Gildan is leading the way in apparel manufacturing, with a strong portfolio of brands, including Gildan®, American Apparel®, Comfort Colors®, GOLDTOE®, and Peds®. We’ve spent the last four decades perfecting the art of respectful apparel making, and the last 20 years implementing sustainable initiatives throughout our business.

Founded in Canada, we now operate out of roughly 30 locations worldwide across 12 countries and sell our products in 60+ markets globally with $3 billion in sales. Together with more than 45,000 employees, we are united in our vision of Making Apparel Better®. Discover the full scale of Gildan and prepare to be surprised at gildancorp.com.

The system administrator will work in a global team supporting Gildan’s ERP systems and iSeries as400 mainframes. This person will work in the team to support the various systems running on the AS400 mainframe that are business critical as well as maintain close working relationships with various stakeholders to analyze and support these systems. In this role, you will play a key role in preventing and resolving production disruptions, manage risk, improve support effectiveness, and continually improve technical processes.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Working with Business Analysts and Developers to help support the applications running on AS400
• Supporting Enterprise One package builds and Deployments
• Support of hardware (pSeries, HMC, VIOS, Storage, Backups, Etc.)
• Support of various applications that are critical for the As400 OS (Robot, Cilasoft, PowerHa, Etc.)
• Responsible for testing PowerHA Failovers
• Participate in Bi Yearly Disaster Recovery Tests.
• Work with Security team for various SOX, Audit items, etc.
• Keeping systems up to date (PTF, OS upgrades, Firmware updates, etc.)
• Will be required to be in Rotational Shifts with occasional 24/7 on-call responsibilities.

Profile & Core Competencies

• At least Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science & Engineering or relevent Engineering background from a reputed public or private university
• Minimum of 5 years of experience and 3 years of experience in similar roles.
• Experience of AS400 administration, Security, OS upgrades, PowerHA, and etc.
• Experience with iSeries V7R1 and newer
• Experience in System Administration experience with JD Edwards OneWorld or EnterpriseOne (package builds, security administration, OMW, etc.)
• Installation & Upgrade experience with J2EE application servers (WebLogic Application Server)
• Installation and Upgrade experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne on Windows or AS/400
• Strong knowledge of networking, TCP/IP and Microsoft Windows Server Systems
• Experience with HMC for pSeries
• Experience with Lpars on VIOS
• Experience with BRMS backups on AS400
• Strong knowledge in the structured query language (SQL)

• Join a publicly traded company dual-listed on NYSE and TSX with great potential
• Be part of a workplace where meaningful connections and teamwork are celebrated
• From local to international, be ready to work alongside a diverse group of colleagues
• Benefit from mentorship and continuous development opportunities
• Take advantage of our attractive benefits packages

We want to get to know you better! Please include your transferrable skills and unique experience in your application to help us learn more about you.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

We recognize the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion to create a meaningful, collaborative work environment. As an inclusive employer, we value and embrace all the traits that make you uniquely you and seek to provide everyone with an equal chance to succeed. Because equity and inclusion matter at Gildan.

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