTP, SNMP, SMTP, SSL.

Responsibility
• Work with team of UNIX System Administrators to provide continual system.
• Deliver a guaranteed level of application performance to your end users
• Monitor all Tropic servers and ERP server, on daily basis; includes performance metrics reporting to identify system bottlenecks
• Utilize and adhere to current best practices standards of administration
• Procure, install, test, and maintain required third-party software systems that enhance system solution.
• Maintain acceptable revision or version level of all system native
• Managing, troubleshooting and resolving UNIX and storage problems on all data centre sites.
• Analyze the business system and application for R&D requirements.
• Provide appropriate designs based on business line requirements.

• Create supporting design documentation.
• Provide detailed Visio drawings for the storage and UNIX system.
• Perform and document system availability calculations
• Provide system and storage remediation
• Create technology roadmaps for system UNIX and Storage.
• Develop and write recommendations for departmental policies, procedures, technical standards and guidelines.
• Develop and write global enterprise system and storage infrastructure documentation standards for all regions
• Look for opportunities to reduce costs.
• Setup and maintain disaster recovery as necessary
• Perform system and storage components backup
• Install and configure any system UNIX or storage equipment.
• Coordinates all storage cabling efforts (moves, adds and changes).
• Working to troubleshoots problems with data centre team.
• Be proactive to find problem in the system UNIX and storage system and solve them.

Educational Background
• Bachelor's of Science in computer technology.
• IBM certified System admin.

Communication Skills
• Must have good command of the verbal and written English language with the ability to write and speak clearly and concisely ensuring that all documents can be clearly understood within the team and by the user community worldwide.
• Ability to communicate and support your team members and all level of staff within the company
• Work closely with the other team members and other IT staff members, and ensure that your team is supportive and sympathetic to the users.
• Be polite and helpful to the users at all times. Answer the phone quickly and politely. Promote professional, helpful, friendly and supportive front end to the Group IT within the user community.


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