This role provides both technical and people leadership for a team of senior IBM i platform engineers, with accountability for the reliability, availability, performance, and security of highly ...
This role provides both technical and people leadership for a team of senior IBM i platform engineers, with accountability for the reliability, availability, performance, and security of highly ...
This role provides both technical and people leadership for a team of senior IBM i platform engineers, with accountability for the reliability, availability, performance, and security of highly ...
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This role provides both technical and people leadership for a team of senior IBM i platform engineers, with accountability for the reliability, availability, performance, and security of highly ...
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Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst (Extol) - Remote - FS451
Franklin, MA · Remote
$45 - $61/hr
For over a decade, Fresche Solutions has been the partner organizations trust for IBM i ... As a Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst, you will lead the analysis, design, development, and support of ...
Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst (Extol) - Remote - FS451
Franklin, MA · Remote
$45 - $61/hr
For over a decade, Fresche Solutions has been the partner organizations trust for IBM i ... As a Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst, you will lead the analysis, design, development, and support of ...
You will primarily work with RPG, RPGLE, CL, IBM i SQL, and Synon2/E (COOL 2/E) across multiple ... Collaborate with business users, developers, analysts, and support teams across multiple ...
You will primarily work with RPG, RPGLE, CL, IBM i SQL, and Synon2/E (COOL 2/E) across multiple ... Collaborate with business users, developers, analysts, and support teams across multiple ...
You will primarily work with RPG, RPGLE, CL, IBM i SQL, and Synon2/E (COOL 2/E) across multiple ... Collaborate with business users, developers, analysts, and support teams across multiple ...
You will primarily work with RPG, RPGLE, CL, IBM i SQL, and Synon2/E (COOL 2/E) across multiple ... Collaborate with business users, developers, analysts, and support teams across multiple ...
Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst - Remote - FS447
Franklin, MA · Remote
$45 - $61/hr
Modern DevOps: Familiarity with Git or SVN in an IBM i environment. * Analysis: Experience with Impact Analysis tools. * Integrations: Experience with integration solutions using APIs, JSON, XML and ...
Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst - Remote - FS447
Franklin, MA · Remote
$45 - $61/hr
Modern DevOps: Familiarity with Git or SVN in an IBM i environment. * Analysis: Experience with Impact Analysis tools. * Integrations: Experience with integration solutions using APIs, JSON, XML and ...
Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst - Remote - FS447
Franklin, MA · On-site +1
$45 - $61/hr
Modern DevOps: Familiarity with Git or SVN in an IBM i environment. * Analysis: Experience with Impact Analysis tools. * Integrations: Experience with integration solutions using APIs, JSON, XML and ...
Senior RPG Programmer/Analyst - Remote - FS447
Franklin, MA · On-site +1
$45 - $61/hr
Modern DevOps: Familiarity with Git or SVN in an IBM i environment. * Analysis: Experience with Impact Analysis tools. * Integrations: Experience with integration solutions using APIs, JSON, XML and ...
IBM z/OS systems programming and patching (SMP/E, PTF management) * IBM Db2 for z/OS and IBM MQ Server administration * IBM i (AS/400) 7.4/7.5 administration and patching * CICS and IMS transaction ...
IBM z/OS systems programming and patching (SMP/E, PTF management) * IBM Db2 for z/OS and IBM MQ Server administration * IBM i (AS/400) 7.4/7.5 administration and patching * CICS and IMS transaction ...
EDI Manager
Worcester, MA · On-site
$110K - $125K/yr
Manage, mentor, and develop EDI analysts, developers, or support staff, as applicable.Work with ... Experience with IBM i / AS400 environments, managed EDI services, middleware platforms, or ...
EDI Manager
Worcester, MA · On-site
$110K - $125K/yr
Manage, mentor, and develop EDI analysts, developers, or support staff, as applicable.Work with ... Experience with IBM i / AS400 environments, managed EDI services, middleware platforms, or ...
Senior Sales Engineer - Mainframe Security
Waltham, MA · On-site
$105K - $141K/yr
The Senior Sales Engineering role will support Account Executives in new and existing partner ... Mainframe security experience with AS/400 / IBM i and z/OS technical experience. * Mainframe ...
Senior Sales Engineer - Mainframe Security
Waltham, MA · On-site
$105K - $141K/yr
The Senior Sales Engineering role will support Account Executives in new and existing partner ... Mainframe security experience with AS/400 / IBM i and z/OS technical experience. * Mainframe ...
EDI Manager
Worcester, MA · On-site
Manage, mentor, and develop EDI analysts, developers, or support staff, as applicable. * Work with ... Experience with IBM i / AS400 environments, managed EDI services, middleware platforms, or ...
EDI Manager
Worcester, MA · On-site
Manage, mentor, and develop EDI analysts, developers, or support staff, as applicable. * Work with ... Experience with IBM i / AS400 environments, managed EDI services, middleware platforms, or ...
Java Developer
$55.50 - $71.75/hr
... â i.e. more broadly then in a pure development role. Required: * Java â must have strong ... Prior experience with IBM WebSphere products (WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal ...
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Java Developer
$55.50 - $71.75/hr
... â i.e. more broadly then in a pure development role. Required: * Java â must have strong ... Prior experience with IBM WebSphere products (WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal ...
Senior Mainframe Engineer (REMOTE)
Worcester, MA · On-site +1
Proven experience supporting IBM Mainframe hardware platforms, including z15 and z16 systems ... Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (i.e Lawful ...
Senior Mainframe Engineer (REMOTE)
Worcester, MA · On-site +1
Proven experience supporting IBM Mainframe hardware platforms, including z15 and z16 systems ... Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (i.e Lawful ...
Senior Mainframe Engineer (REMOTE)
Worcester, MA · On-site +1
Proven experience supporting IBM Mainframe hardware platforms, including z15 and z16 systems ... Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (i.e Lawful ...
Senior Mainframe Engineer (REMOTE)
Worcester, MA · On-site +1
Proven experience supporting IBM Mainframe hardware platforms, including z15 and z16 systems ... Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (i.e Lawful ...
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Z/OS
Boston, MA · Hybrid
SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Z/OS SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER ~~ Z/OS ~ ~ MAIFRAME ~~ INTERNALS ~~ PRODUCT ... IBM) * USER EXITS (REXX, COBOL, BAL/ASSEMBLER) * I/O CONFIGURATION EXPERTISE * Z/OS MAINFRAME ...
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SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Z/OS
Boston, MA · Hybrid
SENIOR SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER Z/OS SYSTEMS PROGRAMMER ~~ Z/OS ~ ~ MAIFRAME ~~ INTERNALS ~~ PRODUCT ... IBM) * USER EXITS (REXX, COBOL, BAL/ASSEMBLER) * I/O CONFIGURATION EXPERTISE * Z/OS MAINFRAME ...
Linux Engineer
Boston, MA · On-site
Position : Linux engineers Location : Boston, MA Duration : 6 Months Plus Top Three skills: 1) ... IBM clustering, General Parallel File System, Virtual I/O servers, NIM server, Hardware Management ...
Linux Engineer
Boston, MA · On-site
Position : Linux engineers Location : Boston, MA Duration : 6 Months Plus Top Three skills: 1) ... IBM clustering, General Parallel File System, Virtual I/O servers, NIM server, Hardware Management ...
Senior Software Engineer - IMS TM/DB Application Programmer
Waltham, MA · On-site
$120K - $162K/yr
We are seeking an accomplished Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in IBM IMS™ ... DL/I call flows, PCB handling, segment structure, and hierarchical locking * IMS batch processing ...
Senior Software Engineer - IMS TM/DB Application Programmer
Waltham, MA · On-site
$120K - $162K/yr
We are seeking an accomplished Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in IBM IMS™ ... DL/I call flows, PCB handling, segment structure, and hierarchical locking * IMS batch processing ...
Senior Mainframe Engineer (REMOTE)
Worcester, MA · On-site +1
$101K - $130K/yr
Proven experience supporting IBM Mainframe hardware platforms, including z15 and z16 systems ... Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (i.e Lawful ...
Senior Mainframe Engineer (REMOTE)
Worcester, MA · On-site +1
$101K - $130K/yr
Proven experience supporting IBM Mainframe hardware platforms, including z15 and z16 systems ... Must be eligible to work in the US without requiring sponsorship now or in the future (i.e Lawful ...
Senior Systems Integration and Test Engineer
$134K - $184K/yr
The I&T Engineer should have experience performing subsystem and system level integration and test ... Familiarity with MBSE tools such as Cameo (MagicDraw), Sparx Enterprise Architect, IBM Rational ...
Senior Systems Integration and Test Engineer
$134K - $184K/yr
The I&T Engineer should have experience performing subsystem and system level integration and test ... Familiarity with MBSE tools such as Cameo (MagicDraw), Sparx Enterprise Architect, IBM Rational ...
Lead Systems Integration and Test Engineer
$173K - $238K/yr
The I&T Engineer should have experience performing subsystem and system level integration and test ... Familiarity with MBSE tools such as Cameo (MagicDraw), Sparx Enterprise Architect, IBM Rational ...
Lead Systems Integration and Test Engineer
$173K - $238K/yr
The I&T Engineer should have experience performing subsystem and system level integration and test ... Familiarity with MBSE tools such as Cameo (MagicDraw), Sparx Enterprise Architect, IBM Rational ...
Ibm I Developer information
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| Aspect | Ibm I Developer | Ibm i Programmer |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Role | Designs, develops, and maintains applications using IBM i (AS/400) technologies | Writes and tests code to implement business logic on IBM i systems |
| Skills & Certifications | RPG, CL, DB2, IBM i certifications | RPG, CL, DB2, IBM i certifications |
| Work Environment | Typically in enterprise IT departments, focusing on application development | Similar environment, often within same organizations or industries |
Both roles involve working with IBM i systems, RPG, CL, and DB2. The main difference is that an Ibm I Developer often focuses on designing and developing new applications, while an Ibm i Programmer primarily writes and tests code to support existing systems. In many cases, these titles are used interchangeably, but the developer role emphasizes application design and architecture.
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Full-time
Retirement, PTO
Posted 4 days ago
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5.7
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Job description
Mgr. Tech Ops - IBM Platform Infrastructure
Work Model: Onsite, Framingham, MA
Staples is business to business. You're what binds us together.
Team Summary: Staples Digital Solutions is responsible for delivering reliable, secure, and scalable technology services that support critical business operations across the enterprise. The IBM Platform Infrastructure team manages the IBM i and IBM Power Systems environment that underpins mission-critical applications, ensuring platform availability, performance, resiliency, disaster recovery readiness, and operational excellence.
Role Summary: The Manager, Technical Operations will lead the provisioning, administration, operation, support, and continuous improvement of Staples' enterprise IBM i platform environment, including IBM Power server hardware, operating systems, storage, backup, disaster recovery, security, and related infrastructure technologies. This role provides both technical and people leadership for a team of senior IBM i platform engineers, with accountability for the reliability, availability, performance, and security of highly available systems that support mission-critical business applications.
What you'll be doing:
- Lead the administration, maintenance, monitoring, and support of enterprise IBM i environments and IBM Power Systems infrastructure.
- Ensure high availability, performance, stability, and recoverability of production, development, disaster recovery, and test environments.
- Oversee hardware lifecycle management, operating system maintenance, PTF management, firmware updates, capacity planning, and technology refresh initiatives.
- Drive backup, recovery, replication, disaster recovery, platform monitoring, alerting, and operational health reporting processes.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for platform incidents, outages, operational risks, and complex production issues.
- Partner with cybersecurity, architecture, application development, vendor, and business teams to implement security controls, remediation plans, audit support, and infrastructure improvements.
- Develop and maintain operational procedures, service level objectives, key performance indicators, documentation, and continual process improvement practices.
- Contribute to infrastructure roadmaps and platform strategies while leading migrations, upgrades, consolidations, modernization initiatives, and other technical transformation efforts.
- Manage vendor relationships, support contracts, maintenance agreements, license renewals, budget planning, forecasting, and operational expense activities.
- Lead, coach, mentor, and develop a team of senior IBM i platform engineers while fostering accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and continuous improvement.
What you bring to the table:
- Strong people leadership and team development capabilities with the ability to guide technical teams through complex operational challenges.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, prioritization, and decision-making skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business-focused recommendations.
- Ability to influence across technical and business teams while building strong partnerships with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
- Customer-focused mindset with a commitment to service reliability, operational excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Adaptability, resilience, and sound professional judgment in a rapidly evolving technology environment.
What's needed- Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 7+ years of progressive hands-on experience supporting IBM i, AS/400, iSeries, IBM Power Systems, or enterprise platform operations.
- 3+ years of people leadership, technical leadership, engineering management, or platform operations management experience.
- Demonstrated experience administering IBM Power server hardware and IBM i operating systems in production environments.
- Experience supporting high-availability, disaster recovery, backup, replication, business continuity, performance management, capacity planning, and infrastructure lifecycle activities.
- Experience implementing security controls, vulnerability remediation, audit support processes, incident management, problem management, and root cause analysis.
- Experience working with enterprise monitoring, automation, and operational support tools while managing multiple priorities and operational workloads simultaneously.
What's needed- Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of IBM i infrastructure and platform operations experience.
- 5+ years of direct management experience leading infrastructure engineering teams.
- IBM Power Systems, IBM i, ITIL, or related infrastructure certifications.
- Experience with PowerHA, BRMS, MIMIX, Vision Solutions, VIOS, PowerVM, SAN storage, virtualization technologies, and enterprise backup solutions.
- Experience supporting PCI, SOX, or other regulated enterprise environments.
- Experience leading infrastructure modernization, migration, large-scale platform transformation, or automation initiatives.
- Experience managing third-party managed services, vendor contracts, support agreements, and technology investments.
We Offer:
- Inclusive culture with associate-led Business Resource Groups
- 22 days of PTO and Holiday Schedule (7 observed paid holidays + 1 floating holiday)
- Online and Retail Discounts, Company Match 401(k), Physical and Mental
The salary range represents the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The specific base pay may be influenced by a variety of factors to include the candidate's experience, skill set, education, geography, business considerations, and internal equity. In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for bonuses, or other forms of variable compensation.
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Staples is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.
About Staples
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Staples is the country's largest operator of office supplies superstores, offering a vast selection of products at low prices, primarily to small business owners. The company has a strong online presence and operates over 994 stores in the U.S. and 40 warehouses/fulfillment centers. The company was founded by Leo Kahn and Thomas G. Stemberg, and opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986. By 1996, it had reached the Fortune 500, and later acquired the office supplies company Quill Corporation. Staples provides office and school supplies, office furnishings, electronics, software, snack and beauty products, as well as offering printing and technological services. The company has a strong commitment to innovation and customer service.
Industry
Retail
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
Framingham, MA, US