Job Title: System Administrator Location: Remote in Canada.

Duration: 06-12 Months Hourly Pay Rate: 50 CAD./hr.

Job Description: 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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📌 Hiring System Administrator in Canada "Remote" (Toronto)
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📍 Toronto