Remote AIX Senior Systems Admin - IBM Power & Infrastructure

First Citizens; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens is seeking a Senior AIX Systems Administrator to join the Platform Computing Operations team. This remote role is hireable in Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas, with on-call 24x7 support for production incidents and maintenance events.

You will manage IBM Power hardware, AIX environments, and virtualization, ensuring security, DR readiness, and regulatory compliance within a banking context. Strong scripting and automation experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree + 6 years in Systems engineer and systems programmer or 10 years with HS Diploma.
• 10+ years enterprise AIX administration in mission-critical environments.
• Expert knowledge of IBM AIX 7.x, IBM Power Systems (Power9/10), HMC, VIOS, PowerVM, LPAR, NIM.

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot IBM AIX across multiple environments (production, dev, test, DR).
• Manage IBM Power servers, HMCs, firmware, VIOS, LPARs and virtualization.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, and cybersecurity requirements; support audits and remediation.

Skills

Shell scripting

Ansible automation

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 6 yrs experience

HS Diploma + 10 yrs experience

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Red Hat Linux

Job description

First Citizens is seeking a Senior AIX Systems Administrator to join the Platform Computing Operations team. This remote role is hireable in Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas, with on-call 24x7 support for production incidents and maintenance events.

You will manage IBM Power hardware, AIX environments, and virtualization, ensuring security, DR readiness, and regulatory compliance within a banking context. Strong scripting and automation experience are essential.