Lead Administrator - AS400
Recruiter
Wipro
Listed on
16th May 2023
Location
Horsham
Type
Permanent
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Role: Lead AdministratorJob Description: Senior AS/400 System Administrator is responsible for the delivery of AS/400 (IBM i) IT Infrastructure elements both on premise and on cloud hosted environments.
Responsibilities include : Understand the client's overall IT architecture and AS/400 environment and help migrate the on premise environment to Skytap on Azure (or other public/hybrid cloud), and thereafter work with and lead the client to complete a successful migration and implementation to public cloud.Working in Account Delivery, he would lead the design and implementation of migrations be it newer hardware on premise hosting or to the public cloud.Candidate should be capable of solving complex technical problems, communicating technical concepts to clients and peers with mixed levels of technical abilities, and making sound technical and architectural decisions independently.Besides supporting BAU operations, candidate will be responsible and accountable for handling and resolving P1/P2 incidents till closure & RCA thereafter.Owning and managing system security at IBMi level.Debug minor OS, DB2 and other ISV product problems and apply fixes if necessary. Work with IBM/ISVs for technical support if necessary.IBM and other ISV software installation and maintenanceManage and secure network connectivity and communications related to the IBMi platform.Establish and adhere to IT industry best practices and standards as it relates to Architecting/ Designing client's Power/Cloud systems for IBMi (AS/400).Provide technical support for business system architecture planning & design specific to IBMi.Consult with end users, leadership, vendors, and technicians to assess IBMi system requirements.The role requires provision of out of hours support for the implementation of hardware/software changes and support for other projects requiring IBMi infrastructure expertise as well as being part of an on-call rota.Should be ready and available to work on various time zones depending on client needs. Skill and Experience (Essential) Engineering Degree with 12+ years of experience in IT AS/400 System Administration support in a high demand-based, service-oriented environment (environments with 10+ LPARs) ensuring system availability of 99.9%.Sound hands on experience in working on AS/400 environments as a System Administrator with experience in LPAR administrator, System Capacity & Performance tuning, OS & other third-party Software installation, upgrade, and maintenance.Experience in architecting Hardware system & OS upgrades is key.Experience of working in international business environments handling complex AS/400 environments either on-premises or on cloud.Knowledge of performing 'Performance Tuning' of the AS/400 environment. This includes query optimization, creating & fine-tuning indexes, access paths in conjunction with Application teams. Should possess the knowledge and ability to do fail-over testing from Production to DR system in a HA software replication environment.Advanced knowledge of setting up, managing, and administering HA replication software such as MIMIX, iTera, etc. Past fail over switch experience including journal analysis would be of added advantage.Sound experience in Backup/Recovery using BRMS.Average CL scripting skills is a requirement.Should be an expert with hands-on knowledge and experience on various IBM Power System models like E980, E950, S924, S922, S914, S824, S822, 770, etc.Ability to independently plan and lead an AS/400 migration and implementation project team is critical.Should be capable of leading and supporting a team in carrying out core activities such as system build and implementations, migrations, OS upgrades, DR exercises and handling P1 incidents.Public cloud (especially Azure/AWS/GCP/IBM) knowledge would be an added advantage.Knowledge of AS/400 Migration and implementation from On-premises to Skytap on Azure or any other public/hybrid cloud would be a key differentiator.Good and effective written and oral communicationGood understanding of ITIL modules like Incident, Asset, Problem and Change Management. Certification (Preferred) IBM certification on IBM i/iSeries System AdministrationAny public cloud certification (Azure/AWS/GCP)
AS400 Admin
