IBMi Systems Architect

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.

IBMi Systems Architect

This is a fully remote role! The incumbent may be asked to come onsite to our Ottawa, Ontario Home Office on a quarterly basis. Occasional after‑hours work to support any issues or implementations.

• Develop and test an onboarding 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 designed and implemented for optimal performance and are 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 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 of issues in a timely manner. Provide technical leadership and ownership of issues across the IBMi platform and integrated technologies.
• Develop and implement an AI strategy that leverages automation and intelligent tooling to improve IBMi operational efficiency, reduce manual effort, and enable individuals to focus on higher‑value activities.
• IBMi backup, recovery, high‑availability and disaster‑recovery solutions are in place and tested annually.
• Occasional after‑hours work to support any issues or implementations.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related degree.
• Minimum 10+ years IBMi software development with expertise in IBMi development including but not limited to CL, RPG/RPGLE, true ILE components, 100% RPG Free statement formats, Procedures, Modules, Service programs, activation groups, Binding directories, Binder Language, SQL, Embedded SQL, APIs, DDL, Data Queues, Database Triggers.
• 5+ years application architecture, design, and customization experience in IBMi JDA MMS (merchandise management) software.
• 5+ years IBMi systems and security administration experience.
• In‑depth knowledge of the IBMi operating system, hardware and software.
• Experience implementing ILE and ILE best practices in a large IBMi RPG application environment.
• Experience administering and supporting large IBMi JDA MMS application environments with 24/7 operations and more than 1000 users.
• Experience implementing and using VS Code for IBMi, GIT, IBM Bob, ARCAD, Navigator for i, and ACS.
• Understanding and experience with AI tools in development and managing of IBMi systems.
• Experience leading a team of IBMi systems engineers.
• Experience onboarding and training IBMi systems engineer resources.
• Experience defining, implementing and enforcing processes and standards that follow IBMi RPG, SQL and database best practices.
• Experience with IBMi DR/BCP including backup recovery, powerHA and iASP's.
• Experience with IBMi performance tools and using them to identify and resolve RPG/SQL application performance issues.
• Experience implementing and managing user/application security in a large IBMi environment and knowledge of…