Sr. Midrange Engineer - IBMi

Lightedge; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

LightEdge is seeking an experienced IBM i – Sr./Midrange Engineer to design, implement, and support IBM i platform components for enterprise environments. You will manage operating system upgrades, BRMS backups, and high availability solutions with MIMIX, iTERA, or PowerHA.

The role requires a decade of hands-on IBM Power Systems experience, strong TCP/IP networking knowledge, and the ability to work across teams and with clients in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years hands-on experience administering and supporting IBM Power Systems and IBM i environments.
• Strong knowledge of IBM i Power Systems administration, troubleshooting, and performance management.
• Strong knowledge of IBM i high availability setup, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting using MIMIX, iTERA, or PowerHA.
• Proficiency in planning and executing IBM i operating system upgrades, HMC updates, firmware updates, and related infrastructure maintenance.
• Proficiency in IBM i work management, including subsystems, job queues, job scheduling, job monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols, TCP/IP configuration, and NETSTAT troubleshooting within IBM i environments.
• Knowledge of IBM networked systems, access controls, security guidelines, and administrative procedures.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues involving IBM i-based critical applications, operating system components, hardware, storage, and connectivity.
• Experience with PowerVM and VIOS is preferred.
• Experience with PowerVC, IBM PowerVS, and Live Partition Mobility (LPM) is preferred.
• Experience with LPAR design, build, configuration, and validation is preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with other LightEdge employees, customers, vendors, and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and support IBM i platform components.
• Maintain and deploy IBM i operating system upgrades, cumulative PTF packages, group PTFs, and individual fixes.
• Design, administer, and troubleshoot IBM i backup and recovery solutions (BRMS) at an expert level.
• Support replication and high availability software such as MIMIX, iTERA, PowerHA, with emphasis on MIMIX and Power HA.
• Support monitoring, automation, scheduling, and operations tools including Fortran-based tools, CCSS, Robot Schedule, Robot Alert, Nagios, Halcyon, and similar products.
• Perform system tuning, performance analysis, and capacity planning for IBM i systems and logical partitions.
• Provide Tier 3 support and escalation for customer, operations, and application issues.
• Assist with object-level implementations while following IBM i object-level security best practices.
• Manage multiple workstreams while maintaining focus on timely, accurate, and high‑quality results.
• Communicate clearly and professionally in a large enterprise and customer‑facing environment.
• Participate in 24/7 on‑call support rotation as required.
• Perform basic IBM Power System hardware maintenance and support activities.
• Understand, recommend, and implement IBM i system and user security best practices.
• Provide technical support, training, and direction to NOC staff and other team members.
• Configure LPARs and systems using both traditional Hardware Management Console and Virtual HMC.
• Work directly with vendor support organizations to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Strong working knowledge of IBM BRMS Enterprise environments is a plus.

Skills

IBM i administration

Power Systems

Troubleshooting

Networking TCP/IP

On-call support

Team collaboration

Tools

MIMIX

iTERA

PowerHA

BRMS

Fortran-based tools

CCSS

Robot Schedule

Robot Alert

Nagios

Halcyon

Job description

LightEdge is looking for experienced technical individuals for our IBMi – Sr. Midrange Engineer position. The role involves understanding client business and technical requirements, designing and implementing solutions, creating technical documentation, and communicating with internal teams and clients.

The ideal candidate has at least ten (10) years of hands‑on experience supporting IBM Power System environments and IBMi systems, along with strong knowledge of TCP/IP networking and replication/availability solutions such as MIMIX, iTERA, or PowerHA.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, administer, and support IBM i platform components.
• Maintain and deploy IBM i operating system upgrades, cumulative PTF packages, group PTFs, and individual fixes.
• Design, administer, and troubleshoot IBM i backup and recovery solutions (BRMS) at an expert level, including Full System Flash Copy, VTL, and enterprise tape library architectures.
• Support replication and high availability software such as MIMIX, iTERA, PowerHA, with emphasis on MIMIX and Power HA.
• Support monitoring, automation, scheduling, and operations tools including Fortran-based tools, CCSS, Robot Schedule, Robot Alert, Nagios, Halcyon, and similar products.
• Perform system tuning, performance analysis, and capacity planning for IBM i systems and logical partitions.
• Provide Tier 3 support and escalation for customer, operations, and application issues.
• Assist with object-level implementations while following IBM i object-level security best practices.
• Manage multiple workstreams while maintaining focus on timely, accurate, and high‑quality results.
• Communicate clearly and professionally in a large enterprise and customer‑facing environment.
• Participate in 24/7 on‑call support rotation as required.
• Perform basic IBM Power System hardware maintenance and support activities.
• Understand, recommend, and implement IBM i system and user security best practices.
• Provide technical support, training, and direction to NOC staff and other team members.
• Configure LPARs and systems using both traditional Hardware Management Console and Virtual HMC.
• Work directly with vendor support organizations to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
• Strong working knowledge of IBM BRMS Enterprise environments is a plus.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years of hands‑on experience administering and supporting IBM Power Systems and IBM i environments.
• Strong knowledge of IBM i Power Systems administration, troubleshooting, and performance management.
• Strong knowledge of IBM i high availability setup, configuration, administration, and troubleshooting using MIMIX, iTERA, or PowerHA.
• Proficiency in planning and executing IBM i operating system upgrades, HMC updates, firmware updates, and related infrastructure maintenance.
• Proficiency in IBM i work management, including subsystems, job queues, job scheduling, job monitoring, and performance tuning.
• Strong knowledge of network protocols, TCP/IP configuration, and NETSTAT troubleshooting within IBM i environments.
• Knowledge of IBM networked systems, access controls, security guidelines, and administrative procedures.
• Experience troubleshooting complex technical issues involving IBM i‑based critical applications, operating system components, hardware, storage, and connectivity.
• Experience with PowerVM and VIOS is preferred.
• Experience with PowerVC, IBM PowerVS, and Live Partition Mobility (LPM) is preferred.
• Experience with LPAR design, build, configuration, and validation is preferred.
• Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks in a fast‑paced, customer‑focused environment.
• Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with other LightEdge employees, customers, vendors, and technical teams.
• Strong commitment to excellent customer service.
• Ability to work effectively in a team‑oriented environment while also operating independently when needed.