Arab African International Bank (AAIB) has announced a vacancy for an AIX and WebSphere Senior Engineer to work in operating system, server and enterprise application administration. The role is responsible for managing and optimising IBM AIX and IBM WebSphere Application Server environments and ensuring their efficiency, security and availability, as well as resolving complex technical issues and supporting application deployments.

Duties and responsibilities

  • Oversee and maintain AIX servers and WebSphere environments to ensure high availability and optimal performance.

  • Prepare and analyse configuration and performance reports, and help tune AIX and WebSphere settings to use resources and applications more efficiently.

  • Install, update and configure AIX operating systems, and deploy and configure IBM WebSphere Application Server.

  • Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues involving AIX, WebSphere and the applications hosted on them.

  • Apply security updates, hardening measures and platform compliance standards.

  • Monitor system performance and plan capacity expansion to meet current and future needs.

  • Work with application developers, network engineers and IT teams to support deployment and integration.

  • Help develop and test backup, data recovery and high-availability strategies.

  • Produce detailed technical documentation covering system configurations, procedures and troubleshooting guides.

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology or a related field; specialised professional certifications are a plus.

  • 3 to 5 years of experience in systems administration.

  • Hands-on experience administering enterprise-scale AIX servers and IBM WebSphere Application Server deployments.

Technical skills

  • Experience in IBM AIX administration, including LPARs, VIO and HMC, patching and scripting.

  • Proficiency with IBM WebSphere Application Server, including installation, cluster configuration and performance tuning.

  • Strong knowledge of UNIX/Linux command-line tools and scripting in KornShell and Bash.

  • Familiarity with middleware components such as IBM HTTP Server, MQ and JDBC.

  • Experience with system monitoring tools such as Tivoli and Splunk, and backup solutions such as IBM TSM.

  • Understanding of TCP/IP and SSL networking protocols and security practices.

Soft skills

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

  • Effective communication with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred certifications

  • IBM Certified System Administrator (AIX).

  • IBM Certified WebSphere Administrator.

  • ITIL Foundation.

  • RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer).

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