Ahmed Zermani

• Deployment and industrialization of system infrastructures in Linux and AIX environments.

• Provisioning and administration of Red Hat VMs from templates and ISO images with post-installation automation.

• Deployment and testing of Docker containers on Red Hat environments for development teams' needs.

• Administration of a Red Hat VM fleet on RHVM with identity and access management via IDM.

• Implementation of the IBM BigFix solution and ILMT for software license management and tracking.

• Maintenance and evolution of Power Systems infrastructures: P9 upgrade, microcode updates, VIO and AIX version updates.

• Red Hat migration (RHEL 6 to 7) and (RHEL 7 to 8) using the leapp tool.

• Migration from CentOS distribution to Red Hat using the Convert2RHEL tool.

• Participation in AIX partition migration from P8 to P10 (LPM and static migrations).

• Participation in the deployment of PowerSC in a client-server architecture and application of PCI-DSS security policies.

• System security hardening (Hardening) for Red Hat systems with OpenSCAP.

• Contribution to the writing of technical procedures and operational documentation.

• Automation of deployments and system operations via Shell scripting and Ansible.

• Participation in inter-site switchover operations with FlashCopy replication and synchronization.

• Development of Python scripts to automate re-instantiation and inter-site replication operations.

• Management of Red Hat VM inter-site switchovers with synchronization via Copy Services Manager (CSM).

• Administration of subscriptions and VM lifecycle via Red Hat Satellite - Foreman (product management, Content Views, and repositories).

Technical environment: AIX RedHat Satellite 6.7, Foreman 3.9, Pseries DS8882F DS8910F Storage Systems, Hitachi VSP E590, ansible, Docker, PowerSC, zabbix, Centrify and TSM, HMC and Infoblox

• Participation in the OSE project as part of a European directive, with migration of applications from AIX and Linux Red Hat servers to dedicated infrastructures.

• Automation of migration processes via scripts to industrialize deployments and ensure reliable operations.

• Implementation of system supervision and performance monitoring using Sysload and Nmon tools.

• Execution of a study and implementation of a software firewall on AIX and Linux to separate administration and production networks.

• Installation and system updates via NIM for AIX environments and VMware vRealize for Linux platforms.

• Level 3 system support for production and supervision teams for complex incident resolution.

• Installation and integration of application solutions (Pdflib, GTMonitor, GoAnywhere) and writing of associated technical documentation.

Technical environment: IBM Power Systems 8 and 9, AIX 7.1 and 7.2, LINUX REDHAT 7, AIX VIO, Vmware, VRealize, NIM, REDHAT Satellite 6.7, Nmon, Networker, CyberArk, vSphere, SYSLOAD, PDFLIB, GTMONITOR, GOANYWHERE, ANSIBLE, KORN SHELL, PERL, Python

Production: Architecture, qualification and validation of systems, maintenance and support, performance, automation, system security

• Administration and management of an AIX partition fleet and Red Hat Linux VMs in production, pre-production, and testing environments within the BPLS platform.

• Level 3 system support for application teams and supervision teams for complex incident management and environment optimization.

• Performing software updates and hardware renewals for servers to ensure infrastructure performance and availability.

• Optimization and automation of the creation process for new AIX and Linux system partitions to improve operational efficiency.

• Preparation and execution of failover tests as part of Business Continuity Plans (BCP) to ensure service continuity.

• Contribution to the migration project of AIX and IBM i partitions from Power Systems 7 to Power Systems 9.

• Collaboration with IBM in regular technical workshops to improve monitoring, maintenance, and operational best practices for the fleet.

• Monitoring and analysis of performance across all AIX and Red Hat Linux environments.

• Participation in the implementation of a configuration management and server automation solution via GitLab, Ansible, CFME, and Ansible Tower.

• Performing partition failovers via Live Partition Mobility (LPM) for maintenance operations or hardware changes.

Technical environment: IBM Power Systems 7 and 9, AIX 5, 6 and 7, LINUX REDHAT 5, 6 and 7, AIX VIO, Vmware, NIM, REDHAT Satellite 5.8 and 6.7 SDD PCMpath, AIXpcm, LPM, IBM SVC Storage Systems, MobaXterm, Nmon, TSM, eTrust, CyberArk, vSphere, ANSIBLE, CFME, GITLAB, AWX, KORN SHELL, PERL, Python