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SENIOR IBM i / AS400 SPECIALIST – CORE MODERNIZATION

Posted a month ago
10+ years experience
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The specialist will focus on legacy system analysis, COBOL reverse engineering, and business logic discovery to support core modernization efforts. They are responsible for managing QA/UAT environments, validating test data, and collaborating with the onshore lead to document system behaviors.

 HIRING | SENIOR IBM i / AS400 SPECIALIST – CORE MODERNIZATION 

 Location: Remote / Offshore – India
 Experience: 12+ Years
 Budget: ₹1.8–2.0 LPM
 Employment: Contract / Project-Based
Shift: US Shift | Minimum 4 Hours Overlap

 ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Senior IBM i / AS400 Specialist with strong hands-on expertise in COBOL, DB2 for i, SQL, and Python on IBM i. You will work as the offshore execution arm of the Onshore IBM i Lead, focusing on legacy system analysis, COBOL reverse engineering, business logic discovery, system dependencies, documentation, test environments, and test-data preparation.

 KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze DB2 for i schemas, files, tables, relationships & data structures
• Reverse engineer complex COBOL applications and business rules
• Trace Policy, Transaction & Line-of-Business processing flows
• Analyze batch jobs, job queues, scheduling & dependencies
• Review SQL queries, database access patterns & performance
• Document actual system behavior and technical/functional flows
• Configure/manage IBM i/AS400 QA/UAT environments
• Generate and validate realistic test data
• Support QA/UAT environment and data readiness
• Collaborate with Onshore IBM i SME/Lead and modernization teams

 MANDATORY SKILLS

 12+ years IBM i / AS400 experience
 Strong COBOL on IBM i/AS400
 Python on IBM i – Mandatory
 Strong DB2 for i & SQL
 Legacy application reverse engineering
 Batch processing, job queues & scheduling
 AS400 test environment & test-data management
 Excellent spoken/written English & communication

 Not a Cloud, DevOps, Kubernetes, or generic backend role.

 EXPECTATIONS

30 Days: Understand architecture, COBOL programs, DB2 schema & begin documentation.
60 Days: Independently own system analysis, test environments & datasets.
90 Days: Own assigned modules end-to-end and deliver validated modernization-ready documentation.



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