IBMi Unix Product Owner

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In short

Nordea is seeking a strategic IBMi - Unix Platform Owner in Warszawa to manage end-to-end accountability for their core compute ecosystem. This role involves defining the roadmap, technical standards, and lifecycle management for IBMi (AS/400) and enterprise Unix (AIX) footprints, ensuring reliability, security, and efficiency. The position requires deep expertise in IBM i, AIX, PowerVM, automation tools like Ansible, and stakeholder management, offering a hybrid working model.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the multi-year technical roadmap for IBM i and AIX environments.
Manage OS upgrades, PTFs, Service Packs, and hardware refreshes.
Participate in Design, standardize, and maintain the architecture of Logical Partitions (LPARs) via HMC/PowerVM.
Optimize processor shared pools, memory allocation, and virtual I/O (VIOS) mapping.
Modernize platform management using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and configuration management with tools like Ansible.
Own platform hardening baselines and ensure compliance with regulations (SOX, DORA).
Architect and validate High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions.
Act as the primary technical interface for IBM and tier-1 partners for capacity-on-demand and support escalations.

Requirements

Deep knowledge of IBM i architecture, including work management, subsystem configuration, integrated DB2 for i databases, and advanced use of IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS).
Advanced proficiency in IBM AIX (or equivalent enterprise Unix like Oracle Solaris/ RHEL) and PowerVM virtualization (HMC, VIOS, Live Partition Mobility - LPM).
Strong understanding of connecting IBM Power platforms to enterprise SAN infrastructure, Fibre Channel fabrics, and storage-level replication.
Experience with traditional CL (Control Language) or KornShell scripting, combined with proficiency in Python or Ansible modules for IBM Power.
Proven capability to run legacy/core infrastructure as a modern internal service, tracking TCO, performance capacity metrics, and strategic alignment.
Excellent communication skills to translate technical risks into business risk/benefit assessments for executive leadership.
High emotional intelligence and technical confidence to manage low-risk-tolerance change management processes for 24/7/365 workloads.
Partnering with Information Security to balance aggressive patching timelines with Application teams' need for environment stability.

Benefits

Collaboration, Ownership, Passion, Courage values
Opportunities to evolve, develop and learn
Hybrid working model
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Skills

AnsiblePythonCLKornShellIBM iAIXPowerVMHMCVIOSLPMFibre ChannelPowerHABRMSIBM Access Client SolutionsDB2

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About Nordea

We are a universal bank with a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies – enabling dreams and aspirations for a greater good. Every day, we work to support our customers’ financial development, delivering best-in-class omnichannel customer experiences and driving sustainable change. We are a full-service universal bank and the third largest corporation in the Nordic region and one of the top 10 financial services companies in Europe based on market capitalisation. We are present in 17 countries, including our four Nordic home markets which together constitute the 10th…

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