Senior IBM iSeries Engineer - Remote DR & Replication

FNBO; Washington; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401k with employer match

Time Off Programs

HSA/DCA

Job summary

First National Technology Solutions (FNTS) is seeking a Sr. IBM iSeries Engineer to maintain client IBM i environments, execute migrations via tape save/restore or replication, and ensure back-ups and system operability.

This remote role supports FNTS customers across the United States, with no sponsorship available. Key responsibilities include incident response, proactive problem avoidance, DR testing, OS upgrades, and documentation.

Qualifications

• IBM iSeries System Administration (10+ years experience).
• Knowledge of i/OS systems from V5R4 to V7R3 and major differentiators.
• Knowledge of POWER systems hardware.
• Experience configuring LPARs using the Hardware Management Console.
• Experience with storage management in JBOD, RAID, and SAN environments and the performance differences with each.
• Experience defining and troubleshooting Printer configurations.
• Experience configuring TCP/IP and associated servers in an IPV4 environment (IPv6 desired).
• Understanding of journal management.
• Software based replication (MIMIX, iTera, PowerHA).
• BRMS backup solutions for system recovery/migration.

Responsibilities

• Respond to incidents and requests in a timely manner providing in-depth analysis and solutions to meet service level agreements.
• Review previous issues looking for opportunities to proactively avoid future problems as part of the FNTS Continuous Improvement culture.
• Perform reporting functions as required or requested by customer.
• Preparation of special activities (DR Testing/Planning, OS upgrades, PTF deployment).
• Maintenance and configuration of the IBM i OS and Licensed Program Products (LPP’s).
• Write and maintain system documentation.
• Work with customers to accomplish their migration to FNTS or remote management setup.
• Using team roadmap, implement technologies to achieve it, e.g. develop new offerings through taking advantage of new hardware capabilities or additional OS capabilities such as Live Partition Mobility (LPM).
• Install new software (OS & major subsystem) releases while working with customer on timing/testing/implementation.
• Maintain golden/sandbox systems for templates
• Participate in technical infrastructure projects as the IBM i SME

Skills

IBM iSeries Admin

Power hardware

TCP/IP config

Performance tools

Automation tools

Tools

MIMIX

iTera

PowerHA

Job description

First National Technology Solutions (FNTS) is seeking a Sr. IBM iSeries Engineer to maintain client IBM i environments, execute migrations via tape save/restore or replication, and ensure back-ups and system operability.

This remote role supports FNTS customers across the United States, with no sponsorship available. Key responsibilities include incident response, proactive problem avoidance, DR testing, OS upgrades, and documentation.