Mainframe scheduling engineer (CA7, JCL)- Finance – Remote

Mainframe scheduling engineer (CA7, JCL)- Finance – Remote

Day rate: £350 – £450

Duration: 6 – 12 months

Start: Now

My client is looking for a mainframe scheduling engineer to join the team on a remote basis.

Some paid overtime maybe required from time to time.

Primary role will be to

• Provide advance operational support and scheduling expertise for Mainframe Batch processing, including but not limited to

o Batch Job Failure Management

o Batch Job Processing Management

 Queue Management

 Ad-hoc processing request

 Virtual Resource Management

o Batch Job Schedule Management

 Creating new schedules, delete redundant schedules.

o Release Code Management Support

o JCL Management Support

o Critical Path Monitoring

o Represent the team at technical/business meetings/events in a professional and assertive manner.

o Communicate and collaborate with Business & Operational Teams

o Mainframe Batch Workload Problem escalations (internal and vendor support)

o Follow ITIL Business processes, Change, Incident, Problem and Root Cause Analysis processes.

o Manage Mainframe Scheduling tools in line with security, compliance, and policies, using standard tools, e.g. CyberArk, ServiceNow

o Potential on-call support (24x7x365) for Batch Workloads

Required Skills

• Knowledge and experience with Mainframe systems
• CA7
• CA11
• Mainframe Operations in general – JCL, ISPF, JES2, z/OS

Desirable skills

• CA-View & CA-Deliver
• I-Dash
• Changeman
• JCLPREP
• Control-M
• Splunk dashboards
• Experience of MS Office
• Knowledge of basic CA7 operations
• File transfer basic knowledge.
• Knowledge of ServiceNow
• ITIL Processes
• Agile Concepts

Education / Experience

• Graduate or Equivalent education in a computing relevant subject
• At least 4 years working within a complex Mainframe environment.

Mainframe Batch Workload Management and Operational Support