IBM iSeries / IBM Data Center Engineer

Ashdown Group; Dorking; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Ashdown Group is seeking an IT Infrastructure Engineer in Dorking, United Kingdom, to join a leading SME firm as an IBM iSeries specialist. The role pays £60,000 annually and offers hybrid working of three days in the office and two days from home.

The successful candidate will provide customer support, design and implement systems, and manage backups and disaster recovery protocols for extensive IT infrastructure.

Applicants should possess a solid foundation in IBM iSeries and IBM Power Servers, as well as exposure to Microsoft Azure and VMWare technologies.

Qualifications

• Solid background in IBMi (IBM iSeries) & IBM Power Servers.
• Experience providing remote customer support & maintenance.
• Knowledge in design & implementation of IT systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, monitor, and automate infrastructure systems.
• Provide remote customer support and data centre support.
• Responsible for scheduled OS upgrades and DR tests.

Skills

IBM iSeries & IBM Power Servers

Data Centre experience

Network switches, routers & firewalls

Microsoft Azure cloud

VMWare & HyperV virtualisation

Veeam &/or Commvault

Job description

This is a newly created role for an IT Infrastructure Engineer to join a leading SME firm in the heart of Surrey as an IBM iSeries specialist. This role is paying £60,000 and offers hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days home).

To be considered for this IT Infrastructure Engineer role, you will have a solid background in IBMi (IBM iSeries) & IBM Power Servers, providing remote customer support & maintenance, and design & implementation services.

Key Skills

• IBM iSeries & IBM Power Servers
• Data Centre experience
• Network switches, routers & firewalls
• Some Microsoft Azure cloud
• Some VMWare & HyperV virtualisation
• Ideally Veeam &/or Commvault

Working across the complete infrastructure, you will be responsible for designing, configuring, monitoring, automating, storage & disaster recovery systems & hardware, which will also include Backup As A Service, Disaster Recovery As A Service, and Hosting As A Service.

Working on an IT Service Desk in a small team of IBM specialists, you will provide remote customer support and remote data centre support to enterprise IBMi, Azure & VMWare environments. In addition to BAU support, you will also be responsible for scheduled OS upgrades, firmware upgrades, DR tests and Data Restore tests.

Any further experience with enterprise storage systems such as IBM, PURE, EMC &/or HP; and replication & backup tools such as Commvault, Mimix, Maxava, &/or Q-EDD.

Based in Central Surrey (with onsite parking), my client offers hybrid working of 3 days in the office and 2 days working from home. Please note – there will be 1 week a month of on‑call support, where there is an additional weekly bonus for being on call + time & half / double pay for carrying out work.

This role pays £60,000 and offers the chance to work with an impressive array of enterprise clients using the latest technologies. If you are an experienced infrastructure engineer with solid IBMi / IBM iSeries, IBM Power Servers, Microsoft Azure, & VMWare skills, and you are looking for a new challenge, please send me your CV immediately.