Unix Systems Administrator

This position is a full-time position for a large, stable distribution company headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Responsibilities will include:

Supporting and maintaining of IBM P5-Series servers running AIX 5.3, several terabytes of EMC SAN disk and IBM DS4800, TSM, Legato backup, management and hierarchical storage management (HSM). Qualified candidates will be responsible for utilizing numerous Unix-based tools, scripting languages, and automated monitoring services to support and control a diverse computing environment.

• Must possess the ability to work with a diverse high-performance team and have strong skills levels.
• Exposure to most AIX 5L system administration tools, commands and utilities.
• Configuration experience is required in multiple logical subsystems utilizing IBM HMC, including LPAR configuration, NIM and CSM to install and manage the LPAR.
• Proficiency and knowledge in Advanced POWER Virtualization on
• IBM P5 System is needed, as are strong skills.
• Performance tuning, UNIX security fundamentals, and account administration.
• Must have good working knowledge of HACMP.
• The ability to provide direct support for storage administration of FAStT/DS4800 and SAN Fibre director is needed.
• LTOx library experience is required and will need the ability to write functional scripts in an administrative language (Shell, Perl).
• Project management skills and operational procedures are necessary.
• Must be well acquainted with IBM's pSeries product line.

A Bachelor's degree is preferred and 4+ years of IBM AIX /Unix/Linux system administration experience is required. Good knowledge in networks, routers, switches, SAN, NAS, and IBM Shark is highly desirable. Should be willing to support 24X7 production and development environment. Understanding of SOX- compliance and excellent written and verbal communication skills highly desired.