Fidelity Bank

Senior IBM i Engineer

Fidelity Bank$95K — $115K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of advanced IBM i administration experience
  • Experience with IBM i platforms in banking or regulated environments
  • Hands-on expertise with BRMS, MIMIX, and disaster recovery operations
  • Proficient in CL, SQL, RPG, Ansible, and automation tools
  • Willingness to support incidents and participate in on-call rotation

Responsibilities

  • Lead administration and improvement of IBM i systems and related infrastructure
  • Ensure reliability, performance, security, and availability of core banking systems
  • Oversee job scheduling, backups, and workload management
  • Support core banking applications and daily processing functions
  • Manage security administration, access controls, and audit support
  • Direct incident management and long-term corrective solutions
  • Drive modernization via process automation and continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Technical leadership and full lifecycle ownership in a vital tech environment
  • Impactful role in shaping modern enterprise infrastructure
  • Opportunities for mentoring and collaboration with cross-functional teams
  • Engagement in continuous improvement and modernization efforts
  • Participation in critical banking operations enhancing skill development
Full Job Description
Job Overview: This role provides technical leadership across reliability, security, system performance, automation, and disaster recovery readiness for one of the Bank's most vital technology environments. If you are an IT professional seeking full lifecycle technical ownership and the opportunity to shape modern enterprise infrastructure, we invite you to apply.

The candidate selected for this position will be responsible for:
  • Lead administration and improvement of IBM i systems, Power Systems infrastructure, operational toolsets, and third party applications.
  • Ensure maximum reliability, performance, security, and availability for IBM i systems tied to core banking operations.
  • Oversee job scheduling, batch processing, backups, replication, high availability status, and workload completion.
  • Support core banking applications and related operational functions, including payment processing, file transmissions, interfaces, reporting, and daily processing activities.
  • Manage IBM i security administration, authority management, access controls, audit support, and remediation activities.
  • Direct troubleshooting, incident management, root cause analysis, and long term corrective solutions for production events.
  • Drive modernization efforts through process automation, scripting, standard operating procedures, documentation, and continuous improvement.
  • Provide technical mentorship to team members while guiding operational priorities and collaborating with cross functional stakeholders.

Requirements for the position include:
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
  • 5 or more years of advanced IBM i administration experience.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting IBM i platforms tied to banking solutions, financial cores, or other regulated, mission critical enterprise environments.
  • Hands on expertise with BRMS, MIMIX, backup and recovery operations, disaster recovery testing, and high availability architecture.
  • Working proficiency with CL, SQL, RPG, Ansible, APIs, or modern scripting and automation tools.
  • Actively support incidents, planned maintenance, disaster recovery exercises, and after hours support as needed.
  • Active participation in an on call rotation.

Preferred qualifications for this position include:
  • IBM Power Systems certifications.
  • ITIL Foundation certification.
  • Security+, Network+, or equivalent certification.

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About Fidelity Bank

Fidelity Bank is a community bank headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1974 and has grown to over 60 branches throughout Georgia and Florida. Fidelity Bank offers a range of personal and business banking services, including checking and savings accounts, loans, mortgages, and wealth management. The bank has over 2,000 employees and is committed to supporting the communities it serves through charitable giving and volunteerism.
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