Senior Systems Engineer (Job Automation)

College Park, MD, US • Posted 9 hours ago • Updated 9 hours ago
Full Time
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Job Details

Skills

  • IT Management
  • Batch Processing
  • Job Scheduling
  • SQL
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Collaboration
  • Technical Writing
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Supervision
  • Real-time
  • Acquisition
  • System Requirements
  • EFT
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Windows PowerShell
  • Scripting
  • Workflow
  • Orchestration
  • Scheduling
  • Optimization
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Mentorship
  • Systems Engineering

Summary

Job Description
The Senior Systems Engineer (Job Automation) provides senior-level technical leadership and hands-on expertise in the design, administration, and optimization of enterprise job scheduling and automation platforms. This role is responsible for analyzing system and information requirements, evaluating workflow and operational challenges, and developing corrective actions to ensure reliable, secure, and efficient automated processing across enterprise systems.

The Senior Engineer supervises system engineering staff, supports real-time and batch processing environments, and provides strategic guidance for automation frameworks that integrate across distributed and enterprise platforms.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, administer, and optimize enterprise job automation and scheduling environments
  • Analyze information and system requirements to support automated workflows and processing
  • Evaluate workflow, organizational, and planning challenges related to job scheduling and automation, and develop corrective actions
  • Provide daily supervision, guidance, and direction to system engineering staff
  • Administer and support automation tools, including:

    • HelpSystems
    • JAMS
    • Globalscape EFT
    • SQL Agent Jobs
    • PowerShell scripting and automation
  • Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot batch, event-driven, and real-time automated jobs
  • Support automation for interactive, interpretative systems with online, real-time acquisition capabilities
  • Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of automation failures and performance issues
  • Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and security teams to ensure automation reliability and integration
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, and operational procedures
  • Support automation governance, standards, and continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in:
    • Computer Science
    • Information Systems
    • Engineering
    • Business
    • Or another related scientific or technical discipline
  • Minimum 6 years of general experience in systems engineering
  • At least 3 years of specialized experience supervising system engineers
  • Demonstrated experience supporting interactive, real-time systems with online acquisition capabilities
  • Proven ability to analyze system requirements and develop corrective technical solutions
Preferred Qualifications
  • 15 years of experience in enterprise job automation and scheduling
  • Extensive hands-on experience with:

    • HelpSystems
    • JAMS
    • Globalscape EFT
    • SQL Server Agent Jobs
    • PowerShell automation and scripting
  • Experience designing automation across hybrid, distributed, and enterprise environments
  • Strong background in workflow orchestration, dependency management, and scheduling optimization
  • Proven leadership experience managing and mentoring system engineering staff
  • Master's degree in a related technical discipline (preferred)
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: 10117622
  • Position Id: 9f8fbe3627fb70aa600c63a53d1c8a03
  • Posted 9 hours ago
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