Indotronix is seeking a IBM iSeries Engineer in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Phoenix OR Remote

 

Position: IBM iSeries Engineer

Position Location: Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Phoenix OR Remote

Duration: Contract to hire

 

Candidate Technical and skills profile:

Describe the role and the key responsibilities in order of which they will be doing daily:

1. Attend meetings

2. See below

Expected Deliverables:

- Produce a written guides detailing the steps to:

o download and perform IBM i system upgrades (7R3 to 7R5)

o perform complete system restores (bare metal recovery) from BRMS backups

o download and apply IBM i operating system PTFs (patches)

o download and apply HMC major upgrades

o download and apply HMC minor updates

o download and apply IBM System firmware

- Must be able to produce written guides detailing:

o Human and non-human (service) profile creation and maintenance, including the rules governing passwords, security, etc.

- Conduct a review of the major in-house programs running at Client, and produce run books for the following:

o A run book of the programs used for nightly, weekly, monthly and yearly backups

o Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Failover Procedures

o Other in-house programs

- Produce a run book for maintenance of the Trust Accounting (TRC) application

- Other run books as required

- Program reports detailing human and non-human user profiles who can access each system

o Produce run books detailing the maintenance of the reports

 

Must have technical skills, tools, or experience:

MUST HAVE experience upgrading-in-place LPARs from 7R3 to 7R5

MUST HAVE experience in programming in CL and/or RPG and/or SQL

Demonstrated experience in installation and maintenance of ancillary 3rd party software such as messaging, scheduling, security, and replication software (QEDD)

Experienced in a Virtual Tape Library solution (DSI is the preferred)

Ability to restore completely an IBM i system from backups using BRMS

 

Primary Requirements:

- We are seeking an experienced IBM i / iSeries / AS/400 engineer

- Must have thorough knowledge of IBM i 7R3 and 7R5

- Must have experience upgrading-in-place LPARs from 7R3 to 7R5

- Must be experienced in downloading and applying IBM i PTFs (patches)

- Must be experienced in downloading and applying IBM Power firmware (Power 10 experience preferred)

- Must be experienced in patching and upgrading IBM HMCs

- Must be experienced in BRMS (backups) scheduling, vaulting, and troubleshooting failed backups

- Experienced in a Virtual Tape Library solution (DSI preferred)

- Ability to restore completely an IBM i system from backups using BRMS

- Experienced in managing IBM DS9500 SAN storage

- Experience in installation and maintenance of ancillary 3rd party software such as messaging, scheduling, security, and replication software (QEDD)

- Support of application developers and troubleshooting of system issues as required

- Must be experienced programming in CL and/or RPG and/or SQL

- Thorough knowledge of TCP/IP protocol and ports

- Experience making applications communicate in a heavily firewalled environment

- Creation, maintenance and reporting on user profiles; system security

- Experience with exit point security management software such as Assure Security System Access Manager. Familiarity with securing network protocols, SQL statements, sockets, jobs, etc.

- Must be willing to work occasional off hours and weekends when required to support business needs

- Must be willing to participate in a rotating 24x7 on call rotation

- Must be knowledgeable and motivated to hit the ground running

 

 1hr interview - panel style (1-2 other techs), only a 2nd if there's a tie-breaker situation.

 

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