Permanent IBM Series Administrator II / Systems Engineer Job at Softworld, a Kelly Company, Menasha, WI

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  • Softworld, a Kelly Company
  • Menasha, WI

Job Description

PERMANENT IBM SERIES ADMINISTRATOR II / SYSTEMS ENGINEER ~ HYBRID 3 DAYS

SALARY:125K + 7.5 % bonus

Locations:

  • Menasha, WI 54952 (Preferred)
  • Frederick, MD
  • New Hudson-Smith, MI
  • Huntersville, NC
  • McConnellsburg, PA
  • Pittsburgh, PA

SUMMARY:

  • This role provides advanced technical leadership for our IBM Power servers, IBM i OS partitions, HMC, VIO Servers, and IBM DS storage arrays. The position ensures stability of our mission-critical ERP platforms while driving innovation in observability, automation, and security.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Serve as the escalation point for complex operational support, troubleshooting, security enforcement, and performance tuning across IBM Power systems and IBM i OS environments.
  • Expertise in IBM Power and IBM i OS, with responsibility for end-to-end management of the ecosystem spanning hardware, virtualization, and operating system administration.
  • Experience administering IBM VIOS, including configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • Drive the adoption of observability and AIOps practices to improve monitoring, reduce mean time to resolution, and proactively identify issues.
  • Advance automation through Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, CL) to modify best practices, streamline patching/compliance, and reduce operational overhead and repetitive work
  • Support the design, testing, deployment and support of HA/DR solutions (MIMIX or similar) to ensure ERP availability and business continuity.
  • Provide mentoring, guidance, and strong communication to bridge technical and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment with modernization initiatives.

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Five (5) or more years of experience in the field or in a related area.
  • Proven expertise with HMC, MIMIX HA/DR, VIO server, and IBM DS storage.
  • Strong understanding of ITIL processes, incident resolution, and stakeholder engagement.
  • Demonstrated skills in troubleshooting, CL scripting, and infrastructure design.
  • Ability to work standard business hours, with availability for after-hours/weekend work during patching, OS upgrades, and on-call rotations.
  • Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.

STANDOUT QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in information technology or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience managing IBM i OS and IBM Power hardware environments.
  • Experience implementing observability and AIOps initiatives to reduce noise, accelerate incident response, and drive predictive insights
  • Familiar with Fortra products (Alert, Console, Compliance Monitor, Exit Point Manager) or similar products.
  • Background in driving platform security initiatives and automating compliance.

Job Tags

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