IBM i Systems Programmer

The learning streams here provide an overview of a typical IBM i system and its components, and discusses key concepts including how workloads are processed and monitored. An expert video presented also identifies the key traits of a successful Systems Programmer.

Other content focuses on the use of IBM Navigator for i and the 5250 emulation, to access IBM i data, and an introduction to administrator tasks is also provided, looking at the role of the IBM i system administrator, configuration, backup and recovery strategies, and monitoring tools.

The learning streams above address the advanced skills, knowledge, and practices dealing with products that an IBM i Systems Programmer will need to know about at some stage of their career. These focus on common operations tasks used to manage this system and the workloads running on it. Advanced administrator tasks are also presented, looking at security implementation, journal management, storage management, and logical partitioning and virtualization.

The learning streams above provide content focussing on business-related information. This includes disaster recovery, where the IBM i Systems Programmer often plays a critical role in ensuring recoverability of business data, and infrastructure, ensuring they comply with any regulatory requirements. This person also needs a solid background on various application development methodologies such as DevOps and Agile, and needs to understand how coaching and mentoring practices can be implemented to ensure they, and other staff, are trained to meet their full potential.

The learning streams here are not mandatory but help to provide a holistic view of the environment that the user is working in. Topics such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, Cloud, Big Data, and machine learning provide an overview of various technologies available that your organization may be using. Knowledge and skills in CL programming might also be required by this person if they are required to write a CL program or procedure.