Senior AIX & IBM Power Systems Admin - Remote Platform Ops

First Citizens Bank; North Carolina; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior AIX Systems Administrator for a remote role, eligible only in Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas. You will oversee IBM AIX environments, Power hardware, and virtualization, ensuring security, DR readiness, and regulatory compliance.

The role requires on-call availability and cross-team collaboration to maintain mission-critical banking platforms. Qualified candidates will have deep AIX expertise, Power Systems experience, and strong scripting skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 6+ years in systems engineering/programming
• High School Diploma with 10+ years in systems engineering/programming
• Banking/regulatory environment experience is preferred, with audit/compliance familiarity

Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and troubleshoot IBM AIX across multiple environments.
• Manage Power servers, HMCs, VIOS, PowerVM, LPARs, and hardware maintenance.
• Ensure regulatory compliance (FFIEC, PCI-DSS, SOX, NIST, CIS).
• Support disaster recovery and business continuity planning and execution.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts and runbooks; participate in change management.
• Lead incident/root-cause analyses with cross-functional teams.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support and coordinate maintenance with application teams.
• Collaborate with auditors, vendors, and leadership to remediate issues.

Skills

Strong Unix scripting

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Communication

On-call readiness

Regulatory mindset

Education

Bachelor's Degree in a related field

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

IBM AIX 7.x

IBM Power Systems (Power9/Power10)

HMC

VIOS

PowerVM Virtualization

LPAR

NIM

SAN storage & multipathing

Automation (Ansible/Terraform)

Job description

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior AIX Systems Administrator for a remote role, eligible only in Arizona, North Carolina, and Texas. You will oversee IBM AIX environments, Power hardware, and virtualization, ensuring security, DR readiness, and regulatory compliance.

The role requires on-call availability and cross-team collaboration to maintain mission-critical banking platforms. Qualified candidates will have deep AIX expertise, Power Systems experience, and strong scripting skills.