AS400 System Administrator

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As a AS400 System Administrator, You Will Be

• Responsible for the administration and maintenance of the IBM iSeries (servers, multiple partitions)
• Responsible for message handling, command line utilities, work management, job and print control, device management, system configuration, system security, backup and restore, backup and restore disaster recovery, file transfer integration, OS and application PTF management, job monitoring and recovery, hardware maintenance and optimization, installations and upgrades.
• Managing and maintaining Development, QA, Production, and Failover systems and servers.
• Managing roles and rights to use systems and servers.
• Maximizing up-time, performance and availability of the AS/400 systems.
• Responsible for the protection of data, including safeguarding PII.
• Monitoring the High Availability software, role swaps, and disaster recovery for our AS/400 systems.
• Providing first-level support to end-users to resolve system issues.
  
  

Is this the right role for you?

• You have a university degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.
• You have 10+ years of full-time industry experience as an AS/400 System Admin, in a software development environment.
• You put customers first. Serving our end-users, in a secure, performant, sustainable and fiscally responsible way, is the only thing that matters.
• You favor action and results VS talking and slideware.
• You are proficient with the administration and maintenance of our core environment: IBM Power System i, IBM Rational Developer, iCluster, PTC Implementer.
• You have experience with most of the following: Fortra Automate, BroadCom CA 2E, Fortra Robot Alert / Console / Schedule, Enforcive Enterprise Security Suite.
• You are able to work in office located in London, ON
  
  

EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity.

Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of Integrity and Mutual Respect welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Mutual Accountability, means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to Inclusive Diversity.

Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

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