Senior Mainframe Batch Operations Engineer

Role Description

BizTech Fusion is seeking an experienced Senior Mainframe Batch Operations Engineer / Mainframe Production Control Specialist with strong expertise in JobTrac R11, mainframe batch scheduling, production control, JCL, COBOL, IMS, CICS, and z/OS operations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience scheduling, monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimizing production batch workloads in enterprise mainframe environments. This role will support both legacy mainframe systems and modernization/transformation initiatives, working closely with application development, infrastructure, network, and operations teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and provide technical support for Mainframe Production Control and batch operations using Computer Associates JobTrac R11.
• Schedule, modify, submit, and monitor daily production mainframe jobs.
• Manage nightly batch schedules and make scheduling adjustments to optimize mainframe resource utilization.
• Monitor automated and manually submitted jobs and ensure critical production workloads complete within required SLAs.
• Perform daily and weekly batch balancing and production control activities.
• Modify and troubleshoot JCL as required by application programmers and operations teams.
• Analyze batch execution issues, abends, delays, and performance problems and identify root causes.
• Optimize production batch schedules and job runtimes to improve operational efficiency.
• Support on-demand and immediate-execution batch job scheduling.
• Provide technical support for batch failures, late critical batches, and production service restoration activities.
• Work closely with mainframe developers on production issues, code reviews, testing, and application fixes.
• Participate in testing and implementation of new batch processes and application releases.
• Develop and maintain operational procedures, runbooks, scheduling documentation, and production support documentation.
• Support application deployment activities and assist with creating and expanding application environments.
• Provide technical assistance to programmers and operations personnel for mainframe-related production issues.
• Participate in daily status meetings and provide production status updates to technical teams and management.
• Coordinate with infrastructure, network, customer support, and application development teams to resolve production issues.
• Support both legacy mainframe applications and mainframe transformation/modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of mainframe / production control / batch operations experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Computer Associates JobTrac R11.
• Mainframe batch and console operations.
• z/OS / MVS.
• JCL development, analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting.
• COBOL and batch/CICS COBOL.
• VSAM.
• IMS.
• CICS.
• TSO/ISPF.
• IBM utilities and z/OS programs.
• JobTrac for z/OS.
• Batch scheduling, monitoring, dependencies, and production control.
• On-demand/immediate batch job scheduling.
• Batch abend analysis and production problem resolution.
• Complex JCL troubleshooting.
• REXX development, analysis, and debugging in z/OS environments.
• FTP, SFTP, and NFTP.
• Batch SFTP/FTPS processing.
• IMS utilities, including FileAid for IMS.
• BPXBATCH processing for remote execution.
• Mainframe printer assignment and administration.
• Working knowledge of IPPrintway.
• Informatica and batch/ETL processing.

Preferred Experience

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise mainframe production environments.
• Experience working with application development and infrastructure teams.
• Experience supporting legacy system modernization or mainframe transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of production control procedures, change management, and operational standards.
• Experience creating operational documentation, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in SLA-driven production environments and supporting critical batch workloads.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate should have deep hands-on experience in:

• JobTrac R11
• Mainframe Production Control
• z/OS
• MVS
• JCL
• COBOL
• VSAM
• IMS
• CICS
• TSO/ISPF
• REXX
• IBM Utilities
• Batch Scheduling
• Console Operations
• FTP/SFTP/FTPS
• BPXBATCH
• FileAid for IMS
• IPPrintway
• Informatica

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with an updated resume highlighting their JobTrac R11, mainframe batch operations, JCL, COBOL, IMS, CICS, and production control experience.