The Senior IBM i Series IT Administrator will provide senior level administration and operational support for enterprise IBM i environments. This role focuses on platform stability, security, performance, and availability while partnering with application, infrastructure, and client teams. The engagement is expected to begin as a one year contract with the potential to convert to a full time role with the end client based on business needs and performance.
Responsibilities:
- Install, configure, and maintain IBM i operating environments across physical and virtual LPAR platforms.
- Apply Program Temporary Fixes, cumulative fix packs, and technology refresh updates following change management standards.
- Manage logical partitions, system values, subsystems, memory pools, and workload configurations.
- Monitor system health, disk utilization, auxiliary storage pool usage, and resource thresholds using Collection Services and Performance Tools for IBM i.
- Maintain system documentation, standard operating procedures, and configuration baselines.
- Administer IBM i security including user and group profiles, object authority, adopted authority, and special authority management.
- Configure and maintain system auditing, security exit programs, and compliance reporting aligned with client and regulatory standards.
- Design and manage BRMS backup strategies including full, incremental, and journal based backups.
- Administer high availability and disaster recovery solutions and participate in recovery testing exercises.
- Administer DB2 for IBM i including schema management, database performance tuning, journaling, and SQL optimization.
- Manage IBM i networking services including TCP IP configuration, DNS, FTP and secure file transfer services.
- Support job scheduling and automation using enterprise scheduling tools and custom CL based automation.
- Collaborate with development teams supporting RPG, COBOL, SQL, and Java workloads.
- Serve as a senior technical advisor for IBM i infrastructure initiatives, assessments, and migrations.
- Mentor junior administrators and contribute to knowledge sharing within the IBM i practice.
Qualifications:
Required
- Bachelor's or associate degree in information technology or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Eight or more years of hands on IBM i system administration experience in enterprise environments.
- Expert knowledge of IBM i operating system versions 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5.
- Demonstrated expertise with BRMS backup and recovery planning and execution.
- Advanced experience administering DB2 for IBM i including SQL, DDS, and performance tuning.
- Experience with IBM i high availability solutions such as MIMIX, iTera, or PowerHA.
- Advanced skills in CL programming, job scheduling, and workload automation.
- Strong understanding of IBM i security architecture, auditing, and compliance practices.
- Experience supporting TCP IP networking, IBM Access Client Solutions, and IBM i Access services.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to document and present technical information.
Preferred
- IBM Certified Systems Expert for IBM i or equivalent certification.
- Experience with IBM Power Systems hardware, virtual IO server, and hardware management console administration.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices on IBM i including RDi, source control, and continuous integration workflows.
- Experience supporting regulated environments such as healthcare, financial services, or public sector organizations.
- Prior consulting or client facing experience within managed services or professional services organizations.
Tools and Technologies:
- IBM i OS 7.x administration
- BRMS backup and recovery
- DB2 for IBM i and SQL
- High availability and disaster recovery solutions
- IBM i security and auditing
- CL programming and automation
- Enterprise job scheduling tools
- IBM Access Client Solutions
- Collection Services and Performance Tools for IBM i
