Senior Principal Lead Architect Engineer Automation Job Minneapolis area,Minnesota USA,IT/Tech

Position: Senior Principal Lead Architect Engineer Workload Automation
Role:
Senior Principal Lead Architect Engineer Workload Automation
Location:
Minneapolis, MN(Onsite)
Job type:
Full time
Salary Range: $110,000-$130,000 a year

Job description:

DB2 administration experience, including High Availability Disaster Recovery (HADR); familiarity with Oracle/Postgres and SQL.
Experience with TWS/IWS integrations and APIs (REST/SOAP), event-based scheduling, and real-time/on-demand workload patterns.
Experience with Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console (TDWC/TDWB) and critical path monitoring.
Experience integrating file transfer solutions (e.g., SFTP/PGP/GPG, managed file transfer platforms) into batch workflows.
Experience with SAP and other enterprise application integrations via TWS extended agents.
Experience building dashboards/metrics and integrating with observability platforms (e.g., Grafana/Graphite).
Experience defining platform standards, leading upgrades/migrations, and coordinating cross-team delivery
(e.g., change windows, cutovers, rollback planning).
Familiarity with cloud patterns and automation (e.g., infrastructure-as-code concepts, container/VM scheduling considerations)
in support of workload modernization.
Hands-on experience across ITSM processes (Incident, Problem, Change, Knowledge) in an enterprise environment.
Service Now experience, including incident lifecycle management, documentation standards, and reporting.
Working knowledge of ITIL concepts and IT service management best practices.
Artificial Intelligence Navigating all the AI APP know how to communicate with it and know when not to use it when it does not meet your or
the companies expectations
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to investigate issues and drive resolution.
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a high-volume, high-urgency operations environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including confident facilitation on conference bridges.
Able to write and review technical documentation and knowledge articles.
Roles & Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end architecture for the TWS/IWS platform (components, topology, environments, integrations), including standards, patterns,
and reference implementations.
Provide technical oversight for additional (3rd-party) job scheduling platforms where used; establish operating standards, integration patterns,
and support processes to ensure consistent controls and reliability.
Lead enterprise-scale installations, upgrades, and migrations; define cutover/rollback strategies, coordinate change windows,
and ensure readiness across dependent teams.
Lead assessments of legacy scheduler instances and batch frameworks to identify candidates for retirement, consolidation, or migration;
produce target-state recommendations, sequencing/roadmaps, and risk-based migration plans.
Define reliability engineering practices for workload automation: availability targets, capacity planning, performance tuning, monitoring/alerting,
and continuous improvement.
Design and validate high-availability and disaster recovery solutions (including DB2 HADR where applicable); plan and execute regular DR tests
and remediate gaps.
Establish governance for workload onboarding and job design: scheduling standards, dependency modeling, naming conventions, calendars,
critical path optimization, and SLA/SLO management.
Architect and product ionize automation for platform operations and self-service (e.g., provisioning, reporting, batch controls) using shell/Python/Perl
and enterprise tooling.
Own security and compliance posture: access model (LDAP/SSO), least-privilege controls, audit evidence, vulnerability remediation,
and secure configuration baselines.
Manage and develop two teams (e.g., platform engineering and operations): set priorities and operating rhythms, oversee delivery
and support outcomes, coach/mentor team members, and drive performance management in partnership with leadership.
Be available for major outages and critical events related to job scheduling, including QEND activities up to four (4) times per fiscal year,
providing incident leadership, stakeholder communications, and post-incident follow-up.
Participate in an on-call rotation and provide after-hours/weekend support as needed to maintain scheduling availability and meet business SLAs.
Support a global operating model by working flexibly across EMEA and US business hours to provide required coverage and stakeholder overlap.
Serve as escalation point for complex incidents; lead root-cause analysis and drive problem management to prevent recurrence.
Mentor and guide engineers; lead technical design reviews, documentation/runbook standards, and knowledge sharing across the organization.
Deep dive into other job scheduling teams like Automate, AS400 and Robot and assist in supervising these teams in IT Operations.

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