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AIX System Administrator

SOFT Inc.
Richmond, VA Remote Contractor
POSTED ON 10/16/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/15/2026

SOFT's client located in Remotely ( TX, VA, NJ ) is looking for a AIX System Administrator for a long term contract assignment.

Qualifications:
AIX System Administrator Position

8 years professional experience in the area of Unix Operating system technologies
Experience with operating system and clustering component configuration
Strong experience with automation and orchestration tools, including Ansible, Python, Aria, UNIX scripting, etc., and previous work with Agile methodologies
Must be able to work both collaboratively and independently and take initiative to identify, track, and resolve issues
Expert knowledge of AIX LVM, LPAR profile creation, configuration, PowerVM administration, AIX OS installation (via NIM) and configuration, OS user, group creation, administration, HMC administration.
Strong comfort level with NIM administration and automation, Power Systems firmware upgrades, SSH/SFTP client/server administration.
Solid foundation with network concepts and AIX, VIOS network administration (Ethernet, VLANs, TCP/IP, 802.1q, vSwitches, SEAs), NFS client/server administration, SUDO configuration, LDAP client administration.
In addition to experience working with Unix technologies, the following skills will be required.
o Networking and storage technologies used by the FRS
o Agile practices, including Scrum and Kanban practices
Familiarity with AIX performance monitoring, tuning, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities:
Regular System Administrator activities
Automate software lifecycle management for Operating system components, support software, and configuration management
Experience in identifying toil in Operating Systems
Applies analytics on past data like incidents and patterns for predicting issues and takes proactive actions

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***INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS ONLY! NO THIRD PARTIES/NO SUB CONTRACTORS***

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