Senior Platform Engineer (Ibm Aix)

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Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. Overview The AIX support team within the Compute and Storage Mainframe & HP Nonstop program is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to drive efficient support of the AIX operating system runing on IBM Power hardware by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset. Role In this technology focused system support role, you will: • Partner with other infrastructure and applciation teams to drive efficient operating system and platform support, solve problems, and deliver solutions to deliver the greatest system availability possible. • Develops, builds, and maintains Mastercard technologies and associated software and hardware soecifically for AIX and IBM Power hardware. • Resolves problems of diverse scopes as they arise, escalating complex issues where analysis of the situation requires in-depth evaluation and judgement • Performs implementations to optimize system/platform performance, efficiency, and capacity; may guide others on implementation and troubleshooting activities • Supports holistic compliance posture which includes identifying risks, escalating potential concerns, and implementing both risk mitigation plans and control functions • Drafts and reviews status reports and troubleshooting guides, carrying out project plans to ensure project milestones are met and progress is successfully communicated All About You • Command and fluency of the AIX unix operating system • Possess system analytics and trouble shooting skils • Ability to script and automate system tasks • Familiarity with other infrastructure technologies including but not limited to TCPIP networking, other Unix variants, storage administration, and backup/recovery • Successful candidate should be highly motivaed and ability to complete tasks with little supervision • Good communication and interpersonal skills are expected of this team oritented adminstrator Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must: • Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices; • Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed; • Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and • Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.