AS400

Tekgence Inc; Florenceville-Bristol; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekgence Inc. seeks an experienced AS400 / IBM i System Administrator to manage IBM i environments across production, DR, QA and development. The role focuses on system monitoring, upgrades, backup and recovery, and batch operations using ROBOT Scheduler.

You will ensure security, capacity planning, and ITIL-aligned incident, change, and problem management while coordinating with cross-functional teams to maintain stable, compliant IBM i systems.

Qualifications

• Experience in IBM i / AS400 system administration.
• Hands-on ROBOT Scheduler experience for batch jobs.
• Experience with BRMS backup and DR operations.
• Ability to perform OS upgrades, PTF patching, and security patches.
• Familiarity with ITIL incident, change, and problem management.

Responsibilities

• Administer IBM i environments across Production, DR, QA, and Development.
• Monitor performance, plan capacity, and troubleshoot issues.
• Manage security, user profiles, and access permissions.
• Plan OS upgrades, PTFs, patches, and firmware maintenance.
• Handle backups, restores, and DR drills with BRMS.
• Configure and maintain ROBOT Scheduler for batch jobs.
• Monitor and troubleshoot production batch jobs and month/year-end processing.
• Maintain system jobs, queues, and spool files.
• Document IT processes and coordinate with teams.

Skills

IBM i admin

ROBOT Scheduler

BRMS

Batch processing

ITIL

OS upgrades

Disaster recovery

Security backups

Tools

BRMS

MIMIX

PowerHA

iCluster

ROBOT Scheduler

Job description

We are looking for an experienced AS400 / IBM i System Administrator to manage, monitor, maintain, and support IBM i environments. The ideal candidate should have strong experience in system administration, OS upgrades, PTF patching, backup and recovery, disaster recovery, and production batch operations using ROBOT Scheduler.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain IBM i (AS400 / iSeries) environments across Production, DR, QA, and Development.
• Perform system monitoring, health checks, performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting.
• Manage user profiles, system security, access permissions, and compliance requirements.
• Plan and execute OS upgrades, PTF installations, security patches, and firmware maintenance.
• Manage backups, restores, and disaster recovery activities using BRMS and support DR drills and failover testing.
• Configure and maintain ROBOT Scheduler for batch jobs, calendars, dependencies, and automated workflows.
• Monitor production batch jobs, troubleshoot failures, manage reruns, and support month-end and year-end processing.
• Manage system jobs, subsystems, job queues, message queues, output queues, and spool files.
• Follow ITIL processes for incident, problem, and change management.
• Maintain technical documentation and coordinate with application, infrastructure, and business teams.
• Strong experience in IBM i / AS400 / iSeries system administration.
• Hands-on experience with ROBOT Scheduler and batch job management.
• Knowledge of IBM i OS upgrades, PTFs, patching, and system maintenance.
• Experience with BRMS, backup and recovery, and disaster recovery operations.
• Understanding of IBM Power Systems, system security, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with production support and ITIL-based operational processes.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with MIMIX, PowerHA, iCluster, or other high-availability solutions.
• Knowledge of IPL operations, LPARs, and firmware updates.
• Experience supporting business-critical production workloads and scheduled batch processing.