FNTS Sr. IBM iSeries Engineer (Remote/Work from Home)

FNTS is a nationally recognized Cloud Service Provider that specializes in managed IT services. The Sr. IBM iSeries Engineer is responsible for maintaining customer IBM i/iSeries environments, solving technical problems, and ensuring proper handling of system backups while participating in migration and expansion projects.

Responsibilities:

• Respond to incidents and requests in a timely manner providing in-depth analysis and solutions to meet service level agreements
• Review previous issues looking for opportunities to proactively avoid future problems as part of the FNTS Continuous Improvement culture
• Perform reporting functions as required or requested by customer
• Preparation of special activities (DR Testing/Planning, OS upgrades, PTF deployment)
• Maintenance and configuration of the IBM i OS and Licensed Program Products (LPP’s)
• Write and maintain system documentation
• Work with customers to accomplish their migration to FNTS or remote management setup
• Using team roadmap, implement technologies to achieve it, e.g. develop new offerings through taking advantage of new hardware capabilities or additional OS capabilities such as Live Partition Mobility (LPM)
• Install new software (OS & major subsystem) releases while working with customer on timing/testing/implementation
• Maintain golden/sandbox systems for templates
• Participate in technical infrastructure projects as the IBM i SME

Requirements:

• IBM iSeries System Administration (10+ years experience)
• Knowledge of i/OS systems from V5R4 to V7R3 and major differentiators
• Knowledge of POWER systems hardware
• Experience configuring LPARs using the Hardware Management Console
• Experience with storage management in JBOD, RAID, and SAN environments and the performance differences with each
• Experience defining and troubleshooting Printer configurations
• Experience configuring TCP/IP and associated servers in an IPV4 environment (IPv6 desired)
• Understanding of journal management
• Software based replication (MIMIX, iTera, PowerHA)
• BRMS backup solutions for system recovery/migration
• Familiarity with Physical and Virtual tape library configuration and implementation
• OS Upgrades, PTF Deployment and software installation via Image Catalog
• Experience using performance tools such as MPG
• Experience configuring and deploying automation and monitoring tools such as Halcyon, absMessage, and Robot products
• Experience coding and debugging CL
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal and presentations)
• Knowledge of AV/AR, web query, Flash Copy, and Global Mirror desired
• Candidates must possess unrestricted work authorization and not require future sponsorship