Exciter/LCI Field Service Engineer
Switzerland Global Enterprise
TCP/IP
IBM i System Administrator
Kyndryl
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Bangalore • 🇮🇳 India
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
TCP/IP
About the role
- Solve complex problems and identify potential future issues across the spectrum of platforms and services
- Manage systems data for clients and provide day-to-day solutions and security compliance
- Oversee a queue of assignments and work directly with technicians, prioritizing tickets to deliver solutions to clients
- Recommend modernization options, identify new business opportunities, and cultivate relationships with teams and stakeholders
- Manage IBM i OS administration tasks including PTFs, user and security management, subsystems and job control, backups and restorations
- Monitor performance, conduct capacity planning, and implement optimizations to address bottlenecks
- Install and maintain IBM i licensed and third-party software; support deployments with development teams
- Configure and manage TCP/IP networking and communication protocols on IBM i
- Design CL programs/scripts and utilise scheduling tools to automate routine tasks
- Develop and execute disaster recovery plans and manage high availability solutions
Requirements
- More than 5 Years’ Experience in IBM i System Administration
- Deep understanding of IBM i OS architecture and its components
- Experience managing different versions of IBM i OS, including applying Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs)
- Skilled at working from the command line (CL commands) and through menu-based navigation
- Expertise in handling user profiles, groups, access rights, IBM i Security Navigator, and advanced auditing
- Proficient in overseeing subsystems and job queues, scheduling batch jobs, monitoring active jobs and troubleshooting failures
- Responsible for system backups using BRMS, planning and testing recovery procedures, and managing save/restore operations and media libraries
- Knowledge of IBM i objects, DASD allocation, storage pools, and the integrated file system (IFS)
- Experience with performance monitoring tools like IBM Navigator for i and WRKACTJOB, capacity planning and workload distribution
- Experience installing and maintaining IBM i licensed software and third-party programs; supporting deployments with development teams
- Networking and communications on IBM i: TCP/IP, FTP, Telnet, HTTP
- Automation and scripting using CL programs and scheduling tools
- Experience setting up and managing high availability and disaster recovery solutions (e.g., PowerHA) and replication methods
- Preferred: Familiar with DB2 for i, IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), REST services on IBM i, and IBM Power Systems hardware
- Customer-focused with a growth mindset and strong collaboration skills
Benefits
- Benefits that give you choice and support you and your family through the moments that matter
- Employee learning programs with access to certifications including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Skillsoft
- Opportunities to certify in all four major cloud platforms (Cloud Hyperscalers)
- Volunteering and giving platform (donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, search over 2 million non-profit organizations)
- Inclusive culture and Kyndryl Inclusion Networks
- Career growth opportunities from Junior System Administrator to Architect
- State-of-the-art resources and opportunity to work with Fortune 100 clients
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
IBM i System AdministrationIBM i OS architectureProgram Temporary Fixes (PTFs)CL commandsIBM i Security NavigatorBRMSDASD allocationperformance monitoring toolshigh availability solutionsdisaster recovery solutions
Soft skills
problem-solvingcollaborationcustomer-focusedgrowth mindsetrelationship cultivationprioritizationcommunication
