AS400 Engineer

AS400 Engineer

At Ensono, our purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

Developing impactful solutions is something we do together at Ensono, because Ideas Start Here.  Great things happen when many voices are heard, and people are supported to run with their ideas.  On our teams, you will be backed by leaders with passion for our business.  This is a place where your ideas can Do Great Things.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business.

Adventure starts here. Here you will be a part of a team that encourages you to master your craft, ask tomorrow’s questions today, and chart your own path.  Our Associates focus on client impact with curiosity and a feeling of relentless commitment.  You will support this mission in this role, where you will be doing the following:

About the role and what you'll be doing: 

Are you passionate about Midrange IBM i (or commonly known as AS/400, iSeries)? Do you want to help set the direction and strategy for AS400 Support team? Are you motivated to work in a complex, diverse, and global environment? We are looking for an AS400 System Administrator to join our team and help us to:

1. Create and manage the global Platform Build, infrastructure third party products and a roadmap for future builds. Partner with other regional Service Delivery teams to ensure timely deployment throughout the UBS estate.
2. Work alongside UBS packaging teams to develop and update platform specific emulator software to ensure continued support from product vendors.
3. Publish roadmaps of Platform Builds and product updates and partner with regional service delivery teams for rollout deployment support and to gather special regional requirements.
4. Verify and update engineering documentation.
MR Attachment 2.3-B Midrange Services SOW
5. Develop and provide a common build for AS/400 client access (e.g. DTP) and a roadmap for future builds. Partner with regional service delivery team for rollout deployment support and to gather special regional requirements.
6. Perform hardware and software certification.
7. Perform platform and security Engineering (OS, Middleware, Hardware).
8. Investigate Incidents and Problems that require an in-depth technical understanding.
9. Provide in-depth analysis of the environment to assist in service Outage investigations and support availability management processes, in general.
10. Identify opportunities for continual improvement, through knowledge management and constant skill review.
11. Educate and train the operational staff in the use of analysis tools and processes where appropriate.
12. Plan for changes in capacity requirements.
13. Provide evaluations of new tools and technologies.
14. Perform testing and benchmarking of new infrastructure or tools prior to deployment into production.
15. Create handover documentation, training, diagnostic scripts, and operational procedures for the operations group.

Your team

As an AS400 engineer you will be instrumental in setting the direction and strategy for the Midrange AS400 infrastructure support across the globe and in designing and building solutions to automate the deployment, configuration, and upgrade of these systems. Teamwork is pivotal to our success; it plays a key role.

We want all new Associates to succeed in their roles at Ensono. That's why we've outlined the job requirements below. To be considered for this role, it's important that you meet all Required Qualifications. If you do not meet all of the Preferred Qualifications, we still encourage you to apply.