I Series Administrator

Job Summary

Job Title: I Series Administrator

Location : Plano, TX 75075

Job type: Contract

Primary Skills: printer, iSeries, Writer Status, System Activity, System Administration, Maintenance, Incident and Problem Management

Requirement:

• iSeries Administrator is responsible for the support and enhancement of the VPay® Power System infrastructure.
• The iSeries Administrator must be capable of working independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment in order to meet business and

technical demands across a broad spectrum of clients from multiple industry verticals.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains and supports the integrity of the iSeries operating environment.
• Performs systems maintenance tasks, such as system back-up, recovery and file maintenance and data replication.
• Schedules, installs, and tests system software upgrades (PTF,IPL)
• Hardware Monitoring, work with support vendor for remediation.
• Work closely with other areas of the company and customers directly to understand needs and deliver holistic solutions
• After Hours and weekend work required.

Competencies/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline preferred
• 10+ years of experience in IBM Power Systems administration

Advanced experience in Operations Monitoring:

Job Queues | Job Status (Active, Inactive, message wait, Etc.)

Output Queues | Message Queues

Disk Status (Capacity usage and thresholds) | TCP/IP Interface Status

Printer, Writer Status | System Activity | System Administration | Maintenance | Incident and Problem Management

Base Operating system support |Add/Configure New Libraries (Rev 04/25/2018) | Folders / directories

Replication groups and targets | IBM License Program Products | Journal, receiver and log management

Health checks | Updates PFT’s , HMC

Duties:

• Self-motivated and can work with minimal direction
• Develop a working knowledge of each business unit
• Demonstrate follow through – meets stated expectations – on-time and with quality
• Detail orientation – accurate execution
• Demonstrate strong listening and communication skills
• Ability to pass strict background check for handling sensitive data

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Education:

• Associate