IBM Workload IT Specialist

Monitor daily workload processing to ensure scheduled jobs, job streams, and dependencies execute successfully and within established service levels. 84 months Experience using administering IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS/Tivoli Workload Scheduler) in a z/OS mainframe environment.

Short 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.

Flexible work from home options available.