IBMi Systems Administrator, AS400 Systems Engineer

No Consulting firms.

No sponsorship available.

Must live within a commutable distance of Long Island, NY to be considered.

POSITION: IBMi Systems Administrator, AS400 Systems Engineer

QUALIFICATIONS:

• BS Degree in Computer Science, or the equivalent in education and/or experience
• Minimum of 8 years experience supporting an Enterprise Data Center with distributed systems technology
• Strong knowledge of IBM Power server hardware and IBMi Operating Systems
• Familiar with PowerVM technologies, including HMC and PowerVC
• Knowledge of IT solutions to support high availability and fault tolerance designs
• Strong working knowledge of core networking TCP/IP, routing, firewalls, etc.
• Knowledge of Cloud concepts Private, Public and Hybrid
• Excellent communications, organizational, and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor, Manage and Support IBM Power systems running IBMi Operating System, formerly AS400
• Install/Configure IBMi Operating Systems along with 3^rd party software running on IBMi
• Configure networking and storage subsystems in support of connectivity and data requirements
• Review system requirements and configure appropriate resources within IBM PowerVM virtualized infrastructure
• Review critical system messages and log files, research and facilitate resolution
• Review system utilization and implement appropriate configuration changes to improve application and job performance
• Plan/Execute IBMi Operating system Upgrades along with applying PTF updates to address system issues and to align to security configuration requirements
• Review/Configure system backups to ensure data is available for recoverability
• Configure/Support monitoring solutions to support ongoing health and availability of IBMi partitions in a private cloud distributed infrastructure
• Follow Standard Operating Procedures to restart applications and servers
• Engage with cross functional teams to troubleshoot system issues impacting availability and/or performance
• Support ITIL processes for the Data Center, including Incident, Problem, Change and Service Request Management by opening up tickets, and tracking them through completion/closure
• Work with 3^rd party vendors to create technical support cases and provide necessary information to effectively troubleshoot so timely resolution can be implemented
• Leverage software utilities and work with networking teams to troubleshoot network communication issues involving applications and systems