iSeries Power Systems Engineer II - Reliability

The Venetian Resort Las Vegas; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Venetian Resort Las Vegas is seeking an Engineer II – iSeries to ensure availability, reliability, and efficient operation of IBM iSeries and Power Systems. This role maintains systems across physical hardware, OS, and virtualization environments and collaborates with vendors on support agreements.

Responsibilities include incident resolution, configuration of file systems, performance monitoring, and routine upgrades.

Qualifications

• 3 years experience iSeries / Power Systems Administration including OS V7R1+ Management.
• 3 years experience with iSeries / Power Systems infrastructure including HMC, VIOS, Virtualization & External or Internal Storage (LPAR) and Patch Management (PTFs).
• 3 years experience with High Availability applications including iTera; configuration & administration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and resolve escalated complex service requests and incidents assigned to the team through the Help Desk Ticketing System.
• Interact with vendors on support agreements (scope development), ticket management and issue escalations.
• Provide technical and strategic support for iSeries / Power Systems for the server systems residing on physical hardware, operating systems and virtualized environments.
• Install, configure and implement and document iSeries / Power System File systems shares and permissions as requested by a project and/or service request.
• Perform root cause analysis of utilization and performance of iSeries / Power Systems resources.
• Install and configure IBM Operating systems.
• Monitor server performance and error logs using various administrative management tools to identify and address issues and assuring continuity of series.
• Perform server software and hardware upgrades, patches (PTFs) and repairs.
• Monitor system logs, system utilization, and batch processes for optimal performance.
• Troubleshoot, maintain system backup procedures and recovery.
• Must be able to work varied shifts, including nights, weekends and holidays.

Skills

iSeries Administration

Power Systems

HMC & VIOS

Backup & DR

System Security

Networking basics

Change Management

Documentation

Leadership/Mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS or similar

Job description

The Venetian Resort Las Vegas is seeking an Engineer II – iSeries to ensure availability, reliability, and efficient operation of IBM iSeries and Power Systems. This role maintains systems across physical hardware, OS, and virtualization environments and collaborates with vendors on support agreements.

Responsibilities include incident resolution, configuration of file systems, performance monitoring, and routine upgrades.