Systems Engineer IV

Iseries Engineer

This position will serve as an engineer in IBM i infrastructure, database, operating systems, IBM SAN based technologies and apply knowledge to the enterprise. This role will collaborate with architects, developers, and engineers to develop overall solutions, including options analysis and trade-offs that properly balance both IT and business constraints. The Systems Engineer will serve as a thought leader to guide people, processes, and technology.

Daily Responsibilities:

• Represent broad expertise in domain team in technical design and estimating sessions with internal and external IT customers
• Provide support for and create logical and physical design
• Analyze and recommend changes to improve efficiency, lower costs, and enhance quality of business applications
• Establish design patterns used within domain
• Serve as thought leader and final decision maker able to drive team to conclusions regarding technical solutions
• Other duties as assigned

Candidate Profile:

Qualifications (years of experience in field)/ Resume “must haves”:

• 5+ years of senior level experience with IBM i, iSeries, or AS/400
• Experience working in healthcare, PBM, specialty pharmacy, or health care consulting in a related capacity.

Technologies:

• Strong knowledge of IBM i operating system, database (DB2) and related products
• Strong knowledge of multiple LPAR and servers maintenance and patch process
• Strong understanding of logical and disk based (IBM DS8) replication technologies
• Working knowledge of BRMS, PTFs, MIMIX, and other third party tools like PowerTech

Soft Skills Needed:

• Exceptional communication skills with ability to communicate complex information in an organized and concise manner
• Previous leadership responsibility or experience