Senior Mainframe Batch Operations Engineer – JobTrac
BizTech Fusion is hiring for this position for one of its clients.
Position: Senior Mainframe Batch Operations Engineer – JobTrac
Location: 100% Remote – USA
Experience: 14+ Years
Employment Type: Contract
Position Overview
BizTech Fusion is seeking an experienced Senior Mainframe Batch Operations Engineer / Mainframe Production Control Specialist with strong expertise in JobTrac R11, mainframe batch scheduling, production control, JCL, COBOL, IMS, CICS, and z/OS operations.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience scheduling, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing production batch workloads in enterprise mainframe environments. This role will support both legacy mainframe systems and modernization/transformation initiatives, working closely with application development, infrastructure, network, and operations teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and provide technical support for Mainframe Production Control and batch operations using Computer Associates JobTrac R11.
- Schedule, modify, submit, and monitor daily production mainframe jobs.
- Manage nightly batch schedules and make scheduling adjustments to optimize mainframe resource utilization.
- Monitor automated and manually submitted jobs and ensure critical production workloads complete within required SLAs.
- Perform daily and weekly batch balancing and production control activities.
- Modify and troubleshoot JCL as required by application programmers and operations teams.
- Analyze batch execution issues, abends, delays, and performance problems and identify root causes.
- Optimize production batch schedules and job runtimes to improve operational efficiency.
- Support on-demand and immediate-execution batch job scheduling.
- Provide technical support for batch failures, late critical batches, and production service restoration activities.
- Work closely with mainframe developers on production issues, code reviews, testing, and application fixes.
- Participate in testing and implementation of new batch processes and application releases.
- Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, scheduling documentation, and production support documentation.
- Support application deployment activities and assist with creating and expanding application environments.
- Provide technical assistance to programmers and operations personnel for mainframe-related production issues.
- Participate in daily status meetings and provide production status updates to technical teams and management.
- Coordinate with infrastructure, network, customer support, and application development teams to resolve production issues.
- Support both legacy mainframe applications and mainframe transformation/modernization initiatives.
Required Technical Skills
- 14+ years of mainframe / production control / batch operations experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Computer Associates JobTrac R11
- Mainframe batch and console operations
- z/OS / MVS
- JCL development, analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting
- COBOL and batch/CICS COBOL
- VSAM
- IMS
- CICS
- TSO/ISPF
- IBM utilities and z/OS programs
- JobTrac for z/OS
- Batch scheduling, monitoring, dependencies, and production control
- On-demand/immediate batch job scheduling
- Batch abend analysis and production problem resolution
- Complex JCL troubleshooting
- REXX development, analysis, and debugging in z/OS environments
- FTP, SFTP, and NFTP
- Batch SFTP/FTPS processing
- IMS utilities, including FileAid for IMS
- BPXBATCH processing for remote execution
- Mainframe printer assignment and administration
- Working knowledge of IPPrintway
- Informatica and batch/ETL processing
Preferred Experience
- Experience supporting large-scale enterprise mainframe production environments.
- Experience working with application development and infrastructure teams.
- Experience supporting legacy system modernization or mainframe transformation projects.
- Strong understanding of production control procedures, change management, and operational standards.
- Experience creating operational documentation, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working in SLA-driven production environments and supporting critical batch workloads.
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate should have deep hands-on experience in:
JobTrac R11 | Mainframe Production Control | z/OS | MVS | JCL | COBOL | VSAM | IMS | CICS | TSO/ISPF | REXX | IBM Utilities | Batch Scheduling | Console Operations | FTP/SFTP/FTPS | BPXBATCH | FileAid for IMS | IPPrintway | Informatica
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with an updated resume highlighting their JobTrac R11, mainframe batch operations, JCL, COBOL, IMS, CICS, and production control experience.
Requirements:
None