Title: HPE Non-Stop Systems Administrator – Real-Time Dispatching Infrastructure
Location Philadelphia, PA
Job Description
The Senior HPE NonStop Systems Administrator plays a mission-critical role in supporting and maintaining high-availability HPE NonStop (Tandem) platforms that underpin Amtrak’s real-time train dispatching systems. Based in Philadelphia, this position ensures 24/7 system uptime, performance optimization, and operational continuity for essential transportation infrastructure. The administrator will lead efforts in system monitoring, patching, disaster recovery, performance tuning, and security compliance while collaborating closely with developers, infrastructure teams, and operations staff to support seamless dispatching operations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain HPE NonStop systems in production and development environments
- Monitor system performance, availability, and health to ensure 24/7 operational readiness
- Perform system startups, shutdowns, cold loads, and recovery procedures
- Configure and enforce security policies and audit settings
- Manage user access and respond to unauthorized access incidents
- Conduct system performance tuning using diagnostic tools such as MEASURE
- Plan for capacity and optimize system resources proactively
- Implement and test backup and disaster recovery strategies
- Apply OS patches, firmware updates, and security hardening
- Support high-availability configurations and fault-tolerant systems
- Coordinate with development and operations teams for code releases and system changes
- Troubleshoot Severity 1 and 2 incidents and perform root cause analysis
- Maintain accurate documentation, runbooks, and configuration records
- Participate in on-call support and off-hours maintenance rotations
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 7+ years of hands-on experience administering HPE NonStop (Tandem) systems
- Expertise in Guardian and OSS operating environments, including tools like FUP, SCF, and TACL
- Proficient in writing and using TACL scripts for automation
- Experience with Pathway server configuration, Enscribe file structures, and NetBatch
- Strong understanding of EMS configuration and monitoring for system alerts
- Familiarity with networking concepts including Cluster I/O Modules (CLIM) and IP setup
- Experience in environments governed by strict SLAs and operational uptime requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
- HPE NonStop technical certification
- 10+ years of HPE NonStop systems administration experience
- Experience supporting mission-critical transportation or logistics platforms
- Working knowledge of NonStop SQL/MP and SQL/MX
- Exposure to integration technologies like REST APIs, iTPWebServer, and NSHTTP
Thanks & Regards,
Gufran Ahmad
MARVEL InfoTech, Inc.
Email: gufran@marvelinfotech.com
MBE – NMSDC – NYNJ
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