IBM Workload IT Specialist
8 days ago
Albany
Job DescriptionShort Description: • This position will work on tax modernization in the platform's operations team as a part of the scheduling and automations team., • Tax modernization is a multi-year project focused on modernizing the IT infrastructure and applications for the NYS tax department., • One of the key components of that is modernizing the day-to-day operations through scheduling and automation. Day to day tasks:Primary Responsibilities, • Administer, maintain, and support the IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) environment on IBM mainframe systems., • Monitor daily workload processing to ensure scheduled jobs, job streams, and dependencies execute successfully and within established service levels., • Configure, schedule, and manage batch workloads across enterprise applications and platforms., • Analyze and resolve job failures, scheduling conflicts, resource contention issues, and workload bottlenecks., • Perform workload forecasting, capacity planning, and schedule optimization to improve operational efficiency., • Create, modify, and maintain job definitions, calendars, run cycles, workstations, and job streams., • Support production batch processing, including incident response, troubleshooting, and recovery activities., • Coordinate with application teams, system programmers, database administrators, and business units to implement scheduling requirements., • Manage workload dependencies between mainframe and distributed systems., • Develop and maintain scheduling standards, procedures, and operational documentation., • Participate in disaster recovery planning, testing, and workload restoration activities., • Ensure compliance with organizational security, change management, and audit requirements., • Utilize IBM Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) to monitor, manage, and administer enterprise workloads., • Configure and maintain DWC dashboards, monitoring views, alerts, and reporting functions., • Troubleshoot workload execution issues using DWC monitoring and diagnostic tools., • Support end users and operations staff in the use of DWC scheduling and monitoring capabilities., • Implement and maintain workload automation policies using DWC administrative functions., • Generate workload status, performance, and operational reports for management and technical teams., • Technical Support and Administration, • Perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and upgrades of IBM Workload Scheduler components., • Manage scheduling agents, communication links, and workload automation infrastructure., • Support integration between IWS and enterprise applications, databases, and middleware platforms., • Implement workload automation best practices to improve reliability, availability, and performance., • Conduct root cause analysis for recurring scheduling issues and recommend corrective actions., • Participate in system testing, application deployments, and production implementation activities. Experience Required:, • 84 months Experience using administering IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/Tivoli Workload Scheduler) in a z/OS mainframe environment., • 84 months Experience using and administering IBM Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) for workload administration and monitoring., • 84 Months Experience Knowledge of IBM z/OS operations, JCL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, and batch processing concepts., • 60 Months Experience workload automation concepts including calendars,, • dependencies, critical paths, and event-driven scheduling., • 60 Months Experience troubleshooting batch processing failures and performing production support. Must be a US Citizen Pay $70000 - $80,000 40% remote after 4 months of 100% on site to learn tools and application and ensuring accesses are in place.