AS400 Admin Support

Title: AS400 Admin Support

Location: Hyderabad, India

Duration: 12+ Months

Required Qualifications

Administrator:

• 5+ years IBM i experience
• Strong knowledge of operations, BRMS, and system administration

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Lawson/Infor, LSAMS, or hospitality systems
• Experience with SOX/PCI environments

Job Summary

The IBM i (AS/400) Administrator is responsible for the architecture, performance, reliability, security, and lifecycle management of enterprise IBM i environments. This position goes beyond daily operations and provides advanced technical leadership in system engineering, performance optimization, OS upgrades, capacity planning, high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR), database tuning, automation design, and integration with major enterprise applications.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. System Administration & Engineering

• Design, configure, and maintain IBM i LPARs, system values, storage pools, subsystems, memory pools, and devices.
• Plan and execute OS upgrades, PTF installations, and firmware updates.
• Manage IBM Power Systems hardware and HMC resources.
• Configure networking, security, SSL certificates, and system access.
• Implement automation platforms.

2. Performance Analysis & Optimization

• Conduct performance monitoring using IBM tools.
• Diagnose CPU, memory, disk, and job performance issues.
• Optimize DB2 for i and batch workloads.
• Produce capacity forecasts and performance reports.

3. High Availability & Disaster Recovery

• Administer MIMIX replication.
• Perform DR testing and maintain runbooks.
• Reduce replication lag and optimize journal management.

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