IBM Workload Scheduler Automation Engineer

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Job Title: Lead Workload Automation Engineer (IBM TWS/IWS)

Location: Warsaw, IN

Duration: 12 Months

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Workload Automation Architect / Engineer to define and drive the enterprise architecture, strategy, and operational model for IBM Tivoli / IBM Workload Scheduler (TWS/IWS) across hybrid environments (on-prem & cloud). This role will lead platform modernization, reliability engineering, and governance, while managing teams and ensuring high availability of mission-critical workloads.

Key Responsibilities:

<>Architecture & Strategy

• Own end-to-end TWS/IWS platform architecture (topology, integrations, environments)
• Define standards, patterns, and reference designs
• Lead modernization, upgrades, and migration initiatives
• Assess legacy schedulers and define target-state architecture & migration roadmap
  
  

<>Platform Engineering & Reliability

• Define and implement reliability engineering practices:
• Availability targets
• Capacity planning
• Performance tuning
• Monitoring & alerting
• Design High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions
• Conduct and manage DR testing and remediation

<>Automation & Integration

• Build and optimize automation frameworks using:
• Shell, Python, Perl
• Integrate with:
• Enterprise applications (SAP, ERP systems)
• File transfer systems (SFTP, PGP, MFT)
• Implement event-driven and real-time scheduling solutions

<>Governance & Security

• Define workload onboarding standards:
• Job design, dependencies, naming conventions
• Manage SLA/SLO compliance and optimization
• Ensure security and compliance:
• LDAP/SSO
• Role-based access
• Audit and vulnerability management

<>Operations & Incident Management

• Lead major incident response and root cause analysis (RCA)
• Serve as escalation point for critical issues
• Participate in on-call rotation and outage management (QEND events)
• Ensure adherence to ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem Management)
  
  

<>Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and mentor two job scheduling teams
• Coordinate across application, database, infrastructure, and security teams
• Drive technical reviews, documentation standards, and knowledge sharing
• Support global operations across US and EMEA time zones
  
  

Required Skills & Experience:

• 10 years of experience in Workload Automation
• 7 years hands-on experience with IBM TWS / IWS / IWA
• Proven experience in architect/lead roles
• Strong expertise in:
• Linux / UNIX (AIX, SunOS)
• Production troubleshooting & performance tuning
• Advanced scripting skills:
• Shell, Python, Perl
• Strong experience with:
• Incident management & RCA
• ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with:
• DB2 (HADR), Oracle, PostgreSQL
• Tivoli Dynamic Workload Console (TDWC/TDWB)
• REST/SOAP APIs and event-driven scheduling
• Familiarity with:
• Cloud environments and infrastructure automation (IaC)
• Observability tools (Grafana, Graphite, AppDynamics, OBM)
• ServiceNow (ITSM workflows and reporting)
• Experience integrating:
• SAP and enterprise systems via TWS agents
  

Technical Skills:

• IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS/IWS/IWA)
• Linux / UNIX / Windows (agent support)
• Shell / Python / Perl scripting
• DB2 / Oracle / PostgreSQL
• ITIL / ServiceNow / Monitoring Tools
• Security (LDAP / SSO / RBAC)
  
  

Key Deliverables:

• Scalable and resilient enterprise workload automation architecture
• Successful platform modernization and migration initiatives
• High availability and optimized job scheduling environments
• Strong governance, security, and compliance adherence
• Effective leadership and team performance improvement