System Architect - IBM i / AS400, LPAR & MIMIX

Programmers.io; USA; Remote; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Programmers.io is seeking an experienced IBM i/AS400 specialist for a remote contract in the United States (Dallas or Chicago). The role centers on architecture, infrastructure, and platform engineering for IBM i environments, including Power Systems, HMC, and LPARs, and requires enterprise‑grade design experience.

You will help design high availability, disaster recovery, backup and data‑center migration programs, ensure Db2 for i integrity, and align security, networking, and interfaces with

Qualifikationen

• Significant experience with IBM i / AS400 architecture and platform engineering.
• Hands-on work with IBM Power Systems, HMC, and LPARs in enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of MIMIX HA, DR concepts, replication, and recovery procedures.
• Experience migrating or consolidating LPARs and performing data-center transitions.
• Deep understanding of Db2 for i, libraries, objects, IFS, and batch interfaces.
• Designs for high availability, disaster recovery, backup, and business-continuity.
• Security focus: IBM i user profiles, authorities, networking, and certificates.
• Ability to integrate IBM i with mainframe and distributed systems.
• Ability to define architecture guardrails, migration patterns, and risk controls.
• Clear, stakeholder-focused communication translating design into business impact.

Kenntnisse

IBM i / AS400 architecture

Power Systems / HMC / LPARs

MIMIX HA / DR

LPAR migration / data-center migration

Db2 for i / IFS / objects

HA / DR / failover / backup

IBM i security / networking

Mainframe & distributed integration

Architecture guardrails / standards

Stakeholder communication

Jobbeschreibung

Remote (Dallas or Chicago)

Contract

Required Experience & Skills

• Significant experience in IBM i / AS400 architecture, infrastructure, platform engineering, or system administration.
• Hands-on experience with IBM Power Systems, HMC, Logical Partitions (LPARs), and enterprise environment design.
• Strong knowledge of MIMIX high availability, disaster recovery, replication, switch procedures, and recovery concepts.
• Experience with LPAR migration, consolidation, system merge, platform transition, or data-center migration programs.
• Strong understanding of Db2 for i, libraries, objects, physical/logical files, IFS, batch jobs, interfaces, and application dependencies.
• Experience designing high availability, disaster recovery, failover/failback, backup, recovery, and business-continuity solutions.
• Knowledge of IBM i security, user and group profiles, authorities, privileged access, networking, certificates, and system connectivity.
• Working understanding of mainframe and distributed enterprise systems and their integration with IBM i environments.
• Ability to define architecture guardrails, standards, migration patterns, risk controls, and technical decision frameworks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to translate technical design into business impact and risk.