iSeries Administrator

Description

About Bally’s Corporation

Bally’s Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence, currently owning and managing 15 casinos across 10 states, a golf course in New York, a horse racetrack in Colorado, and having access to OSB licenses in 18 states. The recent acquisition of Aspers Casino in Newcastle, UK, further expands its international footprint and enhances its diverse entertainment offerings. It also owns Bally’s Interactive International, formerly Gamesys Group, a leading, global, interactive gaming operator, Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform.

With 10,600 employees, the Company’s casino operations include approximately 15,300 slot machines, 580 table games, and 3,800 hotel rooms. Bally’s also has rights to developable land in Las Vegas post the closure of the Tropicana.

Upon completion of the announced merger with The Queen Casino & Entertainment Inc. (“Queen”), the above portfolio is expected to be supplemented with four additional casinos across three states, one of which will be an additional state that expands Bally’s jurisdiction of operations to include the state of Iowa. Queen will also add over 900 employees, and operations that currently include approximately 2,400 slot machines, 50 table games, and 150 hotel rooms to the Bally’s portfolio. Bally’s will also become the successor of Queen’s significant economic stake in a global lottery management and services business through its investment in Intralot S.A. (ATSE: INLOT).

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

Qualifications

IBM Certified Specialist