iSeries Administrator

About Bally's Corporation

Bally's Corporation (NYSE: BALY) is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence. Bally's owns and operates 19 casinos across 11 states, along with a golf course in New York and a horse racetrack in Colorado, and holds OSB licenses in 13 jurisdictions in North America. The acquisition of Aspers Casino in Newcastle, UK, expands its international reach. It also owns Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform, Bally's Interactive International division (formerly Gamesys Group), a leading global interactive gaming operator, and a significant economic stake in Intralot S.A. (ATSE: INLOT), a global lottery management and services business.

With 11,500 employees, its casino operations include approximately 17,700 slot machines, 630 table games, and 3,950 hotel rooms. Bally's also has rights to developable land in Las Vegas at the site of the former Tropicana Las Vegas.

The Role:

Bally's Corporation is seeking a talented individual to help maintain and transform our iSeries enterprise. The ideal candidate has experience in architecting, implementing, and supporting iSeries systems. The position will require creative thinking, problem solving, and well thought out design architecture to implement innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for system backups utilizing tape storage, and iTera/MIMX technologies.
• Maintaining the iSeries operating systems (OS) by installing cumulative & HYPER PTF packages.
• Experienced in utilizing both native iSeries OS commands and IBMi Access/Navigator to manage systems.
• Execute periodic refreshes in a multiple LPAR Lab/Dev environment.
• Develop, maintain, and test a disaster recovery switchover plans from local data center to the high availability data center.
• Notifying/coordinating IBM support when service events occur.
• Work with IBM business partner on Level II & III service events.
• Plan and execute technology refreshes to keep systems current with industry technologies.
• Maintain job scheduling and monitor jobs for successful completion.
• Direct experience with Object Level Security, IFS Security, Group Profiles, Authorization Lists, Security System values.
• Work with Bally Technical Support personnel to resolve Level II Help Desk tickets which require advanced skill sets.
• Implement modern best practices for development on the iSeries platform. Transform our current development standards and practices to utilize modern techniques.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years in IBMi administration, including troubleshooting and maintenance of environments running the IBMi OS on Power-based hardware (Power 8/10 and higher).
• Experienced with hardware management consoles (HMC) and LPAR configurations.
• Experience managing DB2 databases and supporting external storage arrays in the role of an iSeries Administrator
• High standards for service to users/customers and be team oriented
• Strong Analytical and Problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written, verbal presentation, and organizational communication skills.
• Organization and time management skills.

What's in it for you:

• Competitive Salary with annual performance reviews
• Comprehensive health coverage plan that includes medical, dental, and vision
• 401(K)/ Company Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Access Perks and Childcare discounts

Target Salary Range:

• $100,000 Annual Salary

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Team Player - Works well as a member of a group
Innovative - Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking
Functional Expert - Considered a thought leader on a subject
Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Bachelors of Information Technology (preferred)

IBM Certified Specialist (preferred)
Experience with iSeries-based gaming and hotel/finance systems (preferred)
Experience with either Access Client Solutions (ACS), DBU, Rational Developer, SpoolFlex, Cleo (EDI), PowerHA (HA solution), BRMS, iTera, or BSAFE. (required)
8 years: Experience in IBMi administration, including troubleshooting and maintenance of environments running the IBMi OS on Power-based hardware (Power 8/10 and higher). (required)

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