Location: Hartford, CT
Relocation: Required
Experience: 8–10+ years
Job Type: Contract
Job Summary
We are seeking a IBM i Application Support Specialist with strong experience in AS400/IBM i, DB2/400, and COBOL/400. The candidate will be responsible for application support, batch monitoring, troubleshooting, maintenance, enhancements, and coordination of operational activities.
The ideal candidate should have strong production-support experience and be comfortable working with clients and offshore teams while maintaining SLA and compliance requirements.
Primary Skills
- AS400 / IBM i,
- DB2/400,
- COBOL/400,
- AS400 Batch Monitoring,
- Production/Application Support,
- Application Maintenance & Enhancement
Secondary Skills
- AS400 Operations,
- COBOL/400 Troubleshooting,
- Batch Job Monitoring & Issue Resolution,
- Offshore Team Coordination,
- SLA Management & Adherence
- Work Tracking & Reporting
- Client Interaction
- Compliance Management
Key Responsibilities
- Monitor AS400 batch jobs and troubleshoot production issues.
- Perform application maintenance, fixes, and enhancements.
- Provide day-to-day production and application support for AS400 environments.
- Take ownership of assigned applications and ensure effective work tracking.
- Coordinate with offshore teams and manage assigned tasks and deliverables.
- Ensure SLA adherence and timely resolution of incidents and requests.
- Interact with clients and stakeholders to understand requirements and resolve issues.
- Track application support activities, incidents, tasks, and deliverables.
- Support compliance with established operational and service-management processes.
- Participate in troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution of recurring issues.
- Coordinate maintenance and enhancement activities across relevant teams.
Required Qualifications
- 8–10+ years of relevant IT experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with AS400 / IBM i.
- Strong knowledge of DB2/400.
- Strong experience with COBOL/400.
- Experience in AS400 batch monitoring and production support.
- Experience in application maintenance and enhancement.
- Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and client-interaction skills.
- Experience working with offshore teams and SLA-driven support environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in AS400 application operations.
- Experience managing offshore support activities.
- Familiarity with IT service-management processes.
- Experience with compliance, work tracking, and operational reporting.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs, as required by applicable law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process may request assistance.
Employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of job-related pre-employment screening, which may include background and reference checks and, where permitted by applicable law and applicable to the position, drug testing. All such screening will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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