IBM Tivoli - Workload Automation

Sr. Principal Lead/Architect - Workload Automation (IBM Tivoli-TWS/IWS)

Duration is 6+ months

Location: Remote

Role Overview

We are seeking a Lead Workload Automation Engineer / Architect to define and drive the enterprise architecture, strategy, and operational model for IBM Tivoli/IBM Workload Scheduler (TWS/IWS) across distributed environments (on-prem and cloud). This role sets platform standards and reference designs, leads modernization and major upgrades/migrations, governs reliability and security practices, and serves as the senior technical partner for application, databases, and infrastructure organizations to deliver resilient, scalable scheduling services for mission-critical workloads. In addition, assist and supervise two job scheduling teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture for the TWS/IWS platform (components, topology, environments, integrations), including standards, patterns, and reference implementations.
• Provide technical oversight for additional (3rd-party) job scheduling platforms where used; establish operating standards, integration patterns, and support processes to ensure consistent controls and reliability.
• Lead enterprise-scale installations, upgrades, and migrations; define cutover/rollback strategies, coordinate change windows, and ensure readiness across dependent teams.
• Lead assessments of legacy scheduler instances and batch frameworks to identify candidates for retirement, consolidation, or migration; produce target-state recommendations, sequencing/roadmaps, and risk-based migration plans.
• Define reliability engineering practices for workload automation: availability targets, capacity planning, performance tuning, monitoring/alerting, and continuous improvement.
• Design and validate high-availability and disaster recovery solutions (including DB2 HADR where applicable); plan and execute regular DR tests and remediate gaps.
• Establish governance for workload onboarding and job design: scheduling standards, dependency modeling, naming conventions, calendars, critical path optimization, and SLA/SLO management.
• Architect and productionize automation for platform operations and self-service (e.g., provisioning, reporting, batch controls) using shell/Python/Perl and enterprise tooling.
• Own security and compliance posture: access model (LDAP/SSO), least-privilege controls, audit evidence, vulnerability remediation, and secure configuration baselines.
• Manage and develop two teams (e.g., platform engineering and operations): set priorities and operating rhythms, oversee delivery and support outcomes, coach/mentor team members, and drive performance management in partnership with leadership.
• Be available for major outages and critical events related to job scheduling, including QEND activities up to four (4) times per fiscal year, providing incident leadership, stakeholder communications, and post-incident follow-up.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and provide after-hours/weekend support as needed to maintain scheduling availability and meet business SLAs.
• Support a global operating model by working flexibly across EMEA and US business hours to provide required coverage and stakeholder overlap.
• Serve as escalation point for complex incidents; lead root-cause analysis and drive problem management to prevent recurrence.
• Mentor and guide engineers; lead technical design reviews, documentation/runbook standards, and knowledge sharing across the organization.
• Deep dive into other job scheduling teams like Automate, AS400 and Robot and assist in supervising these teams in IT Operations.