As400 Admin - Lead

Job Description for

AS/400 (iSeries/IBM i) Sr. System Administrator (L3)

Date

10-June-2025

Job Title

AS/400 (iSeries/IBM i)

Proposed Grade

Band B3

Demand Role

System Administrator L3

Location

Pune, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore - India

Requirement Details

Division / Vertical

TS - CIS

Sub-Division/ Sub Vertical

DC & Hybrid Cloud - Midrange Practice

Resource Manager

TM/PM/Reporting Manager)

Expected Date of Recruitment

30-July-2025

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor's or equivalent technical education

Language

• English

Certifications

• IBM Certified System Administrator / Technical Expert, Solution Expert or Specialist

Experience Level

10 - 12 years of experience in

Job Description

AS/400 (IBM i)

Responsibilities include

• Understand the clients overall IT architecture and AS/400 environment.
• Working in Account Delivery, he would be a part of the Technical Transition of IBMi specific from the incumbent SME.
• Candidate should be capable of solving complex technical problems, communicating technical concepts to clients and peers with mixed levels of technical abilities, and making sound technical and architectural decisions independently.
• Where required, he would work with the Team Lead to design and implementation of migrations be it newer hardware on premise hosting or to the public cloud.
• Besides supporting BAU/Day to day operations, candidate will be responsible and accountable for handling and resolving P1/P2 incidents till closure & RCA thereafter.
• Provide Technical Support for Business System Architecture Planning & Design
• Owning and managing system security at IBMi level.
• Debug minor OS, DB2 and other ISV product problems and apply fixes if necessary. Work with IBM/ISVs for technical support if necessary.
• IBM and other ISV software installation and maintenance
• Manage and secure network connectivity and communications related to the IBMi platform.
• Establish and adhere to IT industry best practices and standards for clients Power Systems for IBMi (AS/400).
• Consult with end users, leadership, vendors, and technicians to assess IBMi system requirements.
• Should be capable of working with a team in carrying out core activities such as system build and implementations, migrations, OS upgrades, DR exercises and handling P1 incidents.
• The role requires provision of out of hours support for the implementation of hardware/software changes and support for other projects requiring IBMi infrastructure expertise as well as being part of an on-call rota.
• Should be ready and available to work on various time zones depending on client needs.

2. Skill upgradation and competency building

• Clear wipro exams and internal certifications from time to time to upgrade the skills
• Attend trainings, seminars to sharpen the knowledge in functional/ technical domain
• Write papers, articles, case studies and publish them on the intranet