System Administrator

long term Contract //Toronto ON//Canada . Please share resumes to Amarjeet.Kumar@akkodisgroup.com

Role:- System Administrator
Location- Toronto ON(Onsite)
Job Type:- Contract
Years of Experience: 5-10 Years

Top 3 Required Skills:
1. IBM iSeries (AS/400) Admin
2. IBM I v7.3 or above
3. Robot Suites (Schedule, Console, Alert, Network etc), MIMIX configuration, Patrick Townsend setup

Top 3 Preferred Skills:
1. Experience in applying PTFs, OS upgrades, Backup and Restore, security management and printer queue setup
2. Proficient in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio etc.)
3. Stakeholder management

Education Requirements:
Degree in computer science or engineering with relevant work experience

Detailed Job Description:
The day to day activities should consists of the following key responsibilities
• Support IBM iSeries (AS/400) servers.
• Work with vendor / partners, responsible for any enhancement upgrades/patching and the daily operations of the systems, maintain maximum availability of IBM iSeries servers.
• Lead projects associated to the enhancement upgrade / patching, or implementation of new or existing technology solutions on IBM I
• Work with hosting partner, install of cumulative PTFs and upgrade packages
• Setup Robot job scheduling and production promotion
• Maintain and upgrade third party vendor software on IBM I
• Setup, maintain and monitor IBM I security as per Security group requirement
• Conduct performance tuning and troubleshooting, and ensure compliance with al IT policies and procedures
• Provide after hour support to address critical business and / or IT issues