ECCO Select is a talent acquisition and consulting company specializing in people, process and technology solutions. We provide the talent behind the technology enabling our clients to achieve their goals. For more information about ECCO Select, visit us at www.eccoselect.com.

Position Title:      Sr. IBM i Series IT Administrator

Location Information   WI/PA/FL

 

Position Responsibilities:

The Senior IBM i Series IT Administrator will provide end-to-end administration and operational support for enterprise IBM i (AS/400) environments. This position is focused on ensuring platform stability, security, performance, and availability, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver robust infrastructure services. The role is offered as a one-year contract with the opportunity to become a full-time position based on business needs and individual performance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Install, configure, and maintain IBM i operating environments (across physical and virtual LPAR platforms).
• Apply Program Temporary Fixes, cumulative fix packs, and technology refreshes in accordance with formal change management processes.
• Administer logical partitions, system settings, subsystems, memory pools, and configure workloads for optimal performance.
• Monitor system health using Collection Services and Performance Tools, overseeing disk utilization, auxiliary storage, and resource thresholds.
• Maintain thorough system documentation, operating procedures, and configuration baselines to ensure audit readiness and operational consistency.
• Manage all aspects of IBM i security including user and group profiles, object and adopted authority, and special authority configurations.
• Configure and operate system auditing, security exit programs, and compliance reporting in alignment with organizational and regulatory requirements.
• Design and administer effective BRMS backup strategies, including full, incremental, and journal-based backup schemes.
• Support high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions, conduct regular recovery testing, and ensure readiness for failover events.
• Administer DB2 for IBM i databases including schema management, SQL optimization, performance tuning, and journal management.
• Manage IBM i network services such as TCP/IP configuration, DNS, FTP, and secure file transfer protocols.
• Implement and maintain job scheduling and automation using enterprise schedulers and custom CL based scripts.
• Partner with developers working in RPG, COBOL, SQL, and Java to support varied application workloads on the IBM i platform.
• Act as a senior technical advisor for infrastructure initiatives, environment assessments, and platform migrations.
• Mentor junior administrators and promote ongoing knowledge sharing within the IBM i team.

 

Essential Skills, Experience

• Eight or more years of hands-on IBM i system administration experience in enterprise environments.
• Expertise administering IBM i operating system versions 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5.
• Advanced knowledge of IBM i backup and recovery solutions, particularly BRMS.
• Deep experience with DB2 for IBM i—schema management, performance tuning, DDS/SQL, and journaling.
• Advanced skills in Control Language (CL) programming, job scheduling, and automation.
• Proven experience applying security best practices on IBM i: administering user/group profiles, object authority, auditing, and regulatory compliance.
• Track record with IBM i high availability and disaster recovery solutions such as MIMIX, iTera, or PowerHA.
• Strong experience supporting IBM i networking services, including configuration of TCP/IP, FTP, DNS, and secure file transfer mechanisms.
• Proficiency with monitoring and performance tools including Collection Services and Performance Tools for IBM i.
• Familiarity with IBM Access Client Solutions and IBM i Access services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities—including the creation of technical documentation and delivering presentations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred qualifications and experience include:

• IBM Certified Systems Expert for IBM i or similar industry certification.
• Experience with IBM Power Systems hardware, virtual IO server, and hardware management console administration.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices for IBM i environments (RDi, source control, continuous integration).
• Experience in regulated verticals such as healthcare, financial services, and/or public sector.
• Consulting or client-facing experience in managed/professional services capacity.

Relevant tools and technologies:

• IBM i OS 7.x administration
• BRMS backup and recovery
• DB2 for IBM i and SQL
• High availability and disaster recovery solutions
• IBM i security and auditing
• CL programming and automation
• Enterprise job scheduling tools
• IBM Access Client Solutions
• Collection Services and Performance Tools for IBM i

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or associate degree in information technology or a related discipline (or equivalent professional experience).
• Minimum eight years' IBM i system administration in a large-scale, enterprise environment.

ECCO Select is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. Our policy is to provide equal opportunity to all people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other legally protected category. Veterans of our United States Uniformed Services are specifically encouraged to apply for ECCO Select opportunities.

Equal Employment Opportunity is The Law
This Organization Participates in E-Verify