IBMiSystemsArchitect

**Who We Are:** At Giant Tiger, our mission is simple: help Canadians save more every day. We’re a Canadian institution rooted in our communities and built on 60+ years of success. As part of our store support team, your work directly impacts stores across the country and drives the value that our customers see on the shelves. We’re looking for people who are passionate about retail and motivated by meaningful work that makes a real impact. This posting represents a current opportunity at Giant Tiger. **Job Title** IBMi Systems Architect **About This Role:** **Workplace Arrangements:** This is a fully remote role! The incumbent may be asked to come onsite to our Ottawa, Ontario Home Office on a quarterly basis. # **What You 'll Be Doing: ** * Develop and test an on-boarding process including required training for individuals with knowledge and experience to take on the accountabilities of this role as part of succession planning. * Provide mentorship and guidance to all members of the systems engineering team and ensure that all onboarding and training documentation is updated to reflect feedback for improvements. * Modernization techniques that follow current IBMi best practices for applications, database, security and administration are are designed and implemented for optimal performance and are being used across all IBMi systems and development teams. * Performance guidelines and objectives for production applications and databases are implemented and reporting is available to ensure compliance. * Documentation standards are implemented for the design of existing applications, database tables, indexes, etc. and ensure these are being adhered to across IBMi development teams. * Develop a 5 year plan for system, administration, security, and database improvements required to keep the IBMi platform functioning optimally. * Issue management processes are in place and followed by IBMi Systems Engineers in the prioritization, escalation, resolution and communications