The Short Scoop: Our client, a longtime favorite of ours, is in the retail industry and on the hunt for an RPG Programmer Analyst who’s just as passionate about AS/400 as they are about creativity and quality. With team members recently retiring, they’re looking to bring in fresh talent to help support and evolve their IBM i-based systems. If you’re energized by the idea of being both a developer and a problem-solver, with a touch of admin capability in your toolkit, you’ll feel right at home here.

Location: Deerfield, IL or Galesburg, IL —

Status: On-site with Hybrid Flexibility

Why You'll Want to Work Here:

This team doesn’t just build systems, they build careers. This company believes in acknowledging and rewarding the hard work, dedication, and achievements of its employees. You'll join a stable, down-to-earth organization that values creativity, collaboration, and long-term growth.

They’re proud of their benefits package, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (company-paid majority)
• 401(k) with generous company match and profit sharing
• Paid-time off starting at 12 days in year one and increasing annually
• 8.5 paid holidays and a floating holiday
• Company-paid life insurance, disability coverage, and more
• Performance bonuses, employee discounts, and wellness perks

Competitive Salary: $110,000 – $120,000

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Handle all aspects of the application development life cycle
• Partner with management and team members to maintain and improve existing applications
• Create new applications to support data maintenance and reporting
• Maintain clear documentation of procedures and application logic
• Provide backup support for IT operations
• Uphold development standards and collaborate across departments

Your Skill Set:

• 5+ years as a programmer/analyst in an iSeries environment
• Proficiency with iSeries OS and DB2 databases
• Solid hands-on with RPG (III, IV, Free Form), CL, DDS, and embedded SQL
• Bonus points for ILE and administrative know-how

How To Apply: We’d love to see your resume, but we don’t need it to have a conversation. It is as easy as one, two, three! Send an email directly to me, teambradley123 (at) gmail (dot) com, and tell me why you’re interested. Message me here on LinkedIn. If you do have your resume ready to go, apply now on this site.

Setting Expectations: We’d love to help every single person who is interested and applies to this role. Unfortunately, too many people apply who don’t appear capable of doing the job. We apologize in advance, but we will not be able to respond directly to all submissions.

Sponsorship is not an option for this role.

This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This is an on-site role, based in Deerfield, IL or Galesburg, IL

Hybrid flexibility may be an option, but remote details are still being defined

TBD ID, 25-14028, RPG AS400 Programmer Analyst