Job Administration/Production Control Technician

Job Administration/Production Control Technician

The Financial Information Services Agency (FISA) has a vacancy for a Job Administration/Production Control Technician reporting to the night Shift Supervisor. This position is responsible for monitoring job flows controlled by the CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) scheduling system. The jobs being run execute on either a z/OS mainframe, UNIX, or PeopleSoft server. The position preferably requires knowledge of tools and utilities that run under z/OS, PeopleSoft, and/or UNIX. The technician must be able to respond quickly to job failures by determining the general cause of the problem and contacting the appropriate on-call staff member for remediation. The candidate will also be required to occasionally migrate software to the production and/or test environments. Other duties included documenting problems, setting up job flow dependencies, and executing/troubleshooting test flows.
Preferred Skills:
Extensive experience working in Production Control with mainframe or mid-range computer
Familiarity with establishing job dependencies
Experience troubleshooting JCL errors, using GDGs, and utilities such as File-AID and IDCAMS
Knowledge of CA Workload Automation DE or similar enterprise scheduling package
Knowledge of z/OS JCL and TSO/ISPF
Experience with mainframe compile, link, and bind procedures
Familiarity with file transfer protocols such as FTPS and/or Connect:Direct
Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills
Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies
Knowledge of IMS, D82
Knowledge of UNIX
Knowledge of PUTTY, WinSCP
Familiarity with Rational Tools (ClearQuest and ClearCase)
Familiarity with MS-Word and Excel
Knowledge of PeopleSoft People Tools (Process Monitor)
Experience:
3 - 5 years of related scheduling experience with a Windows-based scheduling system.
5 years' experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and schedule problems.
5 years of experience with hands-on work with executing and performing preliminary troubleshooting activities involving: scheduler, batch processes, and cycle flows.
Additional Information:
P-157 Position is located in NYC near Madison Square Garden and Hudson Yards Hours/Shift This position is a 3-day work week, consecutive days, 7:30a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and includes weekends and holidays. The days worked rotate on a predetermined schedule.(4 weeks Mon thru Wed then 4 weeks Thu thru Sat.)
The City of New York offers a comprehensive set of benefits and programs to employees, including health insurance, pension plan, Deferred Compensation Plan (with 457, 401K and Roth IRA options), pre-tax Commuter Benefit program, pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts programs and more. Additional benefits such as prescription drug coverage, dental benefits, vision care benefits and more are also available through District Council 37 – Local 2627, the union that represents employees in this title.