Senior Specialist, IBMi
Job Summary
As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue SS&C is headquartered in Windsor Connecticut and has 27000 employees in 35 countries. Some 20000 financial services and healthcare organizations from the worlds largest companies to small and mid-market firms rely on SS&C for expertise scale and technology.
Job Description
Job Title
IBM i (iSeries) System Administrator
Locations: London Basildon Hybrid
Get To Know Us:
SS&C is leading the way. We continue to look for todays and tomorrows brightest talent those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse honest dynamic individuals who value collaboration accountability and innovation.
Why You Will Love It Here!
- Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
- Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
- Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
- Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
- Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
- Training: Hands-On Team-Customised throughout your career
What You Will Get To Do:
- Administer and support large IBM i (iSeries/IBMi) environments to ensure system stability performance and security.
- Perform operating system upgrades patching activities and manage Program Temporary Fixes (PTFs) and cumulative PTF packages.
- Monitor system performance including CPU memory storage and disk utilization proactively identifying and resolving issues.
- Manage backup and recovery operations using BRMS or equivalent tools including disaster recovery planning and testing.
- Configure and maintain LPAR environments TCP/IP networking and connected system devices.
- Create and maintain user profiles security settings and access controls in accordance with security policies and compliance requirements.
- Troubleshoot and resolve IBM i hardware software and infrastructure-related issues while coordinating with vendors and support teams as required.
What You Will Bring:
- 2 years of IBM i (iSeries/IBMi) system administration experience.
- Experience with IBM i OS upgrades PTF management security administration and performance tuning.
- Strong understanding of IBM Power Systems architecture and core IBM i technologies.
- Experience using BRMS or equivalent backup and recovery solutions.
- Familiarity with disaster recovery planning execution and testing.
- Experience managing LPAR environments and TCP/IP configurations.
- Knowledge of IBM i security concepts including user authorities object security auditing and system monitoring tools.
- Exposure to IBM i scripting or automation technologies such as CL SQL or RPG would be advantageous.
- Strong analytical troubleshooting and communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. Its important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.
Thank you for your interest in SS&C! To further explore this opportunity please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ SS&C Careers
Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies Inc. or any of its affiliated companies the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race color religious creed gender age marital status sexual orientation national origin disability veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Leading cloud-based provider of financial services technology solutions. SS&C Technologies owns and maintains the best financial technology in the industry