System Administrator II - IBM i Administrator

Dothan, AL

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AAA Cooper Transportation, founded in 1955, is an asset based multi-regional trucking company providing less-than-truckload, truck load, dedicated contract carriage, brokerage and international services. With directly operated facilities in the Southeast, Southwest, Midwest and Puerto Rico and partners carriers with coverage into Canada, Mexico and across the globe, AAA Cooper Transportation can service nearly all transportation needs.

As a full-time AAA Cooper Transportation employee, you will enjoy benefits such as:

  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance

  • Company Health Savings Account contributions

  • 401k with company match

  • Company paid life insurance

  • Long Term Disability

  • Dependent Life Insurance

  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance

  • Wellness programs

  • Paid Holidays

  • Paid vacation

  • Weekly direct payroll deposits

  • Tuition Reimbursement Program

  • Employee Assistance Program

POSITION SUMMARY

The ideal candidate for the System Administrator II - IBM I Administrator is responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of all IBM I Power Systems. They will perform daily system monitoring, verifying the integrity and availability of all system hardware and server resources. The ideal candidate is someone who has a passion for IBM I systems and is willing to learn new technologies, concepts, and best practices. This candidate should also be someone who can work independently and is a self-motivated contributor but is also able to work well in a team environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Support day to day operations, implementation, enhancement of IBMi workloads within enterprise environment.

Experience with IBM Power server, HMC, VIOS, IBM Flash System, EMC Data Domain VTL and other tape and storage solutions.

Administer elements including security, job controls, scheduling, planning, system updates, capacity planning, performance, and licensing.

Maintain disaster recovery readiness and business continuity including BRMS save/restore and Maxava software replication

Administer system integrations including EIM/SSO, web services, other TCP/IP services

Develop and maintain security solutions to ensure security of server and data including privileged access, object level security, authorization lists, IFS security, system security values

Create documentation, problem analysis, root cause analysis, and procedures

Management of system settings, change management software, processes, and procedures to maintain SOX compliance

Use languages such as CL and SQL to create scripts for automation

Provide support for application, technical support, and operational teams

Perform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as required. Configure CPU, memory, and disk partitions as required.

Experience with Change, Incident and Problem management processes.

Other duties may be assigned.

COMPETENCIES

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Business Acumen - Understand business implications of decisions; Demonstrates knowledge of market and competition and how emerging information security threats can impact profitability and the industry in general.

Professional Development - Maintains up-to-date knowledge of available and emerging network, system, and security technologies through professional reading, attending industry conferences, and training.

Conflict Resolution - Encourages open communications; Confronts difficult situations; Maintains objectivity; Keeps emotions under control; Uses negotiations skills to resolve conflicts.

Financial Responsibility - Understands financial targets and budget goals; Creates sound business cases to support expenditures; Promotes conservation of organizational resources.

Impact & Influence - Pursues and wins support for ideas; Displays ability to influence key decision-makers; Achieves win-win outcomes; Uses authority appropriately to accomplish goals; Collaborates with interdepartmental administrative staff to ensure information security responsibilities are fulfilled; Addresses divergent opinions.

Relationship Building - Builds rapport up, down and across the organization; Establishes collaborative relationships to achieve objectives; Seeks win-win solutions to conflict; Develops network of professional contacts; Displays empathy and tolerates diverse viewpoints. Pay Range: - , General Benefits:

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