Lead IBM i / Power Systems Engineer

Oshkosh Corporation, Inc.; Menasha (WI); On-site; USD 93,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Oshkosh Corporation seeks a Lead IBM i / Power Systems Engineer to lead the IBM Power and IBM i environment supporting ERP and business applications. You will balance hands-on platform engineering with modernization, automation, observability, and security across the IBM i ecosystem.

You will partner with application, database, storage, and network teams to ensure ERP availability, perform capacity planning, and drive platform reliability and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of hands-on experience administering IBM i OS and IBM Power Systems in enterprise production environments.
• Experience with IBM i system administration, including patching, upgrades, and capacity management.
• Experience with HA/DR solutions and IBM Power hardware environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex operational issues and security across IBM Power and IBM i.
• Provide end-to-end engineering and administration of IBM Power infrastructure (LPARs, VIOS, PowerVM).
• Configure, patch, and optimize IBM i environments and perform capacity planning.
• Drive automation and IaC to streamline patching, compliance, and maintenance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support platform modernization and incident response.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

ITIL processes

Scripting/automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

IBM Power Systems

IBM i OS

HMC

VIOS

PowerVM/LPARs

Job description

At Oshkosh, we build, serve and protect people and communities around the world by designing and manufacturing some of the toughest specialty trucks and access equipment. We employ over 18,000 team members all united by a common purpose. Our engineering and product innovation help keep soldiers and firefighters safe, is critical in building and keeping communities clean and helps people do their jobs every day.

SUMMARY

The Lead IBM i / Power Systems Engineer provides advanced technical leadership for our enterprise IBM Power and IBM i environment supporting mission-critical ERP and business applications. This role owns the health, performance, security, and evolution of the platform across IBM Power hardware, IBM i OS, HMC, VIOS, storage, and high-availability technologies. As a senior technical resource, you will balance hands-on platform engineering and operational support with modernization, advancing automation, observability, security, and infrastructure best practices across the IBM i ecosystem.

YOUR IMPACT

• Serve as the senior technical escalation point for complex operational issues, troubleshooting, performance tuning, and security across IBM Power and IBM i environments.
• Provide end-to-end engineering and administration of IBM Power infrastructure, including IBM i OS partitions, HMC, VIOS, PowerVM/LPARs, hardware, virtualization, storage, and related platform technologies.
• Administer and optimize IBM i environments, including system configuration, patching/PTFs, upgrades, capacity planning, performance management, and lifecycle activities.
• Configure, maintain, troubleshoot, and optimize VIOS and Power virtualization technologies supporting enterprise workloads.
• Support IBM Power hardware lifecycle management, firmware maintenance, capacity planning, and platform upgrades.
• Design, test, maintain, and support high-availability and disaster recovery solutions to ensure ERP availability and business continuity.
• Advance infrastructure automation using tools such as Ansible, CL scripting, and Infrastructure-as-Code practices to streamline patching, compliance, and recurring operational activities.
• Drive adoption of modern observability and AIOps practices to improve platform visibility, reduce alert noise, accelerate incident response, and proactively identify performance and reliability risks.
• Strengthen IBM i platform security through system hardening, access controls, vulnerability remediation, compliance automation, and security best practices.
• Partner across application, database, storage, network, cybersecurity, and infrastructure teams to resolve complex issues and support platform modernization.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing to engineers and other technology partners.
• Evaluate emerging IBM Power and IBM i capabilities and recommend opportunities to improve platform reliability, scalability, security, and operational efficiency.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Five (5) or more years of hands‑on experience administering and supporting IBM i OS and IBM Power Systems in enterprise production environments.
• Experience administering and troubleshooting IBM Power hardware, IBM i OS, HMC, LPARs/PowerVM, and VIOS.
• Experience supporting high‑availability and disaster recovery solutions within an IBM i environment.
• Experience with IBM i system administration, including troubleshooting, performance tuning, patching/PTFs, upgrades, and capacity management.
• Experience with CL or other scripting used to automate IBM i administration.
• Strong understanding of ITIL processes, incident and change management, and stakeholder communication.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, problem‑solving, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to participate in an on‑call rotation and support planned after‑hours maintenance, patching, and platform upgrades.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Ten (10) or more years of experience administering IBM i OS and IBM Power Systems.
• Experience with MIMIX or comparable IBM i high‑availability and disaster recovery technologies.
• Experience with IBM DS‑series or other enterprise storage and backup technologies supporting IBM Power and IBM i environments.
• Experience with Ansible, Infrastructure‑as‑Code, or other configuration and infrastructure automation technologies.
• Experience implementing observability or AIOps capabilities to improve monitoring, reduce alert noise, accelerate incident response, or provide predictive insights.
• Experience with Fortra products such as Robot Alert, Robot Console, Compliance Monitor, Exit Point Manager, or comparable IBM i management and security tools.
• Experience driving IBM i security, system hardening, vulnerability remediation, and automated compliance initiatives.
• Experience supporting mission‑critical ERP applications running on IBM i.
• Experience contributing to platform modernization strategies or roadmaps for IBM i and IBM Power environments.

Pay Range: $92,600.00 - $154,400.00 The above pay range reflects the minimum and maximum target pay for the position across all U.S. locations. Within this range, individual pay is determined by various factors, including the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, education and skills, as well as the equity of pay among team members in similar positions.

Beyond offering a competitive total rewards package, we prioritize a people‑first culture and offer various opportunities to support team member growth and success.

Oshkosh is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to disability for any part of the employment process, please contact us at [e-mail].

Oshkosh Corporation is a merit‑based Equal Opportunity Employer. Job opportunities are open for application to all qualified individuals and selection decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected characteristic. To the extent that information is provided or collected regarding categories as provided by law it will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Oshkosh Corporation will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Oshkosh Corporation's legal duty to furnish information.

Certain positions with Oshkosh Corporation require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations or the Export Administration Regulations. Applicants for these positions may need to be "U.S. Persons," as defined in these regulations. Generally, a "U.S. Person" is a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or an individual who has been admitted as a refugee or granted asylum.

Advance your career by advancing the world. For many of our team members, this is more than a career. It’s a calling. Oshkosh is home to thousands of difference‑makers working together to build, serve and protect people and communities around the world.

From the front lines to the firehouse, the people we serve are driven by a sense of purpose. The people who work here are no different. Our engineering and product innovation help keep soldiers and firefighters safe, is critical in building and keeping communities clean and helps people do their jobs every day.

As part of a People First culture, you’ll be encouraged and empowered to take ownership of your work, develop your career and make a real impact on the world around you.

Oshkosh is a global company that designs and manufactures some of the world’s toughest specialty and access equipment under the brands of JLG®, Hinowa, Power Towers, Pierce®, MAXIMETAL™, Oshkosh® Defense, McNeilus®, IMT®, Jerr-Dan®, Frontline™ Communications, Oshkosh® Airport Products, Oshkosh® AeroTech™ and Pratt Miller.