The ideal candidate for the System Administrator II – IBM I Administrator is responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of all IBM I Power Systems. They will perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all system hardware and server resources. The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for IBM I systems and is willing to learn new technologies, concepts, and best practices. This candidate should also be someone who can work independently and is a self-motivated contributor but is also able to work well in a team environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support day to day operations, implementation, enhancement of IBM I workloads within enterprise environment.
• Experience with IBM Power server, HMC, VIOS, IBM Flash System, EMC Data Domain VTL and other tape and storage solutions.
• Administer elements including security, job controls, scheduling, planning, system updates, capacity planning, performance, and licensing.
• Maintain disaster recovery readiness and business continuity including BRMS save/restore and Maxava software replication
• Administer system integrations including EIM/SSO, web services, other TCP/IP services
• Develop and maintain security solutions to ensure security of server and data including privileged access, object level security, authorization lists, IFS security, system security values
• Create documentation, problem analysis, root cause analysis, and procedures
• Management of system settings, change management software, processes, and procedures to maintain SOX compliance
• Use languages such as CL and SQL to create scripts for automation
• Provide support for application, technical support, and operational teams
• Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.
• Experience with Change, Incident and Problem management processes.
• Other duties may be assigned.

COMPETENCIES

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Business Acumen – Understand business implications of decisions; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition and how emerging information security threats can impact profitability and the industry in general.
• Professional Development – Maintains up-to-date knowledge of available and emerging network, system, and security technologies through professional reading, attending industry conferences, and training.
• Conflict Resolution – Encourages open communications; Confronts difficult situations; Maintains objectivity; Keeps emotions under control; Uses negotiations skills to resolve conflicts.
• Financial Responsibility - Understands financial targets and budget goals; Creates sound business cases to support expenditures; Promotes conservation of organizational resources.
• Impact & Influence – Pursues and wins support for ideas; Displays ability to influence key decision-makers; Achieves win-win outcomes; Uses authority appropriately to accomplish goals; Collaborates with interdepartmental administrative staff to ensure information security responsibilities are fulfilled; Addresses divergent opinions.
• Relationship Building – Builds rapport up, down and across the organization; Establishes collaborative relationships to achieve objectives; Seeks win-win solutions to conflict; Develops network of professional contacts; Displays empathy and tolerates diverse viewpoints.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• 5 - 7 years of Systems Administration experience with IBM Power Systems environments running IBM I OS
• Strong experience with managing partitioned systems, remote journaling, SAN technology, VIOS, HMC, BRMS, Disaster Recovery and Security
• Experience with system hardware upgrades (example POWER9 to Power10)
• Experience with Operating System upgrades (example IBM i OS 7.3, 7.4, or 7.5)

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field and 5 to 7 years Systems Administration experience with IBM Power Systems environments running IBM I OS

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate (oral, written, and active listening) at all levels of the business.
• Strong customer service skills and demonstrated the ability to build professional relationships.
• Solid teamwork and interpersonal skills - able to work alone or with a team.
• Capable of dealing effectively with change.
• Extremely well organized.
• Highly motivated individual who can work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to participate in the analysis and/or resolution of IT and business issues.
• Ability to travel either by ground or air to perform job duties or participate in conference or training related venues.
• Ability to work weekends as required and provide rotating on-call support.

Physical Demands - The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move network equipment either alone or with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment - The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.