Job Title: System Administrator

Location: Remote in Canada.

Duration: 06-12 Months

Hourly Pay Rate: 50 CAD./hr.

: The AS400 (IBM i iSeries) System Administrator is responsible for the administration, monitoring, maintenance, security, patching, upgrades, and operational support of IBM i environments. The role ensures platform stability, performance, availability, and compliance while managing batch scheduling operations using ROBOT Scheduler and supporting business-critical production workloads.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Experience in IBM i AS400 System Administration, including environments across Production, DR, QA, and Development systems.
- Proficiency in system monitoring, performance tuning, and managing user profiles, authorities, object permissions, and security controls.
- Knowledge of ITIL-based Incident, Problem, and Change Management processes.
- Experience in OS Management, PTFs, and Upgrades, including planning and executing IBM i OS upgrades and technology refresh activities.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

- Experience with BRMS (Backup Recovery and Media Services)



and High Availability solutions such as MIMIX, PowerHA, iCluster, or equivalent.
- Proficiency in ROBOT Scheduler Administration, including configuring, administering, and maintaining environments.
- Experience in Production Control Batch Operations, including monitoring production batch workloads and job queues.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

- Administer and maintain IBM i environments and perform daily health checks, system monitoring, and performance tuning.
- Plan and execute IBM i OS upgrades and manage PTF installation, cumulative packages, and security patches.
- Administer BRMS, execute scheduled and on-demand backups, and support High Availability solutions.
- Configure and manage ROBOT Scheduler environments and monitor critical business batch schedules.
- Analyze performance bottlenecks and optimize batch execution windows.

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