Paul Da Silva

Paul Da Silva

Techincian and SCO Unix

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    System Engineer

  • Education

    • Johannesburg Technical College

      1985 - 1987
      NTC6 Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician

      Digital electronics and IT

    • University of Johannesburg

      1985 - 1988
      Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technology NTC6
  • Experience

    • Olivetti, IBM Global Process Services, Faritec

      Jan 1990 - Jun 1996
      Techincian and SCO Unix
    • EOH

      Jan 2008 - Jul 2017

      Position: Senior Unix/AIX Systems EngineerPeriod: April 2008 to PresentKey areas of Performance:• Supporting ABSA Bank, Unix Environment (Unix Server Administration Support)• AIX migrations / Upgrades• HMC and System Microcode upgrades• VIO Installations and configurations• Oracle RAC Fail over• Shell Scripting.• System P Implementations• Investigate and Report on Alternative/Future technologies• Incident Management• Problem Management• Change Management• Planning new system environment• Disaster recovery• Installing IBM P Series severs• Knowledge TransferRecent Projects:Disaster Recovery Upgrade and migrate AIX 5.3 to AIX 6.1 and AIX 7.1Plan, Implement install new LPARS via HMC/VIO for Oracle, DB2 and Websphere creating LPARS for , UAT and Production Environments.Installing patches on Unix Environment.Creating LUN’s for Lpars using Oracle / ASM for clustering purposes.Upgrading HMC’s to ver. 7.5 and installing latest Microcode on P770 and P8 Show less

      • AIX Administrator

        Jan 2008 - Jul 2017
      • AIX Consultant

        Jan 2008 - Jul 2017
    • IT Contractor

      Apr 2022 - May 2022
      System Administrator
    • Nedbank

      Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
      System engineer III
    • Spectrum Consulting

      Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
      • Systens Engineer

        Mar 2023 - Jul 2024
      • Systems Unix Engineer

        Mar 2023 - Sept 2023
    • SASIT

      Jul 2024 - now
      System Engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • AIX Certicication

    • IBM Power ISV and Modernization Solutions Technical Sales Intermediate

      IBM
      Jan 2025
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    • IBM Power Infrastructure as a Service Solutions Technical Sales Intermediate

      IBM
      Dec 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • IBM Power Solutions Intermediate

      IBM
      Jan 2025
      View certificate certificate
    • IBM FlashSystem Technical Sales Intermediate

      IBM
      Sept 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • IBM TS7700 Family Virtual Tape Library Technical Sales Intermediate

      IBM
      Dec 2024
      View certificate certificate