Senior Staff Engineer - IBM i Systems Administrator
Senior Staff Engineer - IBM i Systems Administrator
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Job Description
The IBM i Systems Administrator will be responsible for management administration and maintenance of all the power systems and external storage within set constraints and react appropriately to situations. The ideal candidate will have a background in the installation design and administration of IBM i Power System and External Storage. The IBM i Systems Administrator will also be required to utilize industry standard tools to report performance statistics to software engineers and the business and pinpoint effects of new design elements for application optimization and to create baseline performance metrics and determine effects of code optimization and technology implementations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide metrics on system performance that matter to clients.
- Administer and maintain IBM i Power systems including DR systems and external storage.
- Research and deploy new products (internally & externally developed).
- Manage replication to data warehouse systems using Mimix.
- Monitor enterpriselevel Power systems to maintain performance levels that meet business needs.
- Manage i OS jobs and system messages.
- Control job environment through adjustment of system resources and subsystems.
- Perform backup and restore operations using BRMS.
- Manage system and user security.
- Coordinate system activities with other groups such as Engineering networking Open systems customer service and product to deliver optimum solutions for the business.
- Keep service levels high.
- Identify effects of new product offerings on infrastructure and propose design ideas.
- Utilize performance management tools for IBM i and project future trending analysis in order to recommend proper upgrade specifications.
- Research latest Power technology developments in order to design spec and implement the latest and best available technologies.
- Automate monitoring tasks (functional and performance) Lead skill building efforts for IBM i and external storage.
- Set system performance thresholds that optimize client experience and infrastructure cost.
Qualifications :
Must have Skills: Mimix BRMS (Backup recovery and media services) CL and HLL programming skill IBM I performance management.
Good To Have Skills: Disaster Recovery(DR).
- 7 or more years as administrator or experience administering 5 or more large production partitions.
- Solid understanding of TCP/IP switching and routing concepts.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and prioritize tasks.
- Ability to react quickly and appropriately to high pressure / high impact situations and determine the best solution.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Ability to take the lead as appropriate.
- Ability to maintain good customer support.
- Demonstrated CL and HLL programming skill.
- Proven ability to monitor systems.
- Proven ability to plan for system growth.
- Demonstrated ability to use PN/400 and iDoctor.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
Company Industry
Department / Functional Area
Engineering
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Active Directory
- Computer information Technology
- PowerShell
- OS
- Windows
- Database
- SCCM
- Linux
- SAN
- Troubleshoot
- Backup
- Setup
- Technical Support
- UNIX
