Techno Functional Consultant - L2

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Job Description

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Job Title AS/400 (iSeries/IBM i) System Administrator

Proposed Grade Band B2

Demand Role System Administrator L2

Location Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore - India

Rate up to 150K

Educational Qualifications Bachelor's or equivalent technical education

Language- English

Certifications- IBM Certified System Administrator / Technical Expert, Solution Expert or Specialist

Experience Level 4 - 6 years of experience in AS/400 System Administration and Operation support.

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AS/400 (iSeries/IBM i) Sr. System Administrator (L2

The AS/400 System Administrator responsible for delivery of

AS/400 (IBM i) IT Infrastructure elements both on premise and on cloud hosted environments. Migration and implementation expertise of On-premises would be a key advantage and differentiator.

Responsibilities include:

• Understand the client’s overall IT architecture and AS/400 environment.
  
• Working in Account Delivery, he would be a part of the Technical Transition of IBMi specific from the incumbent SME.
  
• 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.
  
• Where required, he would work with the Team Lead to design and implementation of migrations be it newer hardware on premise hosting or to the public cloud.
  
• Besides supporting BAU/Day to day operations, candidate will be responsible and accountable for handling and resolving P1/P2 incidents till closure & RCA thereafter.
  
• Provide Technical Support for Business System Architecture Planning & Design
  
• 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 maintenance
  
• Manage and secure network connectivity and communications related to the IBMi platform.
  
• Establish and adhere to IT industry best practices and standards for client’s Power Systems for IBMi (AS/400).
  
• Consult with end users, leadership, vendors, and technicians to assess IBMi system requirements.
  
• Should be capable of working with a team in carrying out core activities such as system build and implementations, migrations, OS upgrades, DR exercises and handling P1 incidents.
  
• 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.
  

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Skill and Experience (Essential)

• Engineering Degree with 4-6 years of experience in IT AS/400 System Administration support in a high demand-based, service-oriented environment.
  
• 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 working in international business environments with complex AS/400 environments either on-site or in the cloud
  
• Experience in architecting Hardware system & OS upgrades is key.
  
• Hands on experience in Monitoring Tool: Icinga; HA: PowerHA and BRMS software.
  
• Familiarity with third party monitoring software will be an added advantage.
  
• Knowledge of performing ‘Performance Tuning’ of the AS/400 environment.
  
• Experience in installation, configuration and maintenance of AS/400 hardware, software, networked related devices and AS/400 client-access software, journaling, HMC management etc.
  
• 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.
  
• 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.
  
• Ability to independently plan and lead an AS/400 migration and implementation project team is critical.
  
• Public cloud (especially Azure/AWS/GCP/IBM) knowledge would be an added advantage.
  
• Good and effective written and oral communication
  
• Good understanding of ITIL modules like Incident, Asset, Problem and Change Management.
  

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Key criteria for evaluation required for Senior/Functional hires

List top 4 qualities for evaluation in order of importance

Rank

Criteria for Evaluation

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Experience in handling end to end OS upgrades or AS/400 migrations to new on-premises hardware or to public cloud

2

Strong AS/400 System Administration and troubleshooting skills (with 4 -6 years of relevant experience)

3

Good client facing and presentation skills; oral and written communication either in face-to-face meetings or over Microsoft Teams

4

Strong planning and process documentation skills

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Mandatory Skills: AS400 Admin.

Experience: 8-10 Years.

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