Senior Associate (Mainframe)

Riverwoods, IL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior Associate (Mainframe)

Location: Riverwoods IL (Hybrid)

Job Type: Contract

Responsibilities:

Batch Scheduling & Operations:

Overall 7-10 years of experience in mainframe engineering batch job scheduling and monitoring batch jobs

Design develop and maintain batch job schedules using IBM Scheduler (OPC) Autosys and Maestro.

Monitor daily batch processing cycles ensuring timely and successful completion.

Troubleshoot and resolve scheduling and batch job failures collaborating with application development and infra operations teams as needed.

Review job dependencies and optimize workflows to prevent bottlenecks and improve performance.

Document batch job workflows schedules and operational procedures.

Technologies:

Mainframe batch application support or development knowledge to fix batch issues with good hands-on skills on Mainframe - COBOL JCL VSAM CICS DB2.

REXX Endeavor OPC scheduler Autosys Maestro.

Mainframe Engineering:

Support and maintain mainframe environments ensuring batch jobs run efficiently and reliably.

Perform regular health checks and performance tuning for mainframe batch processing.

Participate in mainframe upgrades migrations and disaster recovery testing as required.

Collaboration & Support:

Work closely with application infrastructure and operations teams to coordinate batch job changes and deployments.

Provide on-call support for critical production batch cycles and address incidents promptly.

Offer technical guidance and knowledge transfer to junior team members and peers.

Continuous Improvement:

Identify opportunities to automate manual processes reduce errors and improve overall system efficiency.

Stay updated with the latest mainframe technologies scheduling tools and industry best practices.

Skills:

Mainframe Support Engineer
Mainframe - COBOL JCL VSAM CICS DB2.
REXX Endeavor OPC scheduler Autosys Maestro.

Job Title: Senior Associate (Mainframe) Location: Riverwoods IL (Hybrid) Job Type: Contract Responsibilities: Batch Scheduling & Operations: Overall 7-10 years of experience in mainframe engineering batch job scheduling and monitoring batch jobs Design develop and maintain batch job sched...