Unix Engineer

About the Role

We are looking for a Specialist Unix Engineer with strong expertise in IBM AIX (Power) and Oracle Solaris (SPARC / x86) .

You will be part of an agile engineering team, owning platform automation and reliability, designing scalable solutions, and mentoring junior engineers.

You should be comfortable working end‑to‑end: from architecture and automation to operations, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement.

What you’ll do

• Own and operate Unix platforms (IBM AIX on Power & Oracle Solaris on SPARC/x86) for business‑critical applications.

• Design, build and maintain automation using Ansible Automation Platform and Infrastructure-as-Code / Everything-as-Code practices.

• Develop scalable, maintainable automation and tooling using Python, Perl, shell and jinja2 templates.

• Manage the full automation lifecycle : design, coding, testing, version control, and release management.

• Plan, deploy, patch and upgrade AIX and Solaris servers in production, ensuring stability and performance.

• Provide 2nd- and 3rd-level support for Unix platforms; perform health checks, troubleshoot incidents and drive root‑cause fixes.

• Administer OS‑side storage: SAN , volume management, RAID and multipathing; manage ZFS on Solaris.

• Handle identity & access management (LDAP, Kerberos, IAM) and security topics (SIEM, security patching, PAM), ensuring compliance with security standards.

• Design and implement high availability and disaster recovery :

• IBM PowerHA on AIX

• Oracle Solaris Cluster on Solaris

• Configure and manage:

• AIX : LPARs, Micro‑Partitioning, Virtual I/O Server (VIO) , Network Installation Management (NIM) , packaging and release.

• Solaris : Solaris 11 native Zones, Kernel Zones, Solaris 10 Branded Zones, Solaris IPS packaging and release.

• Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand requirements, provide technical consulting and ensure regulatory/audit needs are met.

• Support server migration, consolidation and modernization projects and keep system documentation up to date.

• Contribute to agile quality assurance and risk management within a cross‑functional, agile team.

• Share knowledge via demos and showcases, and mentor junior engineers .

What you’ll bring

Experience

• Minimum 5+ years as a Unix Engineer or similar role, with strong hands‑on experience in both AIX and Solaris .
• Proven responsibility for complex systems and processes in production environments.
• Experience working in agile teams and with end‑to‑end SDLC for infrastructure/automation.

Technical skills

Deep expertise in:

• IBM AIX / IBM Power : LPAR, Micro‑Partitioning, VIO, PowerHA , NIM , packaging & release management.
• Oracle Solaris : native/Kernel/Branded Zones, Solaris Cluster , ZFS , SAN storage and multipathing, Solaris IPS .

Strong automation & SRE mindset:

• Ansible Automation Platform
• Infrastructure-as-Code / Everything-as-Code (documentation, secrets management, version control).

Programming & scripting:

• Python , Perl , shell
• Advanced jinja2 templating.

Solid understanding of:

• Application infrastructure and operational architecture
• Service management and IT security (LDAP, Kerberos, IAM, PAM, SIEM, patching).

*Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.