Senior IBM i (AS/400) Systems Programmer — Remote

Cloudbit Consultancy (opc); United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloudbit Consultancy (opc) is seeking an experienced AS400 / IBM i Programmer for a 6-month contractual full-time engagement. The role focuses on managing, developing, maintaining, and supporting IBM i environments with emphasis on security, backups, DR, and performance tuning.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of hands-on AS400/IBM i experience, project coordination skills, and the ability to troubleshoot across OS, hardware, and network layers in enterprise settings.

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on experience with AS400/IBM i environments.
• Strong in system administration, backups, and disaster recovery.
• Experience with DB2/400, CL commands, and BRMS.
• Proficient in performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Familiar with FTP, TCP/IP, journaling, and user management.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain IBM i / AS400 systems in production and development
• Monitor performance, job queues, subsystems, storage, and system health
• Manage security policies, user profiles, access controls, and audit compliance
• Perform system upgrades, patching, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery operations
• Troubleshoot hardware, OS, networking, and application-related issues
• Support RPG, CL, DB2, and middleware environments from an infrastructure perspective
• Coordinate with development, operations, and support teams for issue resolution
• Maintain system documentation, operational procedures, and incident reports
• Ensure high availability, system reliability, and minimal downtime

Skills

AS400/IBM i programming

Performance tuning

System monitoring

Security management

Troubleshooting

Networking basics

Tools

IBM Power Systems

DB2/400

BRMS

FTP/TCP/IP

Job description

Cloudbit Consultancy (opc) is seeking an experienced AS400 / IBM i Programmer for a 6-month contractual full-time engagement. The role focuses on managing, developing, maintaining, and supporting IBM i environments with emphasis on security, backups, DR, and performance tuning.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of hands-on AS400/IBM i experience, project coordination skills, and the ability to troubleshoot across OS, hardware, and network layers in enterprise settings.