Senior iSeries Midrange Specialist required for multinational based in Dublin 18. As the Senior iSeries Midrange Specialist you will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of Midrange services, suck as: system management and administration, problem determination and resolution and the provision of necessary support to the iSeries infrastructure to ensure that the agreed Service Level Agreements are met.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the IBM iSeries hardware and operating system are managed and operated effectively
• Perform problem determination and resolution of hardware and software problems
• Perform hardware upgrades and configuration changes to the LPARs including new partition builds
• Performance tuning of systems
• Installing of Operating Systems software, PTFs and additional licensed programmes including 3rd party software.
• Carry out Capacity planning and performance analysis/tuning.
• Configure, Maintain and Administer iSeries security when required.
• Design and implement high-availability service to our international customers
• Disaster Recover testing including migration of systems from one Data Centre to another.
• Make technical decisions to enhance and improve customer service delivery
  
  

Requirements

• 5+ years experience operating iSeries services.
• Demonstrates up to date knowledge of the iSeries architecture and technology.
• Demonstrates current knowledge of tools relevant to the iSeries platform (e.g. for backup/restore, monitoring, diagnosis, problem determination and resolution).
• Minimum level of operating system OS400 V5R4
• iSeries experience in i5 570 systems and above.
• Professional with a recognised technical qualification.
• Knowledge of iSeries HMC for system configuration.
• LPAR Configuration and management experience
• Prioritise and plan to meet business requirements, ability to manage own time and work within agreed timescales.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with colleagues, customers and suppliers.
• Experience in dealing with professionals in other disciplines.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, additional language skills highly desirable.
• Be available for shift working and on call rota.

For more info please contact David Shanahan on 01 6694040 / david at allenrec.com