Team Member - UNIX Server Administration at United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Reporting Line: Team Lead - UNIX   Server Administration

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate activities to ensure that all Unix IBM Servers in Data Centre are up and running, backups taken and system is made available at all times.

UNIX Administration functions:

• Identify the relevant role players in accordance with business requirements and dependencies.
• Build a trust relationship with the Business Unit staff (executive to junior official)
• Obtain mutual agreement on the resolution of issues, meetings required and the delivery of inter-dependent outputs and results.
• Compile a database indicating the role players, expected outputs, contact details, type of agreements, skills inventory, succession planning.
• Manage relationships in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements within the allocated time frames
• Attend Human Resources strategic meetings to provide feedback from the business to be taken into consideration when strategies are developed.

Manage and Administer UNIX servers:

• Unix (AIX) System Administration of IBM Servers and Enterprise Storage Server.
• Design, install and configure the UNIX servers to the specific need and requirements of the applications.
• Periodically tune and optimize UNIX systems servers and related components to achieve high availability and performance of the various business applications supported.
• Disk space and File System Management on IBM Servers.
• Perform all periodic maintenance activities on IBM AIX servers, including system software configuration, user account maintenance, file systems and volume groups management, patches updates etc.

Manage and Administer Storages:

• Administering of Enterprise Storage Systems (DS)
• Administering Storage Area Networks (SAN) for IBM p-Series.
• Create LUNs from Storage
• Re-distribute storage utilisations on servers.

Work with OEM Engineer onsite:

• Work with Assigned customer engineer from OEM on Software and hardware calls
• Monitor the correct implementation and usage of the system to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Ensure that firmware on the both Operating System and Hardware are carry out to advert services breakdown
• Proactively alert the OEM for replacement whenever there are failed component on the infrastructure.

KPIs:

• Enterprise security of all IBM AIX platforms
• Availability of system resources on all managed IBM AIX servers.
• Maximum uptime for all IBM servers.
• A detailed documentation of IBM AIX administrator procedures.
• Timely completion of all assigned IBM AIX platform deliverables and projects.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Computer Science / Engineering
• AIX Advanced Certified Certifications, good Managerial and Project Management Skill.

Experience:

• 5+ years.