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Job Title: Unix Administrator

Location: Maidenhead, London

Type of employment: 12 months Contract

Responsibilities:

We have 3 Power machines with 8 guests running AIX 7.2, and 2 HMCs spread across two datacentres, we do not use HACMP, We do have a NIM server.

The core application running is a Progress OpenEdge database running a Legacy application CLEAR that is used by our Industrial and commercial division.

Graphical printing is via Streamserve running on an Oracle database.

The storage is NPIV SAN running on Dell Unity

Opportunity

We have a skills shortage in house and would like to explore acquiring a service that would enable us to conduct the day-to-day administration activities of our Unix estate and be on call to provide overnight support in the event of a failure.

We operate an application called AMCS Clear, an ERP specifically designed for the Waste Management industry and a critical part of our operation. This is in the process of being replaced with it's more modern equivalent in the next 18 - 24 months after which we intend to extract the data and decommission

In the meantime we are looking to:

• Update our Documentation
• Review the DR plan and Test
• Fix any user issues or challenges with AMCS Clear functioning
• VIOS & HMC & OS upgrades
• Monitoring work to include Progess Openedge errors, replication status.
• Implement best security practises.

We have backlog of work we may wish to include this is subject to review and expected to be on a T&M basis

• Admin script work, to work through the cron and/local/usr/scripts.
• DR setup and testing
• Hardening r protocol removal
• General systems tidy up, eg removal of old disks, users, printers.
• Samba upgrade from SMBv1.
• NIM server work
• New Progress Openedge backups to SAN, currently utilising JFS2 snaps and NetBackup and from this output produce a process for restoring to test systems
• Move to local SAN, add new fibre cards and migrate physical volumes

If you're excited about the role we want to hear from you!

Please apply with a copy of your CV or send it to Prasanna and let's start the conversation!

Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.