AS400 IBMi Systems Administrator // Remote

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Role: AS400 IBMi Systems Administrator
Location:: Remote
Duration: Contract

 
Job Description :
The applicant will design and implement solutions to improve and consolidate the IBMi estate and supporting infrastructure. This would involve keeping abreast with latest technology advances
 
IBMi Server Operations Support Roles:
-Incident Management for IBMi
-Problem Management for IBMi
-Change Management for IBMi
-Configuration Management for IBMi
-Audit Compliance Management for IBMi
-Operating system and hardware performance management
-Operating system and hardware capacity management
-Management and maintenance of deployed MGTI standard tools including upgrades
-Availability Management and SLA adherence
-Operational Documentation & Reporting Management
-Vendor Management (split responsibility)
-Backup Management (split responsibility)
 
IBMi Global Server Ops tasks include but not limited to;
Solution Design and implementation
Design, install, configure and manage IBM Power servers, HMC, IBMi LPARs, VIOS & storage implementations (Storwise /VMAX). Vmax is managed in conjunction with storage teams
QA checks & production acceptance of commissioned server builds to ensure they meet Client standards
Manage hardware / software encryption
Configure Role Swap and MFA for IBMi elevated access (Precisely Software)
Manage and perform the decommissioning of servers
Represent IBMi Server Ops in project meetings
BAU Support of IBMi systems and supporting infrastructure
Participate in System i Operations on-call rotation and 24/7 on-duty support
Manage global BAU change and incident queue for MGTI GL AS400 Support
Diagnose and resolve operating system and hardware incidents within SLA
Follow the ‘hand over process’ between regions ensuring knowledge is transferred
Perform root cause analysis for problems and provide updates to problem management team
Backup Management & Disaster Recovery
Install configure and manage BRMS (Backup Management software for IBMi) & BRMS Network
Rebuild production & development servers when they are irrecoverable using BRMS recovery reports
Design DR solutions and perform Disaster Recovery exercises
Install configure and manage in-house DR solutions (VMAX replication, VMRM / DR Orchestrator)
Offline backup solutions using SnapVX and/or Flashfori to automate offline backup management
Capacity Management & Performance management of IBMi
Performance tuning and management of systems & storage (Disk /memory /CPU /network / storage)
Identifying and resolving capacity constraints (system tools and LPAR2RRD)
Patching & Upgrades
Quarterly OS patching and vulnerability (CVE) out of cycle patching
Operating system upgrades and planning
Identify improvements to the patching process
Perform infrastructure patching / firmware and BIOS upgrades – HMC, VIOS, Storwise (V7000, V5020, V3700)
System Monitoring
System monitoring using Nagios and IBMi tools (BigFix agent, LogRhythm)
Printing
Print server and queue configuration / management
Programming / Additional skills
PowerVM skills to manage VIOS and hardware V7000, V5020, V3700 – Install, Configure, Manage and Troubleshoot
Programming skills CLP (Control Language Programming), RPG-3, ILE-RPG & COBOL
Audit
Install configure and manage compliance software including role swap management (Powertech / Syncsort EAM)
Configure MFA using Syncsort EAM
Understand and manage software license compliance
Management and update of IBMi server certificates
Continuous improvement of audit and security configurations to meet security policy
Manage audits for IBMI team submitting evidence to audit including peer review of audit materials

Warm Regards
Pushpendra Sharma
Tanisha Systems Inc.
Tel:  212-729-6543 Ext : 734
Fax: (212) 689-7333
99 Wood Ave South Suite # 308 Iselin, NJ 08830
Email : pushpendra@tanishasystems.com | Web:  www.tanishasystems.com
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