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# IBMi / iSeries Engineer

- **Company:** Ashdown Group
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £104,000.0 - £156,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** IBM System I, Microsoft Azure, System Configuration, Data Centers, Disaster Recovery, Firmware, Hyper-V, Virtualization Technology, Network Switches, Network Routers, Firewalls (Computer Science), Information Technology, Data Management, Veeam, Network Server, Commvault, Vmware
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/ibmi-iseries-engineer/57323304

## About the Role

* Communication Skills (Key)
 * Engineering Knowledge
 * Health and Safety Principles
 * Infrastructure Management
 * Maintenance Activities
 * Mentoring Programs
 * Occupational Health & Safety (Workplace)
 * Problem Solving (Process)
 * Self-Motivation
 * Teamwork (Teams)

## Description

My client is in urgent need of an experienced IBMi Engineer for a 3-6 month contract. This role will be hybrid with several days a week in Dorking, Surrey. It is paying between £400 - £500 p/d inside IR35.

To be considered for this IT Infrastructure Engineer role, you will have a solid background in IBMi (IBM iSeries) & IBM Power Servers, providing remote customer support & maintenance, and design & implementation services.

As an experienced IT Infrastructure Engineer / IT Consultant, your skill set will include:

 * IBM iSeries & IBM Power Servers
 * Data Centre experience
 * Network switches, routers & firewalls
 * Some Microsoft Azure cloud
 * Some VMWare & HyperV virtualisation
 * Ideally Veeam &/or Commvault

Working across the complete infrastructure, you will be responsible for designing, configuring, monitoring, automating, storage & disaster recovery systems & hardware, which will also include Backup As A Service, Disaster Recovery As A Service, and Hosting As A Service.

Working on an IT Service Desk in a small team of IBM specialists, you will provide remote customer support and remote data centre support to enterprise IBMi, Azure & VMWare environments. In addition to BAU support, you will also be responsible for scheduled OS upgrades, firmware upgrades, DR tests and Data Restore tests.

Any further experience with enterprise storage systems such as IBM, PURE, EMC &/or HP; and replication & backup tools such as Commvault, Mimix, Maxava, &/or Q-EDD.

Based in Central Surrey (with onsite parking), my client offers hybrid working of several days work from home and several days work in the office.

This contract is paying £400 - £500p/d and sits inside IR35. If you are an experienced infrastructure engineer with solid IBMi / IBM iSeries, IBM Power Servers, Microsoft Azure, & VMWare skills, and you are looking for a new contract, please send me your CV immediately.


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