Job Description

? We're Hiring: Senior / Lead AIX, Linux & Storage Administrator! ?
We are looking for an experienced and skilled Senior / Lead AIX, Linux & Storage Administrator to join our dynamic team in Dubai. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge of AIX, Linux systems, and storage management to ensure optimal performance and reliability of our IT infrastructure.
? Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
? Work Mode: Work From Office
? Role: Senior / Lead AIX, Linux & Storage Administrator
Experience - 8+ years
Salary - Best in the industry
What You'll Do:
AB 93 Trading
Architect, deploy, and manage large-scale IBM POWER SERVERS / AIX and Linux environments
Perform complex OS migrations, SP / TL upgrades,
VIOS upgrades, backups, and dual-VIOS redundancy.
Advanced performance tuning (CPU, memory, I/O, kernel parameters)
Deep expertise in LVM, filesystem tuning, multipathing (MPIO)
Implement OS hardening, RBAC, sudo policies, and system auditing.
Shared adapter configuration Vlan tagging
HMC Backup / LPAR configuration and profile backup restore
PowerVM Live Partition Mobility configuration and validation migration
Design and enforce enterprise OS standards, baselines, and hardening
Advanced administration of IBM PowerVM, HMC, VIOS, LPARs, Shared Storage Pools
Conduct regular AIX and Redhat Linux system updates, upgrade kernel and apply patches,
Monitor system performance, capacity, and availability
Design and manage LPAR capacity planning, CPU/memory allocation, and dynamic resource adjustments (DLPAR)
Troubleshoot OS-level issues and perform root cause analysis
Automate routine tasks using shell scripting (ksh, bash, Python)
Manage enterprise storage systems (IBM, NetApp, EMC)
Provision, allocate, and decommission storage (SAN, NAS)
Configure and maintain SAN zoning and LUN masking
Manage storage replication, snapshots, and backups
Perform storage capacity planning and performance tuning
Support storage for databases, applications, and virtualization platforms
Configure and maintain HA solutions (PowerHA,GPFS)
Configure and maintain disaster recovery solutions using replication technologies
Support backup and recovery OS level (mksysb, Altclone ,NIM)
Redhat linux and Ubuntu version and kernal upgrade
Diagnose and resolve complex OS and kernel-level issues
Manage and configuration of Spectrum control
What We're Looking For:
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IBM Flash storage firmware / drive code upgrade
Brocade SAN Zoning / config backup and firmware upgrade
Hands-on experience with storage vendors such as Dell EMC, NetApp, HPE, IBM,
Understanding of RAID, snapshots, replication, and tiered storage
Install, configure LPAR2RRD, STOR2RRD monitoring clients
Strong understanding of VMware architecture, ESXi hosts
Install and manage IBM Flex Chassis / firmware and patches upgrade Certifications:
AB 93 Trading AIX Certified System administrator / Redhat Certified System administrator /IBM Flash Storage System Certified / Brocade SAN certified
Ready to take your career to the next level? ? Apply now and join us on this exciting journey!

Skills Required