Team Member, Unix Server Storage Administration at United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Job Objective

• Co-ordinate activities to ensure that all Unix IBM Servers and storage systems in Data Centre are up and running.

Roles & Responsibilities
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 components on the infrastructure.

Candidate's Profile

• Our Ideal candidate should have experience working with Unix IBM Servers, manage Unix servers, backup and storage administration.
• Candidate should possess a B.Sc in Computer related field and up to 5 years related work experience.
• AIX Advanced Certified Certifications will serve as an added advantage.

Knowledge Required:

• Unix AIX 
• AIX Backup 
• DS8000 Storage Administration 
• IBM TSM v5.3 Administration 
• IBM Productivity / Monitoring.

Skills Required:

• IBM SAN Administration 
• IBM p-series hardware 
• Working without supervision 
• Ability to multitask  
• Ability to execute task before deadline