IBMi Infrastructure Engineer: Automation & Availability

Cardinal Health, Inc.; Hinoba-an; Hybrid; PHP 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardinal Health, Inc. in need of an IBMi Engineer to act as the technical expert for the IBM i environment, ensuring security, stability, performance, and availability.

You will drive platform modernization through cloud, API, and open-source integrations while supporting business continuity and strategic technology initiatives. You will lead performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high-availability initiatives, collaborating with global teams to maintain service levels and support evolving

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of hands-on IBMi administration.
• Strong experience with 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, including TCP/IP and secure connectivity.
• Experience supporting IBM MQ environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and support IBM i partitions on IBM Power Systems environments.
• Manage backup and recovery processes using BRMS, 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 recovery objectives and service availability.
• 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 efficiency and reliability.
• Implement and maintain IBM i security controls, including user access management and auditing.
• Manage 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 automation solutions using CL, SQL, RPG, or other supported technologies.
• Support integration of IBM i platforms with enterprise systems, APIs, cloud platforms, and data analytics solutions.
• Identify opportunities to modernize legacy processes and improve operational efficiency through automation.
• Serve as escalation for complex IBM i incidents and infrastructure issues.
• Lead root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for outages and security events.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support change management processes.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Problem Solving

Incident & Change Mgmt

Performance Optimization

Security & Risk Mgmt

Documentation

Stakeholder Communication

Mentoring & Knowledge Sharing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience

Tools

CL programming

Db2 for i (DB2/SQL)

IBM Navigator for i

Access Client Solutions (ACS)

Job description

Cardinal Health, Inc. in need of an IBMi Engineer to act as the technical expert for the IBM i environment, ensuring security, stability, performance, and availability.

You will drive platform modernization through cloud, API, and open-source integrations while supporting business continuity and strategic technology initiatives. You will lead performance tuning, backup/recovery, and high-availability initiatives, collaborating with global teams to maintain service levels and support evolving