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IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) Administrator

Hybrid in Riverwoods, IL, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 1 day ago

Contract W2

12 Months

No Travel Required

Hybrid

$90 - $100/hr

Techridge, Inc.

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Job Details

Skills

IBM
IWS
Workload
Scheduler
MDM
Automation
Security
Master Domain Manager

Summary

Key Responsibilities

IBM Workload Scheduler Administration

Administer Production IBM Workload Scheduler (formerly Tivoli Workload Scheduler) environment:

28,000 unique daily jobs
Approximately 350,000 daily job runs
44 servers
Three additional change-control environments

Install, configure, administer, patch, and upgrade IWS components:

Master Domain Manager (MDM)
Dynamic Agents
Dynamic Pools
Dynamic Workload Console (DWC)

Change Management & Governance

Work closely with Product Owners and communicate workstreams through Jira.
Manage job promotions using a Workload Application Template-based process.
Perform safety and stability assessments for all job promotions.
Manage change control across four separate environments.
Enforce change management standards, policies, and governance.

Platform Availability & Operations

Maintain and continuously improve Production platform uptime target of 99.17% per month.
Follow SOPs, DevOps practices, and disciplined change-control processes.
Coordinate platform-impacting communications to a user community of approximately 500 developers and data engineers.
Support Production infrastructure consisting of:

44 servers
MDM, DWC, and Agent environments

Troubleshooting & Support

Resolve:

Complex job failures
Performance bottlenecks
Agent-related issues
Infrastructure-related issues

Provide guidance on complex job scheduling designs to less experienced team members.

Monitoring, Security & Compliance

Monitor scheduler platform health and performance.
Manage database maintenance activities.
Perform backup, disaster recovery, and monthly failover testing.
Define and maintain:

Security policies
User authorizations
Authentication for Dynamic Workload Console (DWC)

Respond to:

Cybersecurity vulnerability assessments
PCI compliance audits
Other regulatory audit requests

Automation & DevOps

Design and implement Ansible-based automation solutions.
Develop self-healing mechanisms to reduce unplanned outages.
Coordinate with offshore teams performing SOP activities during non-business hours.
Develop automation scripts using:

Python
IWS REST APIs

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10125172
Position Id: 9000940
Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About Techridge, Inc.

We believe we have the know-how to do it right the first time and we also understand that our client focus will always be on

-High Quality

-Cost Effectiveness

-Total Convenience

-Continuous Training

-Emphasis on Security

-Industry recognized SDLC

-Intelligent Communication

Technology and business knowledge go hand in hand in today s digital age, it very important to remember that technology will always remains a support mechanism for business. The greatest resource that makes any business successful is people, people who understand your business needs and technology. Techridge s hiring processes allows us to hire the right people based technical expertise on Attitude, Communication, Technical and Industry knowledge. Most of our employees have post graduate degrees.
At Techridge, we satisfy your need to keep up with lightning fast technology, manage constant system updates and control ongoing work by providing qualified IT professionals. People with the expertise to help you charge ahead of industry trends and the competition.

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Atif Ansari

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Job Title: IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) AdministratorLocation: Riverwoods, IL(Hybrid)Position Type: Contract Job Description:We are seeking an experienced IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) Administrator with 8+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise scheduling environments. The ideal candidate will be responsible for administering, monitoring, troubleshooting and automating IBM Workload Scheduler infrastructure running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) while ensuring high availability and

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IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) Administrator / Infrastructure Engineer

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Strong experience with IBM Workload Scheduler architecture, especially Dynamic Workload Broker, V10.1+, high availability of MDMs managing Fault Tolerant Agent and Dynamic Agent agent architectures. Strong conceptual understanding of Master Domain Manager (MDM), Backup MDM (BMDM), Dynamic Workload Console (DWC), Fault Tolerant Agent (FTA), Dynamic Agent (DA).Strong grasp of conman CLI to monitor and control production plan, check job/job stream/resource status.Strong grasp of composer CLI to def