Oshkosh Corporation ยท 3 days ago
Lead IBM i Platform & Power Systems Engineer
Oshkosh Corporation is a company that designs and manufactures specialty trucks and access equipment. This role provides advanced technical leadership for IBM Power servers and IBM i OS environments, ensuring stability and driving innovation in automation and security.
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Responsibilities
Serve as the escalation point for complex operational support, troubleshooting, security enforcement, and performance tuning across IBM Power systems and IBM i OS environments
Expertise in IBM Power and IBM i OS, with responsibility for end-to-end management of the ecosystem spanning hardware, virtualization, and operating system administration
Experience administering IBM VIOS, including configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Drive the adoption of observability and AIOps practices to improve monitoring, reduce mean time to resolution, and proactively identify issues
Advance automation through Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, CL) to modify best practices, streamline patching/compliance, and reduce operational overhead and repetitive work
Support the design, testing, deployment and support of HA/DR solutions (MIMIX or similar) to ensure ERP availability and business continuity
Provide mentoring, guidance, and strong communication to bridge technical and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment with modernization initiatives
Qualification
Required
Five (5) or more years of experience in the field or in a related area
Proven expertise with HMC, MIMIX HA/DR, VIO server, and IBM DS storage
Strong understanding of ITIL processes, incident resolution, and stakeholder engagement
Demonstrated skills in troubleshooting, CL scripting, and infrastructure design
Ability to work standard business hours, with availability for after-hours/weekend work during patching, OS upgrades, and on-call rotations
Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field
10+ years of experience managing IBM i OS and IBM Power hardware environments
Experience implementing observability and AIOps initiatives to reduce noise, accelerate incident response, and drive predictive insights
Familiar with Fortra products (Alert, Console, Compliance Monitor, Exit Point Manager) or similar products
Background in driving platform security initiatives and automating compliance
Company
Oshkosh Corporation
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Funding
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