SC Cleared AIX Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience supporting IBM AIX 5, 6 and 7 operating systems.
• Proven experience administering VIOS (Version 2 and 3) environments.
• Experience managing IBM HMC (Hardware Management Console) platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to develop, maintain, and support high-quality UNIX shell scripts.
• Experience supporting large-scale UNIX/Linux estates.
• Knowledge of system performance monitoring, tuning, and optimisation.
• Experience delivering infrastructure changes and supporting project implementations.
• Strong understanding of server administration, patching, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working within HMRC, Government, or other secure/public sector environments.
• Knowledge of IBM Power Systems infrastructure.
• Experience supporting migration, transformation, or modernisation programmes.
• Understanding of ITIL processes and service management best practices.
• Familiarity with automation tooling and infrastructure scripting.
• Exposure to hybrid infrastructure environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational support and maintenance for AIX server environments.
• Administer and support AIX 5, 6 and 7 operating systems across physical and virtual infrastructure.
• Support and manage Virtual I/O Server (VIOS) v2 and v3 environments.
• Administer and maintain IBM Hardware Management Console (HMC) platforms.
• Perform incident investigation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis for complex platform issues.
• Deliver change, upgrade, migration, and transformation activities across the estate.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance UNIX shell scripting solutions to support automation and operational efficiencies.
• Support infrastructure projects throughout the full delivery lifecycle.
• Collaborate with wider infrastructure, network, cloud, and service management teams.
• Participate in out-of-hours implementation work where required to support project delivery.
• Ensure all activities align with service management, security, and operational standards.

Technologies

• Cloud
• Hardware
• IBM
• Support
• ITIL
• Linux
• Network
• Security
• Unix
• DevOps

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We are seeking an experienced AIX Engineer to join a dedicated team responsible for delivering both Managed Services and project-based activities across our client account. This is a senior technical role supporting critical enterprise infrastructure environments and contributing to a significant programme of migration and transformation activity. The role is based in Telford with remote hybrid working, offered on a 6-month duration with possible extension, and a rate of up to £550 per day via an approved umbrella company. Our established AIX support team delivers operational support and project services across Live, Development and Test environments, with ongoing infrastructure modernisation and migration work in a complex enterprise setting.

last updated 38 week of 2026