IBM FileNet Specialist

FileNet / IER Records Management Engineer

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced FileNet / IBM Enterprise Records (IER) Engineer to support a records disposition initiative within a production FileNet environment. This role will be responsible for extracting identified records and associated metadata/content, preserving required information for validation and disposition, and safely removing authorized records while maintaining system integrity, compliance, and auditability.

Key Responsibilities

• Extract identified records, documents, metadata, and associated content from the production IBM FileNet environment.
• Preserve required records and supporting information so the organization can validate, document, and manage records disposition appropriately.
• Execute the controlled removal of authorized records and content from FileNet in accordance with approved disposition requirements.
• Analyze and manage FileNet/IER dependencies, including relationships between records, metadata, folders, objects, applications, and downstream integrations.
• Maintain referential integrity throughout extraction, validation, and deletion activities.
• Ensure disposition activities meet audit, records management, retention, compliance, and traceability requirements.
• Develop controlled extraction and deletion procedures, including validation, reconciliation, exception handling, and rollback considerations.
• Partner with Records Management, Compliance, Legal, application owners, and infrastructure teams to validate disposition requirements.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to FileNet repositories, IER records, metadata, object relationships, and content removal.
• Produce technical documentation and audit evidence demonstrating what was extracted, preserved, validated, and removed.

Required Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with IBM FileNet Content Manager / P8.
• Experience with IBM Enterprise Records (IER) and enterprise records-management processes.
• Experience extracting and deleting FileNet documents, records, metadata, and content in production environments.
• Strong understanding of FileNet object relationships, dependencies, referential integrity, and repository architecture.
• Knowledge of records retention, disposition, audit trails, and compliance requirements.
• Experience developing or using APIs, scripts, queries, or automation for high-volume FileNet content management.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, testing, and data-validation skills.
• Experience working in highly controlled or regulated enterprise environments.

Preferred

Experience with large-scale records disposition, content migration, archival, or repository cleanup projects, particularly where auditability and preservation of records metadata are critical.