Senior IBM iSeries Engineer — Remote | i/OS Specialist

First National Bank of Omaha; Delaware; Remote; USD 90,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

First National Technology Solutions (FNTS) is seeking a Sr. IBM iSeries Engineer to maintain customer IBM i environments and guide problem-solving across a managed services team. The role involves planning migrations, backups, and OS upgrades while collaborating with customers and internal teams on live projects.

You will serve as the IBM i SME on infrastructure initiatives, ensuring reliable delivery and seamless remote management for FNTS customers nationwide.

Qualifications

• IBM iSeries System Administration (10+ years experience).
• Knowledge of i/OS systems from V5R4 to V7R3 and POWER 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.
• Familiarity with Physical and Virtual tape library configuration and implementation.
• OS Upgrades, PTF Deployment and software installation via Image Catalog.
• Experience using performance tools such as MPG.
• Experience configuring and deploying automation and monitoring tools such as Halcyon, absMessage, and Robot products.
• Experience coding and debugging CL.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations).
• Knowledge of AV/AR, web query, Flash Copy, and Global Mirror desired.

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 System Administration

POWER systems hardware

LPAR configuration

Storage management (JBOD/RAID/SAN)

Printer configurations

TCP/IP configuration

Journal management

Software replication (MIMIX, iTera, /)

BRMS backups

Tape library configuration

OS Upgrades/PTF Deployment

Performance tools (MPG)

Automation/monitoring tools (Halcyon/|

CL programming

Independent work

Excellent communication

AV/AR, Flash Copy, Global Mirror

Tools

Image Catalog

HMC (Hardware Management Console)

Job description

First National Technology Solutions (FNTS) is seeking a Sr. IBM iSeries Engineer to maintain customer IBM i environments and guide problem-solving across a managed services team. The role involves planning migrations, backups, and OS upgrades while collaborating with customers and internal teams on live projects.

You will serve as the IBM i SME on infrastructure initiatives, ensuring reliable delivery and seamless remote management for FNTS customers nationwide.