L3 iSeries Support Administrator

iSeries Application Support Administrator

Our trusted partner, a leading FTSE 250 corporation is currently hiring an iSeries Application Support Administrator to provide incident management, application deployment and DR Test Verification within the Application Support (IBM Estate) function of a highly reputable global financial service provider. This permanent role paying up to £50,000 + 15% bonus on a hybrid basis (3 days PW) to be located in Chatham.

To be considered for this fast paced and challenging vacancy you must has recent hands on capabilities in iSeries / AS 400 with the ability to perform upgrades, performance monitoring and incident management within a small team. It would be highly desirable if you the chosen candidate had Azure fundamentals as our client moves into the cloud.

Core responsibilities:

• Incident Management: All support request raised to support team will be managed within agreed service levels.
• Monitoring of the tickets and environment ensuring we stay on top of issues and lead incident calls
• Information Management: Building a team Knowledge base that is easy to understand and usable by junior members of staff.
• Application deployment and code promotions.
• Receiving post implementation sign off from the business that delivery into production has been successful
• Monitoring the application on the IBM estate, BRMS, Replication,
• Mentor and coach L3 Administrators in order to enhance knowledge

Experience requirements:

• Excellent trouble shooting skills to trace root cause
• Robust understanding of Incident and problem management
• Windows server knowledge knowledge is essential.
• Application Support experience is essential.
• Strong experience of working with production iSeries environments.
• Pervious experience supporting applications in a financial services environment is desirable.
• ITIL® Foundation Certification is desireable

This exciting opportunity comes with an excellent corporate benefits package, career opportunities, salary reviews and training.