Infrastructure Senior Engineer - IBMi

Job Summary

Looking for a career where you can give back to those who have supported you? Have a favorite teacher or snowplow driver who helped you through a storm or maybe a State Trooper that let you off with a warning? If so, there is a good chance they are a PERA member. Colorado PERA provides retirement benefits for Colorado State Employees, like many teachers, snowplow drivers and State Troopers. Come join the team and give back to those who have helped you.

Colorado PERA’s Information Technology team is expanding, and we're looking for talented individuals to join us! We have an immediate opening for an IBM i Senior Engineer who can support multiple IBM Power Servers, IBM i and VIOS LPARs, physical HMCs, and backup and recovery using BRMS, Full-System FlashCopy, SANs, and encryption. You will be the go-to-person for all things IBM i for our information technology and application development teams.    

Essential Functions

• Lead the delivery, stability, and continuous improvement of PERA’s Pension Administration infrastructure services on IBM Power, ensuring alignment with business and IT objectives

• Responsible for all aspects of IBM i operations including problem solving, management, support, automation, and underlying IBM i infrastructure

• Organize, manage, and implement IBM infrastructure initiatives from planning through delivery, ensuring quality, timeliness, communication, and alignment with organizational goals, always keeping security primary

• Develop a strong partnership with application development and DevOps teams

Key Responsibilities

• Advanced knowledge and support of IBM i infrastructure environments (e.g. IBM i and VIOS operating systems, IBM Power Servers, IBM FlashSystem SANs, security, network, end user, and server/web related applications) considering security implications in all initiatives

• Management and implementation of IBM hardware and software upgrades including operating systems, Power Servers, FlashSystem SANs, HMCs, and 3rd party applications

• Ensure, improve, and test backup and recovery of all LPARs between our production systems and secondary warm site data center systems

• Plan, organize, and implement multiple IBM i initiatives with minimal supervision

What We Offer 

• Competitive salary and benefits package including health, dental, and vision coverage, pension and retirement plans including PERA’s defined benefit plan, generous paid time off and volunteer hours, 401(k) employer match, 457 defined contribution plan, free on-site parking, free on-site fitness center, training, leadership, and mentoring programs, and more  

• Opportunities for career growth and professional development 

• A collaborative and inclusive team culture 

• Flexible work environment with remote options 

Summary of Job Responsibilities

This position is responsible for ensuring the delivery, stability, recoverability, and performance of PERA’s Pension Administration System (PAS) running on the IBM Power Server platform. The role leads technical initiatives in collaboration with stakeholders, systems engineers, technical leaders, and vendor partners to deliver resilient, innovative technology solutions while protecting the integrity of pension services, data, and infrastructure. Responsibilities include management of multiple IBM i and dual VIOS LPARs, physical HMC management, redundant network and SAN fabric communications, Full System FlashCopy for tape and SAN-to-SAN backups, SAN integrations, encryption using IBM GKLM, automatio