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.