HIRING SENIOR IBM i / AS400 SPECIALIST CORE MODERNIZATION
Location: Remote / Offshore India
Experience: 12 Years
Budget: 1.82.0 LPM
Employment: Contract / Project-Based
Shift: US Shift Minimum 4 Hours Overlap
ROLE OVERVIEW
We are looking for a Senior IBM i / AS400 Specialist with strong hands-on expertise in COBOL DB2 for i SQL and Python on IBM i. You will work as the offshore execution arm of the Onshore IBM i Lead focusing on legacy system analysis COBOL reverse engineering business logic discovery system dependencies documentation test environments and test-data preparation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Analyze DB2 for i schemas files tables relationships & data structures
Reverse engineer complex COBOL applications and business rules
Trace Policy Transaction & Line-of-Business processing flows
Analyze batch jobs job queues scheduling & dependencies
Review SQL queries database access patterns & performance
Document actual system behavior and technical/functional flows
Configure/manage IBM i/AS400 QA/UAT environments
Generate and validate realistic test data
Support QA/UAT environment and data readiness
Collaborate with Onshore IBM i SME/Lead and modernization teams
MANDATORY SKILLS
12 years IBM i / AS400 experience
Strong COBOL on IBM i/AS400
Python on IBM i Mandatory
Strong DB2 for i & SQL
Legacy application reverse engineering
Batch processing job queues & scheduling
AS400 test environment & test-data management
Excellent spoken/written English & communication
Not a Cloud DevOps Kubernetes or generic backend role.
EXPECTATIONS
30 Days: Understand architecture COBOL programs DB2 schema & begin documentation.
60 Days: Independently own system analysis test environments & datasets.
90 Days: Own assigned modules end-to-end and deliver validated modernization-ready documentation.
MANDATORY SKILLS 12 years IBM i / AS400 experience Strong COBOL on IBM i/AS400 Python on IBM i Mandatory Strong DB2 for i & SQL Legacy application reverse engineering Batch processing job queues & scheduling AS400 test environment & test-data management Excellent spoken/written English & communication