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Company Profile esrhealthcare.com.mysmartjobboard.com Ibmi Sr system administrator cobol rpg vm usa Experience level: Mid-senior Experience required: 10 Years Education level: Bachelor’s degree Job function: Information Technology Industry: Insurance Pay rate : View hourly payrate Total position: 1 Relocation assistance: NoJob Profile DescriptionIBMi Senior Systems Administrator required to support the MMC IBMi team in Project and BAU activities.The team is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the MMC IBMi (AS400) server estate. In addition, they manage the supporting infrastructure attached to the IBMi (AS400) including the HMC, storage and some tape libraries. Activities included are (but not limited to): patching, capacity management, server maintenance, backup management, performance management, security, audit compliance, disaster recovery, server commissioning and decommissioning.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 advancesIBMi Senior Systems Administrator - US Hours EST 9-5pmWhat can you expect:• Preferred location would be US. Will consider any location, but must be US hours (9-5 EST)• Working within a team of 5 or 6, based internationally, you will be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the MMC IBMi (AS400) server estate. In addition, they manage the supporting infrastructure attached to the IBMi including the HMC, VMAX / Storwise storage and some tape libraries• Activities include (but not limited to): patching, capacity management, server maintenance, backup management, performance management, security, audit compliance, disaster recovery, server commissioning and decommissioning• This is an exciting time to join this great team and you will be given the opportunity long term to work with other tech and progress further in your roleWhat will you be rewarded with:• Comprehensive benefits programs• Joining a truly global organization that can offer excellent ongoing career development opportunities• Flexible working/remote workingWe will rely on you to:• To support the MMC IBMi team in design and implementation of new solutions to improve and consolidate the IBMi estate and supporting infrastructure• BAU Support of IBMi systems and supporting infrastructure including backup management, disaster recovery, patching OS upgrades• Keeping abreast with latest technology advances• Supporting Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration Management and Audit Compliance Management for IBMi, Operating system and hardware performance management, Operating system and hardware capacity management• Management and maintenance of deployed monitoring / audit tools• Availability Management, SLA adherence, Operational Documentation Reporting ManagementWhat you need to have:• Design, install, configure and manage IBM Power servers, HMC, IBMi LPARs, VIOS storage implementations (Storwise / MMC VMAX). Vmax is managed in conjunction with storage teams. QA checks production acceptance of commissioned server builds to ensure they meet MMC standards. Manage and perform the decommissioning of servers.• Represent IBMi Operations in BAU project meetings• Participate in IBMi Operations on-call rotation and 24/7 on-duty support, manage global BAU change and incident queue for MMC IBMi 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.• Install configure and manage BRMS and BRMS Network. Configure offline backup solutions using SnapVX and/or Flashfori to automate offline backup management. 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),• Performance tuning and management of systems storage (Disk /memory /CPU /network / storage). Identifying and resolving capacity constraints (system tools and LPAR2RRD)• 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 using Nagios and IBMi tools (BigFix agent, LogRhythm)• Configure Role Swap and MFA for IBMi elevated access (Precisely Software). Ensure systems are secured for insecure protocols. Understand and manage software license compliance. IBMi certificate management. Provide audit materials / evidence and representing MMC on audit meetings. Manage hardware / software encryption• Ability to maintain and create new menus for backups / user access. Programming skills required in CLP (Control Language Programming), RPG-3, ILE-RPG COBOLWhat makes you stand out:• Significant IBMi online experience• Strong PowerVM skills to manage VIOS and hardware V7000, V5020, V3700 – Install, Configure, Manage and Troubleshoot• Programming skills CLP, RPG-3, ILE-RPG COBOL• Expert in Storwise (V7000, V5020, V3700)• Hands on - do research yourself, go out clients and build out the solutions1.) Describe candidate s experience in designing, installing, configuring and managing IBM Power servers2.) What is Candidate s Full Legal Name?3.) What is Candidate s work Authorization Status?4.) What is candidate s present location with the Zip code ?5.) What is candidate s desired hourly pay rate?6.) Please provide date of birth in MMDD format (Month and Date only)7.) Please share the link to candidate s LinkedIn profile. Powered by Webbtree
