AS400 Admin

About Client: Our Client is a multinational IT services and consulting company headquartered in USA, With revenues 19.7 Billion USD, with Global work force of 3,50,000 and Listed in NASDAQ, It is one of the leading IT services firms globally, known for its work in digital transformation, technology consulting, and business process outsourcing, Business Focus on Digital Engineering, Cloud Services, AI and Data Analytics, Enterprise Applications ( SAP, Oracle, Sales Force ), IT Infrastructure, Business Process Out Source. Major delivery centers in India, including cities like Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru. Offices in over 35 countries. India is a major operational hub, with as its U.S. headquarters. Job Title : AS400 Admin Key Skills :AS400 Admin, Virtualization, Hardware, Operations Support, UNIX, HP-UX, IBM-AIX, Solaris. Job Locations : Pan India. Experience : 8+ Years. Education Qualification : Any Graduation. Work Mode : Remote. Employment Type : Contract. Notice Period : Immediate to 15 Days Mandatory Skills: Key AS400 Admin Tasks 1. Good understanding of • System architecture based on business needs. • Plan logical partitioning (LPARs) for workload separation. • Experience on high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) strategies. • Plan capacity (CPU, memory, disk) based on growth projections. 2. Infrastructure Integration • Integrate AS400 with other enterprise systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Windows servers). • Configure communication protocols (ODBC, JDBC, FTP, SFTP, MQ). • Enable web services and APIs using IBM i Access or REST interfaces. 3. LPAR & Virtualization Management • Configure and manage LPARs using HMC (Hardware Management Console). • Allocate resources across partitions. • Monitor inter-LPAR communication and performance. 4. Security Architecture • Design role-based access control and object-level security. • Implement encryption (SSL/TLS) and secure protocols. • Plan for audit logging and compliance (SOX, GDPR, etc.). 5. Good understanding of Database Architecture • DB2 for i database schemas and indexing strategies. • Handon experience journaling, commitment control, and data replication. • Optimize physical and logical file structures. 6. Backup & Recovery understanding • BRMS policies for enterprise-wide backup. • Tape library or virtual tape systems (VTL). • Plan for remote backups and cloud integration. 7. Middleware & Application Integration • Deploy and manage middleware like WebSphere, MQSeries. • Support RPG, COBOL, CL, and Java applications. • Plan for modernization (e.g., converting green screens to web UIs). 8. Performance & Scalability Planning • Understand performance baselines and thresholds. • Plan for load balancing and job distribution. • Architect solutions for peak load handling. 9. Monitoring & Automation Framework • Provide information on enterprise monitoring tools (Nagios, Robot Monitor). • Setup automated alerting and remediation workflows. • Integrate with SIEM tools for security monitoring.