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Akifullah Khan Mohammed
Senior IBM Power/AIX Consultant specializing in AIX, VIOS, PowerHA and hybrid cloud migrations
Glasshouse SystemsInternational Technological UniversityNashville, TN21 Years ExperienceSenior Level
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Senior consultant in professional/managed services specializing in AIX on IBM Power Systems (Power9/10/11), handling multi-client work spanning LPAR builds, hardware refreshes (e.g., P8 to P10), storage/SAN migrations, and cloud migrations. Demonstrates strong operational depth across VIOS/HMC/vHMC, NIM + SUMA patching workflows, and PowerHA clustering, with a track record of scripting/automation (Jenkins + shell) to proactively monitor and streamline migrations.
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Led high-severity AIX performance incident triage using UNIX performance tools; identified zombie/parent process resource issues and executed recovery via reboot
Built automated hourly health/threshold monitoring with shell + Jenkins email alerts across servers
IBM Power migration execution (P8 to P10) including firmware updates, VIOS setup, virtual networking, and LPAR cutover planning
Hands-on storage migration execution including WWN changes and SAN cutover coordination
Cloud/hybrid AIX migration delivery using mksysb-to-cloud deployment plus rsync final sync; also used GLVM async replication based on downtime constraints
Built and validated PowerHA 7.2 two-node active/passive cluster with manual and automatic failover testing (network disable, clRGmove/smitty)
Operated NIM at scale: OS/fileset deployment, backup/restore, and automated patch acquisition via SUMA/Fix Central
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Experience
Sr. Technical Consultant (Power/AIX/Cloud)Glasshouse Systems · Aug 2023 – Present
AIX/Linux Lead/IBM Power server ArchitectU.S. Department of Defense · Mar 2020 – Mar 2025contract
Lead AIX Systems EngineerBridgestone Americas · Sep 2015 – Jan 2020
Sr. AIX Systems EngineerUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center · Jun 2015 – Sep 2015freelance
Sr. AIX Systems EngineerAurora Health · Feb 2015 – Apr 2015contract
Sr. AIX Systems EngineerCity of Austin (Austin Energy) · Jun 2014 – Jan 2015contract
Lead UNIX EngineerRock-Tenn Company · Sep 2013 – May 2014contract
L-3 Lead UNIX EngineerBoston Scientific · Apr 2013 – Aug 2013contract
UNIX EngineerHSBC · Oct 2012 – Apr 2013contract
UNIX/AIX EngineerCleveland Clinic · Feb 2012 – Aug 2012contract
UNIX EngineerJP Morgan Chase · Nov 2010 – Jan 2012contract
UNIX/AIX AdministratorCardinal Health · Nov 2007 – Oct 2010contract
UNIX/AIX AdministratorZurich Financial Services · Aug 2005 – Oct 2007contract
UNIX/AIX AdministratorCHRYSLER · Jul 2004 – Jun 2005contract
System AdministratorWhirlpool · Apr 2003 – Jun 2004contract
Education
International Technological Universitymaster, Computer Software Engineering
Osmania Universitybachelor, Computer Science and Engineering
IBM Certified System AdministratorIBM Power Solutions Sales Foundation ProfessionalIBM Power Infrastructure as a Service Solutions Sales FoundationIBM Power Server Technical Advanced Level (L4)IBM Power Virtual Server Technical Sales AdvancedIBM Power ISV and Modern Solutions Technical/Sales IntermediateAdvance PowerHA SystemMirror
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