System Administrator

Immediate need for a talented (IBMi) System Administrator. This is a 06 months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in U.S(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

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Pay Range: $35/hr - $38/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer and support IBM i (OS/400) systems, including system configuration, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Manage IBM Power Systems virtualization, including VIOS configuration, LPAR provisioning, virtual networking, and virtual storage mappings.
• Administer Fibre Channel SAN connectivity: zoning, masking, and path management in coordination with storage/network teams.
• Configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Fibre Channel switches (e.g., Brocade/Cisco), including firmware updates, port health, and best-practice zoning standards.
• Support SAN storage operations (provisioning, LUN management, multipathing, replication concepts, and change coordination).
• Manage SSL/TLS certificates for IBM i services and integrated applications (certificate requests/CSRs, renewals, installation, rotation, and troubleshooting).
• Perform OS, PTF, and firmware maintenance for IBM i, VIOS, and related Power Systems components; plan and execute maintenance windows and rollback strategies.
• Implement and maintain backup, recovery, and high availability processes (e.g., BRMS, journaling, replication/HA tools as applicable); participate in DR testing.
• Monitor system alerts/logs, resolve incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and drive problem management to prevent recurrence.
• Harden systems and maintain security controls (user/profile management, auditing, encryption standards, vulnerability remediation, and access reviews).
• Create and maintain documentation for configurations, runbooks, diagrams, and operational procedures.
• Collaborate with application, database, storage, and network teams to deliver stable services and support project work (migrations, upgrades, integrations).
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support for critical incidents and planned changes.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key skills;IBMi, OS/400, System Admin, AS400
• Administer and support IBM i (OS/400) systems, including system configuration, performance monitoring, capacity planning, and lifecycle maintenance.
• Manage IBM Power Systems virtualization, including VIOS configuration, LPAR provisioning, virtual networking, and virtual storage mappings.
• Administer Fibre Channel SAN connectivity: zoning, masking, and path management in coordination with storage/network teams.
• 3 years of hands-on IBM i system administration experience in an enterprise environment.
• Experience administering Power Systems virtualization with VIOS (LPAR provisioning, virtual SCSI/NPIV, virtual networking).
• Strong working knowledge of Fibre Channel concepts, including zoning, WWPNs, multipathing, and SAN troubleshooting.
• Experience working with Fibre Channel switches (Brocade and/or Cisco MDS) and SAN storage platforms.
• Experience managing SSL/TLS certificates (CSR creation, renewals, chain/intermediate handling, installation, and validation).
• Knowledge of IBM i security fundamentals (user/profile management, authorities, auditing, and change control).
• Comfortable troubleshooting complex cross-domain issues involving OS, virtualization, storage, and network components.
• Strong documentation skills and ability to follow/maintain operational runbooks.
• Experience with high availability and replication solutions (e.g., PowerHA, MIMIX, iCluster, or similar).
• Experience with BRMS, save strategies, and restore/DR planning for IBM i.
• Working knowledge of AIX administration and/or HMC management for Power Systems.
• Scripting/automation experience (e.g., CL, RPG utilities, Python, Ansible, shell scripting) and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and audit support (SOX, PCI, HIPAA, etc., as applicable).
• IBM certifications (e.g., IBM i, Power Systems, or security-related credentials).
• Working Conditions
• May require participation in an on-call rotation and occasional after-hours maintenance.
• Work involves change management, scheduled maintenance windows, and incident response for production systems.
• Some travel to data centers or other sites may be required (if applicable).

Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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