ISeries Engineer - Houston, United States - KTek Resourcing

Description

Job Title: ISeries Engineer

Job Location: Houston, TX (Hybrid)

Job Duration: Contract/C2C/W2

Visa Accept: Open

Aldon Exp is must

Coordinates OS version upgrades, software fixes, and preventative maintenance to minimize risk and service disruptions

Performs installation, upgrade, configuration, deployment, and administration of iSeries/AS400 operating systems and hardware

Resolves issues and implements projects at an advanced technical level regarding iSeries/DB2 as it is connected to by other Databases

Works to ensure user satisfaction by providing installation, configuration, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting and quickly resolving complex problems

Resolves availability, capacity, and performance issues

Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency

Monitor MIMIX audits and resolve issues as needed

Perform scheduled role-swap test using MIMIX

Acts as a liaison between internal and external user communities

Collaborates with application support staff and DBAs to ensure external databases can connect to the DB2 database.

Create Aldon audit reports as requested by the auditing team

Collaborates with application support staff to perform Aldondeployments to non-production environments

Collaborates with application support staff to perform Aldon application deployments to production environment with approved Change Requests

Perform quarterly USPS database (PerZip) updates

Perform iSeries technical support and expertise to resolve issues (e.g. printers, devices, backups, etc)

Collaborate with different teams to analyze and resolve issues with the agents installed on the iSeries LPARs

May act as team leader on projects

Provides after-hours and weekend support as needed

Create SOP's as needed.