Power Systems Engineer
Job summary
A Senior IBM/AIX Power Systems Engineer is a high-level infrastructure role responsible for designing, building, and maintaining enterprise-grade IBM Power server environments. This expert manages mission-critical workloads, virtualization, and High Availability/Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) solutions.
Job descriptions & requirements
Responsibilities:
- Infrastructure Architecture: Design, implement, and manage complex IBM Power Systems stacks, including IBM PowerVM and Virtual I/O Server (VIOS).
- OS & Hardware Management: Administer operating systems like IBM AIX and manage hardware layers using Hardware Management Consoles (HMC).
- Storage &SAN Integration: Oversee storage arrays (e.g Support integration with Dell EMC
- PowerMax storage (IBM FlashSystem, IBM DS Series), ensuring seamless connectivity and optimal SAN performance.
- HA/DR Solutions: architect resilient environments using solutions like PowerHA or MIMIX to ensure maximum uptime for enterprise ERPs.
- Automation & Scripting: Reduce manual toil by developing infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automation scripts (e.g., Ansible).
- Mentorship: Serve as an escalation point for junior engineers, troubleshooting performance bottlenecks and complex outages.
Requirements:
- Technical Proficiency: Deep working knowledge of HMC, VIOS, and enterprise storage arrays.
- Frameworks: Familiarity with ITIL processes, incident/change management, and security compliance.
- Certifications: Strongly valued, including IBM Certified System Administrator (IBM AIX), IBM Power Systems, and IBM Storage Certifications
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5-10+ years of experience administering IBM AIX environments.
- Experience supporting mission-critical enterprise systems.
- Knowledge of Linux on IBM Power is an advantage.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms and automation tools is desirable.
- IBM Certified System Administrator – AIX.
- IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert – Power Systems.
- IBM PowerVM Certification.
- ITIL Foundation Certification.
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) (advantage).
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