IBM i Specialist Engineer

Technology teams in the UK work closely with our global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely. They also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank. Our multi-disciplined teams include DevOps Engineers, IT Architects, Front and Back End Developers, Infrastructure specialists, Cyber experts, as well as Project and Programme managers.

Our multi-disciplined teams include -Full Stack engineers, DevOps Engineers, IT architects, Infrastructure specialists, Cyber experts, as well as Project and Programme managers. We work in small, agile DevOps teams with colleagues around the world.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our IBM i Software Engineering team as a Specialist Engineer.

Principal Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the IBM i infrastructure software assets including vendor products and in-house utilities throughout the life cycle from PoC, certification through to patching, evergreening and retirement
• Write development code (e.g. RPG, IBM i Control Language), build automated scripts for infrastructure products deployment, upgrades, process simplification and automation of IBM i system administration and infrastructure tasks
• Work under own initiative with management guidance to define standards, implement and test engineering solutions aligned with the platform architecture roadmap
• Focus on independent execution, problem solving and demonstration of passion towards engineering excellence
• Work on IBM i transformation projects and engagement with software vendor to improve supported vendor solutions

Requirements

• Strong experience on IBM i platform with good foundation knowledge covering OS/400, workload management, 3rd party software deployment and administration
• Strong developer background including experience with IBM i coding tools such as CL, RPG and SQL
• Administration skill on Linux including experience with troubleshooting and shell script. Scripting languages such as Python, YAML (Ansible) is desirable
• Familiarity with tooling such as GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible is desirable
• Knowledge and understanding of dashboarding tools like Splunk, QlikSense is desirable
• Exposure on IBM i infrastructure observability is desirable
• Occasional out of hours working required for change implementation
• Be able to work under own initiative with management guidance to define standards, implement and test engineering solutions aligned with the platform architecture roadmap

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500