SENIOR CONSULTANT

We are seeking a highly seasoned IBM i Systems Engineer to own the architecture, security, performance, and high availability of an enterprise Power Systems environment. The role involves complex migrations, strategic planning, and maintaining 99.999% uptime for critical business applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain complex LPAR configurations, PowerVM virtualization, and enterprise storage strategies.
• Design and manage high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including PowerHA, Mimix, Quick-EDD, and related technologies.
• Administer advanced IBM i security configurations, exit point management, object-level auditing, and SOX/HIPAA compliance controls.
• Lead OS/400 upgrades, PTF management, and firmware updates on IBM Power8, Power9, and Power10 hardware using HMC.
• Perform in-depth performance analysis and resolve complex contention and bottlenecks.
• Act as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex system failures.
• Use CL programming, RPGLE, and SQL to automate operational tasks and integrate with modern tooling.
• Lead data center migrations, cloud integration with AWS and Azure, and SQL modernization projects.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Extensive experience supporting IBM iSeries infrastructure, POWER8 through POWER10 hardware, storage, and ancillary devices.
• Experience with IBM i security, SOX/PCI compliance, OS upgrades, IBM PTFs, and IBM BRMS.
• Ability to plan and implement iSeries partitions for performance, resource, and storage balancing.
• Expertise in IBM i high-availability and disaster-recovery solutions, including Mimix, Quick-EDD, OMS/ODS, and PowerHA.
• Knowledge of IBM Business Partners, iSeries vendors, and third-party applications such as Fortra, ACOM, DBU, Hawkeye, iSecurity, and Control-M.
• Knowledge of SDA, PDM, and other programming tools for application building and screen design.
• Ability to facilitate, communicate, and document business projects and milestones.