Lead daily operations, monitoring, performance tuning, security, backups, disaster recovery, and high availability for mission-critical IBM i environments. Partner with application and database teams on deployments and troubleshooting, execute upgrades and migrations, plan capacity, maintain technical documentation, and mentor systems engineers.
Senior Systems Engineer - IBM i
Corporate Headquarters
12575 Uline Drive, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158
Keep Uline’s IBM i systems running seemlessly. As a Senior Systems Engineer, you’ll design, optimize and support our mission-critical IBM i infrastructure, ensuring peak performance and reliability. Bring your expertise to a collaborative team that values continuous improvement.
Careers Packed with Potential. Backed by 45+ years of success, Uline offers opportunities to grow your career with stability you can count on.
Position Responsibilities
- Lead the daily operation, monitoring and performance tuning of IBM i environments, ensuring systems remain secure, up-to-date and aligned with IT policies.
- Manage backups, disaster recovery and high-availability solutions.
- Partner with application and database teams on deployments and troubleshooting.
- Plan and execute system upgrades, migrations and capacity planning.
- Maintain clear, accurate documentation of configurations, procedures and policies.
- Mentor and support the systems engineer team.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
- 10+ years of experience with IBM i Technologies including CL, HMC, network configuration, Backup Recovery Media Services, data replication, HA / DR, and performance tuning.
- Excellent communication, problem-solving and customer service skills.
- Uline does not participate in the H-1B lottery.
Benefits
- Complete health insurance coverage and 401(k) with 6% employer match that starts day one!
- Multiple bonus programs.
- Paid holidays and generous paid time off.
- Tuition Assistance Program that covers professional continuing education.
Employee Perks
- On-site café and first-class fitness center with complimentary personal trainers.
- Over four miles of beautifully maintained walking trails.
About Uline
Uline, a family-owned company, is North America’s leading distributor of shipping, industrial, and packaging materials with over 10,000 employees across 15 locations.
Uline is a drug-free workplace. All new hires must complete a pre-employment hair follicle drug screening. All positions are on-site.
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