The Unit Manager is responsible for AIX system administration, project planning, maintenance, and troubleshooting to ensure system availability and performance.
Description and Requirements
Position Summary
This role needs a strong Senior AIX Administrator who can Identify and resolve system issues in a timely manner. Plan and coordinate the installation, testing, and maintenance of AIX systems software and related hardware. Plan and execute AIX projects within approved timelines. Analyse software and hardware environments to determine any system defects.
Provide server administration, application administration and automation solutions to support business objectives.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Education
Experience
Knowledge and skills (general and technical)
Other Requirements (licenses, certifications, specialized training - if required)
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Position Summary
This role needs a strong Senior AIX Administrator who can Identify and resolve system issues in a timely manner. Plan and coordinate the installation, testing, and maintenance of AIX systems software and related hardware. Plan and execute AIX projects within approved timelines. Analyse software and hardware environments to determine any system defects.
Provide server administration, application administration and automation solutions to support business objectives.
- Key Responsibilities :-
- Install and configure AIX operating systems and servers.
- L3 Level trouble shorting to identify, investigate and fix issues .
- Support AIX OS to run various software applications.
- Maintain and upgrade the AIX OS.
- Install and test AIX OS patches.
- Develop procedures for AIX security and management.
- Update standard policies according to environment changes and audit results.
- Develop performance improvement initiatives for AIX system environment.
- Identify and resolve system issues in a timely manner.
- Plan and coordinate the installation, testing, and maintenance of AIX systems software and related hardware.
- Plan and execute AIX projects within approved timelines.
- Analyze software and hardware environments to determine any system defects.
- Maintain documentation of AIX hardware and software components and user and operator procedures.
- Develop data backups and retrieval techniques in case of failure, redundancy, etc.
- Detect and troubleshoot system operational and functional issues.
- Perform performance maintenance routines to ensure continuous system availability.
- Develop and implement disaster recovery procedures to ensure business continuity.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Education
- BCA or MCA or Computers Engineering
Experience
- 6 to 7 years of total experience and experience as AIX Administrator
- Experience in a AIX & Unix / Linux environment and Solaris platform
- IBM I Series
- MS Office skills to be impressive
- Stakeholder Management
Knowledge and skills (general and technical)
- Excellent Communication skills
- Must process problem solving, planning, and analytical skills to drive continuous improvements
- Flexibility in working hours and handling escalation and pressure situations
- Excellent inter-personal skills with the ability to coordinate cross functionally
Other Requirements (licenses, certifications, specialized training - if required)
- Experience in scripting preferred
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2025 "World's Most Admired Companies" and Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™ for 2024, MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services.
At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
#BI-Hybrid
Top Skills
Aix
Ibm I Series
Linux
MS Office
Solaris
Unix
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