Senior IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries) Systems Engineer

Experience: 10+

Contract: Long Term

‼Only GC, USC‼

Key Responsibilities

• Install, configure, administer, and maintain IBM i (AS/400) systems.

• Perform IBM i operating system upgrades, PTF management, and system maintenance.

• Monitor and optimize system performance, storage utilization, and capacity.

• Configure and manage user profiles, security policies, and access controls.

• Support backup, recovery, business continuity, and disaster recovery initiatives.

• Manage job queues, subsystems, output queues, and workload performance.

• Troubleshoot operating system, hardware, and application-related issues.

• Support application development and deployment teams.

• Implement automation and operational best practices.

• Maintain technical documentation, standards, and procedures.

• Participate in production support and on-call rotations.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience supporting IBM i / AS/400 environments.

• Strong experience with:

o IBM i (i5/OS, OS/400)

o Power Systems

o CL Programming (CLP)

o Control Language Commands

o System Administration

• Experience with:

o PTF Management

o System Save/Restore Procedures

o Backup and Recovery

o BRMS (Backup, Recovery and Media Services)

o Job Scheduling

o Performance Monitoring

• Strong knowledge of:

o Libraries

o Objects

o Subsystems

o Job Queues

o Output Queues

o Security Administration

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with:

o IBM Power10, Power9, or Power8 systems

o PowerHA

o MIMIX

o Quick-EDD

o Robot Scheduler

o Robot Console

o IBM Navigator for i

• Experience administering:

o Db2 for i

o Integrated File System (IFS)

o TCP/IP Networking

o FTP/SFTP

o SSL/TLS Security

• Familiarity with virtualization technologies:

o PowerVM

o VIOS

o Logical Partitions (LPARs)

Performance & Infrastructure Experience

• System performance tuning

• Storage optimization

• Job scheduling and workload management

• Capacity planning

• High availability configuration

• Disaster recovery testing

• Security auditing and compliance

• Hardware and operating system upgrades

Preferred Software Experience

• IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, or later

• Db2 for i

• BRMS

• PowerHA

• MIMIX

• Robot Scheduler

• Robot Console

• IBM Navigator for i

• PowerVM

• VIOS

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Desired Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

• Excellent communication and documentation abilities.

• Ability to work independently and collaborate across infrastructure, application, database, network, and security teams.

• Experience supporting banking, manufacturing, insurance, retail, logistics, or healthcare organizations is highly desirable.