iSeries Systems Administrator

Great company. Great people. Great opportunities.

If you’d like the chance to make your mark with the world’s largest equipment rental provider, come build your future with United Rentals!

As a System Administrator for the IBM-i platform, you will be responsible for the administration, planning, and scheduling of all activities associated with providing support for the entire AS400 landscape. This includes in Depth Hardware, Operating System, and Software knowledge, to be able to design and plan upgrades to hardware and software to the many sets of systems that United Rentals operates.

What you’ll do:

Day to day system administration:

• Daily validation of BRMS process to ensure successful completion of critical system backups and address any failures

• Analyze backup process to address any data exposures and modify the process to include any missing libraries, etc.

• Monitor growth of the backup process from a size and time perspective for future resource planning

• Utilize knowledge of Data Domain VTL (Virtual Tape Library) to manage the virtual tapes to address growth

• Ensure application compatibility and license updates in accordance with the OS upgrade planning process including with 3rd party vendors.

• Leverage working knowledge of iSeries security including profile and user creation and implementation of authorization lists.

• Install, upgrade and patch operating system and applications including PTFs, OS, etc.

• Work with application vendor partners to isolate and resolve issues as they arise.

• Apply knowledge of system tools such as iDoctor, MPG, etc. that can be used to diagnose system performance issues

• Creation of critical documentation for system processes such as backups, HMC environment, HMC environment and RCA (root cause analysis) for any system/application issues

Projects:

• Effectively troubleshoots system issues and works with other departments to obtain a successful resolution within a short period.

• Works with management for system performance goals. Adheres to all United Rentals problem notification and escalation processes when there is a production impacting issue.

• Maintain continuing education to stay current with industry trends and new technologies.

• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent educational and work experience

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in infrastructure engineering and operations

• Minimum 5 years’ experience with AS/400 technologies and architectures

• Knowledge of backup and recovery including BRMS, Netbackup, Data Domain VTL, etc.

• Experience with OS upgrade planning process including working with 3rd party vendors

• Experience with installing, upgrading and patching operating system and applications including PTFs, OS

• LPAR configuration, HMC configuration

• Programming; CL, RPG, SQL, and PHP

• Basic knowledge of networking, cabling, switches, etc.

• Excellent interpersonal and verbal/written communication skills

• Strong vendor management and SLA governance skills

• Highly motivated individual with desire to review and improve the support process and procedures

• Flexible with availability to monitor or address system issues

Why join us?

We don’t just “talk the talk!” We’re an award-winning company (recently named a Glassdoor Best Place to Work in 2023) that truly cares about our people - That’s why we offer best-in-class benefits and perks that will support you and your family. In addition to our health and financial plans, we also offer:

• Paid Parental Leave

• United Compassion Fund

• Employee Discount Program

• Career Development & Promotional Opportunities

• Additional Vacation Buy Up Program (US Only)

• Early Wage Access through Payactiv (US Hourly Only)

• Paid Sick Leave

• An inclusive and welcoming culture

Learn more about our full US benefit offerings here.

United Rentals, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other status protected by law. If you need a reasonable accommodation at any point of the application process, please email [email protected] for assistance.

At United Rentals, we proudly hire active duty members, veterans, reservists, and their families. The values that define your service—leadership, discipline, integrity, and teamwork—are the same values that drive our success. With many veterans already part of our team, we’re ready to help you transition into a rewarding career.

United Rentals consists of a wide variety of roles with different duties and responsibilities. The actual pay rate offered to candidates varies depending upon a wide range of factors including specific position, education, training, experience, skills, and ability.