IBMi MQ Series Infrastructure Engineer ll

IBMi MQ Series Infrastructure Engineer II

Chandler, Arizona

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

This job is responsible for tool and service designs within a technical domain that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards, and policies. Key responsibilities include creating infrastructure tools and their integration as a service, facilitating deployment of technical solutions by developing templates, playbooks, and automation used during implementation. Job expectations include looking for opportunities to improve efficiency when implementing and maintaining tools/services and embracing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies and assists Technical Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
• Assists with translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
• Assists in the evaluation of reference models, blueprints, and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
• Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
• Conducts on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption
• Promotes an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
• Contributes to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains

Position Summary:

Ensures production stability, performs BAU activities including 24×7 on call support, and delivers on critical infrastructure projects and product upgrades.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 5-7 years of hands-on experience as an IBM I MQ administrator or engineer.
• Extensive IBM MQ Experience Must include strong knowledge of Installation and upgrades.
• Configuration and administration of queue managers, queues, channels, listeners, and cluster management.
• Must be able to handle rotating on call duties and this position could require some weekend work from time to time for weekend patching and upgrades
• The ability to perform root cause analysis, resolve complex issues, and handle high-severity incidents in production environments.

Desired Qualifications:

• IBM i Platform Operations & Lifecycle Management Deep experience running IBM i in production, including OS administration, PTF management, upgrades, and ongoing platform maintenance in partnership with infrastructure and vendors.
• High Availability, Resiliency & Production Support Proven ability to support mission-critical IBM i workloads with on-call L2/L3 responsibility, including HA/DR participation, failover and resiliency testing, and fast incident resolution.
• Middleware & Integration Support on IBM i Hands-on experience supporting MQ and related middleware on IBM i, integrating with distributed and mainframe platforms, and operating at scale in high-volume, transaction-intensive environments.

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking
• Application Development
• Automation
• Production Support
• Risk Management
• Adaptability
• Business Acumen
• DevOps Practices
• Solution Delivery Process
• Solution Design
• Architecture
• Collaboration
• Innovative Thinking
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Strategy Development

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status, or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.