Senior IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries) Systems Engineer
delan-associates-inc · Phoenix, AZ, United States ·
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Category
- Software engineering
- Experience
- 5+ years
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.