AS400 Admin

About Client:Our client is a global digital solutions and technology consulting company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The company generates annual revenue of over $4.29 billion (₹35,517 crore), reflecting a 4.4% year-over-year growth in USD terms. It has a workforce of around 86,000 professionals operating in more than 40 countries and serves a global client base of over 700 organizations.Our client operates across several major industry sectors, including Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI), Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT), Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Manufacturing & Consumer. In the past year, the company achieved a net profit of $553.4 million (₹4,584.6 crore), marking a 1.4% increase from the previous year. It also recorded a strong order inflow of $5.6 billion, up 15.7% year-over-year, highlighting growing demand across its service lines.Key focus areas include Digital Transformation, Enterprise AI, Data & Analytics, and Product Engineering—reflecting its strategic commitment to driving innovation and value for clients across industries.Job Description:Location: BengaluruExperience:7+Work Mode: HybridJob Mode : Contract to HireJob Title: AS400 AdminRole Summary:Key AS400 Admin TasksOS, Virtualization and Hardware-Operations Support - UNIX (HP-UX, IBM-AIX, Solaris1. 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.