IBMi Engineer: Hybrid Cloud & Automation Expert

Cardinal Health International Philippines Inc.; Philippines; Remote; PHP 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Health International Philippines Inc. seeks an IBMi Engineer to serve as the technical expert for the IBM i environment. You will ensure security, stability, performance, and availability while driving modernization through cloud, API, and open-source integration.

You will administer IBM i partitions, manage backup/recovery, perform upgrades, and design high-availability solutions. Strong knowledge of BRMS, TCP/IP, and IBM MQ is required, with experience in automation and enterprise

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on IBMi (OS/400, i5/OS) administration experience.
• Strong experience supporting IBMi version 7.3 or higher.
• Extensive knowledge of high-availability and disaster recovery solutions.
• Proven experience with BRMS, backup strategies, and disaster recovery planning.
• Strong understanding of IBMi networking technologies, including TCP/IP and secure connectivity solutions.
• Experience supporting IBM MQ environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support multiple IBM i partitions (LPARs) across IBM Power Systems environments.
• Manage backup and recovery processes using BRMS, Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL), remote site replication, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Perform IBM i operating system upgrades, PTF maintenance, firmware updates, and platform lifecycle management.
• Design, implement, and maintain high-availability solutions to meet business recovery objectives and service availability requirements.
• Develop and maintain system architecture standards, operational procedures, and technical documentation.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, including CPU, memory, storage, I/O utilization, and workload management.
• Analyze performance metrics and proactively identify opportunities to improve system efficiency and reliability.
• Optimize database performance, query processing, indexing strategies, job queues, and subsystem configurations.
• Implement and maintain IBM i security controls, including user access management, authority structures, and system auditing.
• Manage and monitor security exit programs for network, sign-on, and spool file access.
• Administer TLS certificates and secure communication protocols across IBM i services.
• Ensure compliance with organizational, regulatory, and audit requirements.
• Develop and maintain automation solutions using CL, SQL, RPG, or other supported technologies.
• Support integration of IBM i platforms with enterprise systems, APIs, messaging services, cloud platforms, and data analytics solutions.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy processes and improve operational efficiency through automation.
• Serve as the highest level of technical escalation for complex IBM i incidents and infrastructure issues.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for system outages, performance concerns, and security events.
• Participate in on-call support rotations to ensure continuous platform availability.
• Support change management processes, including planning, testing, implementation, and validation of infrastructure changes.

Skills

CL programming

DB2/SQL

RPG/ILE debugging

Navigator for i

ACS

PowerVM

VIOS

NPIV

Open-source on IBMi

Python

Node.js

Git

BRMS

TCP/IP

TLS certificates

Tools

BRMS

VTL

IBM MQ

Remote site replication

TLS/SSL tooling

Job description

Cardinal Health International Philippines Inc. seeks an IBMi Engineer to serve as the technical expert for the IBM i environment. You will ensure security, stability, performance, and availability while driving modernization through cloud, API, and open-source integration.

You will administer IBM i partitions, manage backup/recovery, perform upgrades, and design high-availability solutions. Strong knowledge of BRMS, TCP/IP, and IBM MQ is required, with experience in automation and enterprise