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Summary: Seeking a Senior/Intermediate AS400 (iSeries) & Trimble TMS Software Engineer to stabilize, maintain, and support a mission-critical 24/7 transportation and warehouse environment. Highlights: 1. Support mission-critical 24/7 transportation and warehouse environment 2. Engage in intensive knowledge transfer with veteran contractors 3. Contribute to future technology roadmaps and system migrations **Description** --------------- We’re looking for a **Senior/Intermediate AS400 (iSeries) \& Trimble TMS Software Engineer** to stabilize, maintain, and support a mission\-critical, 24/7 transportation and warehouse environment. In this role, you will absorb critical tribal knowledge from an aging contractor base, eliminate single\-point\-of\-failure risks, and play a vital part in high\-pressure system migrations and future technology roadmaps—all while operating seamlessly as a natural extension of our client's internal team.**Responsibilities** -------------------- You’ll work closely with the Technology Owner, internal operations, and external vendors to deliver reliable, 100% quality\-driven support for a non\-stop, high\-volume logistics infrastructure.### **Client \& Stakeholder Communication** * Provide daily updates and maintain tight\-knit, direct integration with the internal technology organization. * Act as a dependable, self\-driven team member who reduces the management burden on leadership (no "babysitting" required). * Collaborate directly with internal dispatch, warehouse operations, finance, and external EDI trading partners. ### **Development, Maintenance \& Operations** * Maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance core transport and warehouse applications running on **IBM AS400 (iSeries)** and the **Trimble "Innovative" TMS** platform. * Develop and maintain applications utilizing **RPG** (and potentially **COBOL**). * Handle routine system administration, ticket handling, and infrastructure operations including: * Onboarding new customer/vendor accounts. * Database purging and data cleanup. * Troubleshooting blocked or failed communications. * Printer setup and configuration (IBM, IP\-sensitive). ### **Project Lifecycle, Migrations \& Integration** * Actively support active, high\-pressure migrations, including the current **Geotab to Motive telematics transition** (remapping APIs, webhooks, hours of service, locations, and driver pay for \~23M messages/week). * Assist with upcoming infrastructure milestones, including an **AS400 hardware migration** and a major **Trimble version upgrade**. * Manage, document, and test critical **EDI processing**, **API mappings**, and third\-party integrations. * Ensure near 100% quality deployment and testing, mitigating financial workflows risk within a limited/thin test environment. ### **Collaboration \& Knowledge Capture** * Actively engage in intensive knowledge transfer with the current veteran contractor base to document and absorb vital tribal knowledge. * Connect securely via AWS site\-to\-site VPN and manage versioned programs through GitHub. **Qualifications** ------------------ * **Fluent English** (written and spoken) with exceptional communication skills ("the 4 C's": communication, comprehension, common sense, and culture fit). * **Strong professional experience** working with **IBM AS400 (iSeries)** environments. * Deep hands\-on experience with the **Trimble "Innovative" TMS** application (or closely related legacy enterprise TMS/Warehouse systems). * Proficiency in **RPG** programming language (experience with **COBOL** is a strong plus). * Proven experience managing **EDI processing**, **API mapping**, and data integrations. * Strong familiarity with high\-volume data streaming/messaging (handling millions of messages/transactions per week). * Experience with **AWS** (specifically managing workflows over site\-to\-site VPN) and modern version control workflows using **GitHub**. * Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating high dependability in high\-stakes, 24/7/365 production environments. * Analytical mindset capable of reverse\-engineering undocumented code and converting tribal knowledge into structured processes. **What you’ll love about us** ----------------------------- * A fast\-growing company with meaningful, mission\-critical projects. * An international, collaborative work environment. * 5\-day work week. E04JI80034mh4097mc9