Senior IBM i & Power Systems Engineer

Kyndryl; United States; Hybrid; USD 46,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health card & Life insurance

Multisport Card

Pension plan & Cafeteria program

BeWell program

Language courses & certifications

Parental benefits

Job summary

Kyndryl seeks a Senior IBM i Administrator & Power Systems Infrastructure Engineer to lead IBM i and Power environments in Poland. You’ll drive upgrades, security, DR planning, and modernization while coordinating with SAN and storage teams.

Strong problem solving, security, and collaboration with customers and vendors are essential. You will own configuration, plan capacity, and implement automation to improve reliability and performance across critical systems.

Qualifications

• Strong experience administering IBM i (AS/400, iSeries) environments in medium to large enterprises.
• Knowledge of IBM Power Systems architecture and infrastructure.
• Hands-on with HMC administration, VIOS management, and PowerVM virtualization.
• Experience planning and executing IBM i OS upgrades and PTF maintenance.
• Lifecycle maintenance across IBM Power servers, firmware, HMC, VIOS, IBM i and supporting infra.
• Troubleshooting across OS, infra, and storage layers; strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience with backup concepts, BRMS, and DR practices.
• Experience with SAN-connected IBM Power environments.
• Understanding of IBM i security, user management, auditing and compliance.
• Experience with HA and replication technologies.

Responsibilities

• Managing IBM Power Systems infrastructure, including Power servers, HMC, VIOS, LPARs, and PowerVM virtualization.
• Plan and execute IBM i OS upgrades, PTF maintenance, and security updates.
• Lead infrastructure modernization, migrations, hardware refreshes, and platform upgrades.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive permanent resolutions.
• Design and implement DR, backup, and high availability solutions including PowerHA and replication.
• Own IBM Power and IBM i configuration for SAN-connected environments with storage teams.
• Support security compliance activities, audits, access management, and hardening initiatives.
• Define monitoring strategies and drive automation across the IBM i environment.
• Plan capacity, performance optimization, and resource utilization for business-critical systems.
• Support enterprise backup and recovery solutions (BRMS, tape, VTL, DataDomain).
• Support software entitlement and license-key readiness for migrations and lifecycle activities.

Skills

IBM i Administration

Power Systems Architecture

HMC Administration

VIOS Management

PowerVM Virtualization

OS Upgrades & PTFs

Security Compliance

Disaster Recovery

BRMS & DataDomain

Replication Technologies

Root Cause Analysis

Customer & Vendor Communication

Tools

HMC

VIOS

PowerVM

BRMS

DataDomain

Job description

Kyndryl seeks a Senior IBM i Administrator & Power Systems Infrastructure Engineer to lead IBM i and Power environments in Poland. You’ll drive upgrades, security, DR planning, and modernization while coordinating with SAN and storage teams.

Strong problem solving, security, and collaboration with customers and vendors are essential. You will own configuration, plan capacity, and implement automation to improve reliability and performance across critical systems.