Remote position
Interview via Teams
Candidates local to Columbus, OH preferred
3rd shift - 11p-8a
Must work every Saturday-Sunday
Occasional holidays at straight time

Job Description:

                Schedule includes every weekend (Saturday and Sunday), as well as some holidays will be required (holidays will be on a rotational basis).  This will only be a few times per year, paid at straight time. 

• Manage, monitor, and analyze mainframe and distributed systems batch workload, job abends and communicate with programmers to resolve issues. 
• Experience with BMC Control-M/EM is a mandatory requirement.  
• Manage batch workload in a Production Control environment for both mainframe and distributed/client-server applications. 
• Identify and fix common abends, alert support staff when problems develop, escalate issues to management when SLA's may be jeopardized, and document all issues in writing (via ServiceNow tickets: Incidents & Incident Tasks). 

Mandatory Skills:

                •              Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills are required.

•              Efficient in using BMC Control-M for managing batch jobs. 

•              Efficient in using BMC Enterprise Manager or managing batch jobs. 

•              Skill in managing batch workload on AJF for both mainframe and client server 

•              applications. 

•              Expertise in identifying abends and using JCL to fix those abends. 

•              Capacity to analyze alert messages and/or shout messages to determine severity, 

•              and follow escalation procedures when SLA's may be jeopardized. 

•              Ability to clearly and effectively communicate verbally to support staff when 

•              problems develop. 

•              Ability to clearly and effectively communicate in writing a summation of a problem 

•              with pertinent details. 

•              Proficient in using TSO/ISPF to analyze status and identify issues with batch jobs. 

•              Capability to recognize server problems by utilizing Nagios, IP Monitor and Tivoli.

Certifications/Desired Skills:

• Expert ability to analyze and manage batch workload on AJF for both mainframe  and client server applications by using both BMC Control-M and EM tools  respectively. 

•              Expert level in identifying and fixing common abends using JCL. 

•              Familiarity with batch job alert messages and shout messages coupled with the  ability to determine severity, follow escalation procedures when SLA's may be  jeopardized. 

•              Ability to clearly and effectively communicate verbally to support staff when  problems develop. 

•              Ability to clearly and effectively communicate in writing a summation of a problem with pertinent details. 

•              Familiarity of system tools (i.e. Nagios, IP Monitor, Tivoli, Time Sharing  Option/Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO/ISPF), Job Control Language (JCL), and BMC's Control-M/Enterprise Manager or similar job scheduling tools. 

•              Familiarity with ServiceNow Incidents & Tasks.