IBM Scheduler; IWS

Scheduler Administrator

Location:

Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Scheduler Administrator to manage and maintain our IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) environments across development, test, and production systems. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in scheduling administration, incident management, and change support, with a proven track record of ensuring successful job execution and adherence to service level agreements (SLAs).

Responsibilities:

• Administer and maintain IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) environments across development, test, and production systems.
• Create, modify, and manage job streams, jobs, calendars, schedules, and dependencies.
• Monitor daily batch operations to ensure successful job execution and SLA adherence.
• Perform root cause analysis for job failures and implement permanent fixes.
• Proactively monitor scheduler consoles and alerts.
• Respond to batch failures, delays, and performance issues.
• Coordinate with application, database, and infrastructure teams to resolve incidents.
• Follow ITIL based incident, problem, and change management processes.
• Support scheduling changes related to application releases and enhancements.
• Validate new jobs and schedules during User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and production deployments.
• Maintain rollback and recovery procedures for batch processing.

Mandatory

Skills:

• Extensive experience with Tivoli Workload Scheduler (IWS) is a deal breaker.
• Strong knowledge of job scheduling, monitoring, and incident management.
• Proficiency in ITIL based processes for incident, problem, and change management.

Preferred

Skills:

• Experience with other scheduling tools and technologies.
• Familiarity with application release management and deployment processes.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 10-15 years of relevant experience in scheduler administration and operations.
• Proven experience in managing batch operations and incident resolution.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment and manage multiple priorities.