Workload Automation Engineer (W2)

Hi,

The following requirement is open with our client.

Title                                      : Workload Automation Engineer (W2)

Location                              : Warsaw, IN (hybrid)

Duration                              : 12 Months 

Relevant Experience (in Yrs.): 8

Rate:                                       $56/hr on W2

Job Description:

·         Hands on to the end-to-end architecture for the TWS/IWS platform (components, topology, environments, integrations), including standards, patterns, integrations and APIs (REST/SOAP), event-based scheduling, and real-time/on-demand workload patterns.

·         Experience with Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console (TDWC/TDWB) and critical path monitoring and integrating file transfer solutions (e.g., SFTP/PGP/GPG, managed file transfer platforms) into batch workflows.

·         Experience with SAP and other enterprise application integrations via TWS extended agents.

·         Experience building dashboards/metrics and integrating with observability platforms (e.g., Grafana/Graphite).

·         Databases: DB2 (HADR), Oracle/Postgres (familiarity)

·         Experience defining platform standards, leading upgrades/migrations, and coordinating cross-team delivery (e.g., change windows, cutovers, rollback planning).

·         Artificial Intelligence – Navigating all the AI APP – know how to communicate with it and know when not to use it when it does not meet your or the companies'' expectations

·         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.

·         Required Qualifications

•         High School Diploma or equivalent

•         10 years of experience in enterprise workload automation, including 7 years of hands-on IBM TWS/IWS/IWA administration in distributed environments.

•         Bachelor''s degree or 10 years of equivalent IT industry service experience

•         For senior/lead equivalent roles, 8 years of relevant ITSM/major incident operations experience may be required.

•         IT Technology Certification is a plus

•         Proven experience in a lead/architect capacity: defining platform standards/reference designs, guiding cross-team implementations, and making architecture decisions for reliability, scalability, and security.

•         Strong Linux/UNIX engineering and production troubleshooting experience, including performance and availability triage.

•         Advanced automation/scripting skills (shell plus Python and/or Perl) with experience building supported, maintainable operational tooling.

•         Demonstrated ability to lead complex incident response and root-cause analysis, and to drive preventative action through problem management.

•         Strong change leadership in regulated production environments (planning, risk management, implementation, validation, rollback) aligned with ITIL processes.

•         Excellent stakeholder communication and ability to influence across applications, database, infrastructure, and security teams.

Must-Have Skills:

• ·         IBM IWS/TWS
• ·         Linux
• ·         Automation
• ·         Integration
• ·         APIs (REST/SOAP)

Grace

Technical Recruiter |ASCII Group LLC. 

Email:  |Direct:

38345 W. 10 Mile Rd, Ste.#365; Farmington, MI 48335 

Salary : $56