IBMi Managed Services Consultant

Chapman Tate Associates; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chapman Tate Associates is seeking an experienced IBMi Managed Services Consultant with strong MIMIX expertise to join its MSP team. You will own day-to-day IBM i environments, focusing on MIMIX HA/DR, replication health and reliability for client systems.

In this role, you will install, configure and support MIMIX in live production, perform system administration, DR testing, capacity monitoring and performance analysis while delivering expert guidance to customers and contributing to service

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience with IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries) environments.
• Hands-on experience implementing and supporting MIMIX in live production environments.
• Good knowledge of IBM Power Systems hardware and infrastructure.
• Experience supporting IBM storage technologies.
• Knowledge of VIOS management and IBM Power virtualization.
• Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery and logical replication.
• Experience with IBM i system administration, including PTF management and OS upgrades.
• Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies.
• Experience with performance monitoring, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Previous experience working within a Managed Services or MSP environment.
• IBM PowerHA or other high availability technologies.
• BRMS (Backup, Recovery and Media Services).
• Cloud-hosted IBM i environments.
• Networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, VPNs and firewalls.
• Scripting and automation using CL, SQL or similar technologies.
• ITIL Foundation or relevant IBM certifications.

Responsibilities

• Providing 2nd and 3rd line technical support across IBM i environments.
• Installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting MIMIX high availability and replication solutions.
• Monitoring replication health and synchronisation issues; ensure replication processes run effectively.
• Supporting disaster recovery planning, testing and failover/failback activities.
• Managing IBM Power Systems infrastructure, including system administration, PTFs, upgrades and performance optimisation.
• Supporting IBM storage environments and VIOS virtualisation.
• Carrying out system health checks, capacity monitoring and performance analysis.
• Supporting backup and recovery processes, ensuring resilience and recovery procedures are maintained.
• Producing technical documentation, operational procedures and service reports.
• Working directly with customers, providing technical guidance and recommendations.
• Identifying opportunities to improve service delivery, system performance and infrastructure resilience.

Skills

MIMIX expertise

IBM i infrastructure

High availability & DR

Power Systems hardware

Backup & recovery

IBM i system administration

Performance monitoring

Cloud-hosted IBM i

Networking (TCP/IP, VPNs, firewalls)

Scripting and automation (CL/SQL)

ITIL or IBM certifications

Education

ITIL Foundation

IBM certifications

Tools

MIMIX

BRMS

PowerHA

VIOS

Job description

IBMi Managed Services Consultant – MIMIX Specialist

Chapman Tate is working with a leading technology services organisation to recruit an experienced IBMi Managed Services Consultant with strong MIMIX expertise to join its growing Managed Services team.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced IBM i specialist who enjoys working with business-critical infrastructure, delivering high-quality technical support and helping clients maintain resilient, highly available IBM i environments.

The successful candidate will take ownership of supporting, maintaining and optimising IBM Power Systems environments, with a particular focus on MIMIX high availability and disaster recovery solutions.

You'll work closely with customers, acting as a trusted technical point of contact while contributing to the ongoing development and improvement of managed services.

The Role

As an IBMi Managed Services Consultant, you will be responsible for the day-to-day support and administration of multiple client environments, ensuring systems remain secure, stable, highly available and performing at their best.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing 2nd and 3rd line technical support across IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries) environments.
• Installing, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting MIMIX high availability and replication solutions.
• Monitoring replication health, investigating synchronisation issues and ensuring replication processes operate effectively.
• Supporting disaster recovery planning, testing and failover/failback activities.
• Managing IBM Power Systems infrastructure, including system administration, PTFs, upgrades and performance optimisation.
• Supporting IBM storage environments and VIOS virtualisation.
• Carrying out system health checks, capacity monitoring and performance analysis.
• Supporting backup and recovery processes, ensuring appropriate resilience and recovery procedures are maintained.
• Producing technical documentation, operational procedures and service reports.
• Working directly with customers, providing technical guidance and recommendations.
• Identifying opportunities to improve service delivery, system performance and infrastructure resilience.

Skills & Experience

We're looking for someone with a strong technical background in IBM i infrastructure and, most importantly, demonstrable hands-on experience with MIMIX.

• 5+ years' experience working with IBM i (AS/400 / iSeries) environments.
• Strong hands-on experience implementing, configuring and supporting MIMIX in live production environments.
• Good knowledge of IBM Power Systems hardware and infrastructure.
• Experience supporting IBM storage technologies.
• Knowledge of VIOS management and IBM Power virtualisation.
• Strong understanding of high availability, disaster recovery and logical replication.
• Experience with IBM i system administration, including PTF management and OS upgrades.
• Knowledge of backup and recovery strategies.
• Experience with performance monitoring, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
• Previous experience working within a Managed Services or MSP environment.
• IBM PowerHA or other high availability technologies.
• BRMS (Backup, Recovery and Media Services).
• Cloud-hosted IBM i environments.
• Networking knowledge, including TCP/IP, VPNs and firewalls.
• Scripting and automation using CL, SQL or similar technologies.
• ITIL Foundation or relevant IBM certifications.