IBM i Systems Engineer

Title: IBM i Systems Engineer

Location: Hybrid 2 days onsite and 3 days a week Remote.

Pittsburgh, PA
Cleveland, OH 1
Phoenix, AZ
(Fully Remote is an Option)

Remote details and time zone(s): ability to work Eastern or Central time-zone.

Duration: 6 Months (CTH Possibility)

Primary Requirements:

- We are seeking an experienced IBM i / iSeries / AS/400 engineer
- Must have thorough knowledge of IBM i 7R3 and 7R5
- Must have experience upgrading-in-place LPARs from 7R3 to 7R5
- Must be experienced in downloading and applying IBM i PTFs (patches)
- Must be experienced in downloading and applying IBM Power firmware (Power 10 experience preferred)
- Must be experienced in patching and upgrading IBM HMCs
- Must be experienced in BRMS (backups) scheduling, vaulting, and troubleshooting failed backups
- Experienced in a Virtual Tape Library solution (DSI preferred)
- Ability to restore completely an IBM i system from backups using BRMS
- Experienced in managing IBM DS9500 SAN storage
- Experience in installation and maintenance of ancillary 3rd party software such as messaging, scheduling, security, and replication software (QEDD)
- Support of application developers and troubleshooting of system issues as required
- Must be experienced programming in CL and/or RPG and/or SQL
- Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP protocol and ports
- Experience making applications communicate in a heavily firewalled environment
- Creation, maintenance and reporting on user profiles; system security
- Experience with exit point security management software such as Assure Security System Access Manager. Familiarity with securing network protocols, SQL statements, sockets, jobs, etc.
- Must be willing to work occasional off hours and weekends when required to support business needs
- Must be willing to participate in a rotating 24x7 on call rotation
- Must be knowledgeable and motivated to hit the ground running

Describe the required must have technical skills, tools, or experience:
MUST HAVE experience upgrading-in-place LPARs from 7R3 to 7R5
MUST HAVE experience in programming in CL and/or RPG and/or SQL
Demonstrated experience in installation and maintenance of ancillary 3rd party software such as messaging, scheduling, security, and replication software (QEDD)
Experienced in a Virtual Tape Library solution (DSI is the preferred)
Ability to restore completely an IBM i system from backups using BRMS

Candidate Technical and skills profile:
Describe the role and the key responsibilities in order of which they will be doing daily:
1. Attend meetings
2. See below

Expected Deliverables:
- Produce a written guides detailing the steps to:
o download and perform IBM i system upgrades (7R3 to 7R5)
o perform complete system restores (bare metal recovery) from BRMS backups
o download and apply IBM i operating system PTFs (patches)
o download and apply HMC major upgrades
o download and apply HMC minor updates
o download and apply IBM System firmware
- Must be able to produce written guides detailing:
o Human and non-human (service) profile creation and maintenance, including the rules governing passwords, security, etc.
- Conduct a review of the major in-house programs running at client, and produce run books for the following:
o A run book of the programs used for nightly, weekly, monthly and yearly backups
o Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Failover Procedures
o Other in-house programs
- Produce a run book for maintenance of the Trust Accounting (TRC) application
- Other run books as required
- Program reports detailing human and non-human user profiles who can access each system
o Produce run books detailing the maintenance of the reports

Thanks & regards,