Production Control Engineer - AWS / Linux / Batch Operations

First Soft Solutions

  • Washington, DC
  • 1 day ago
  • $140,000

Highlights

We are seeking a Production Control Engineer to support reliable execution, scheduling, monitoring, recovery, and operational control of mission-critical applications and batch-processing workloads. The successful candidate will bring strong production operations experience, Linux troubleshooting, scheduling expertise, scripting, and AWS knowledge.

Numbers & Facts

LocationWashington, DC
Salary$140,000

Description

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens Only (No Dual Citizenship)
Clearance: Must be eligible for Public Trust

Position Overview

We are seeking a Production Control Engineer to support reliable execution, scheduling, monitoring, recovery, and operational control of mission-critical applications and batch-processing workloads.

The successful candidate will bring strong production operations experience, Linux troubleshooting, scheduling expertise, scripting, and AWS knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor, manage, and support enterprise batch-processing and scheduled production workloads.
  • Configure and troubleshoot automated job scheduling, dependencies, and workflow execution.
  • Investigate failed jobs, processing delays, service incidents, and operational exceptions.
  • Execute restart, recovery, escalation, and incident resolution procedures.
  • Develop scripts for monitoring, job automation, operational reporting, and troubleshooting.
  • Support AWS and Linux production environments.
  • Coordinate with infrastructure, application, DBA, DevOps, and operations teams.
  • Maintain runbooks, production documentation, operational logs, and incident records.
  • Support change management, production deployments, and service availability.
  • Identify opportunities for improved job reliability and production automation.

Mandatory Qualifications

  • 4 7 years in production control, batch operations, or related enterprise production support.
  • Hands-on enterprise batch processing and job scheduler experience.
  • Strong Linux operating system knowledge.
  • Shell scripting and Python experience.
  • Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and cloud operations.
  • Experience troubleshooting incidents, job failures, and operational dependencies.
  • Knowledge of production recovery procedures and change management.
  • Strong analytical and cross-team communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with enterprise workload automation platforms.
  • Experience supporting regulated or federal production environments.
  • Knowledge of monitoring tools, CI/CD processes, and disaster recovery.
  • Familiarity with FISMA and NIST requirements.

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