Senior IBM Power/AIX Consultant specializing in AIX, VIOS, PowerHA and hybrid cloud migrations
Nashville, TNSr. Technical Consultant (Power/AIX/Cloud)21 years experienceSeniorConsultingManaged ServicesInformation Technology
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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.
Experience
Sr. Technical Consultant (Power/AIX/Cloud)Glasshouse Systems
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Education
International Technological Universitymaster, Computer Software Engineering
Osmania Universitybachelor, Computer Science and Engineering
Key Strengths
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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