Systems Administrator/Operations Support Specialist - Senior

LanceSoft Inc; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a System Administrator with extensive experience in mainframe batch processing. The successful candidate will oversee support for mission-critical systems, manage scheduling tools, and collaborate with clients on project implementations. This position demands strong documentation and communication skills, along with a minimum of 10 years of experience in a large enterprise environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in mainframe support.
• Experience in large enterprise environments is essential.
• Strong knowledge in job scheduling and automated tools.

Responsibilities

• Oversee support for mainframe batch processing.
• Provide updates on job schedules and assist clients with implementation activities.
• Document procedures and maintain strong communication throughout projects.

Skills

Mainframe batch processing

Job scheduling

Communication

Documentation

Project Management

Tools

CA-7

SFTP

IMS

DB2

View and Deliver

Job description

Position: System Administrator
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid)
Duration: 198 Days Contract + Possible Extension

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
Enterprise Tier 4 Mainframe Infrastructure experience - 30%

• 10+ years experience providing oversight to support mainframe batch processing.
• Demonstrated experience in a large enterprise complex environment.
• Provides updates to job schedules CA-7), reporting and other tools, support for online and batch processing, SFTP/FTP and print file creation.
• Support to clients on all scheduling, testing and implementation activities 7/24 mission critical systems.
• Experience with application recovery procedures to meet client requirements and conform to corporate systems standards.
• Provides expert technical advice to clients on production control procedures/processes and leadership and co-ordination to support automation of client production applications.
• Advanced knowledge of technologies and utilities such as automated scheduling tools (e.g. CA-7 ), client scheduling processes and their linkages to batch and online applications (e.g., IMS, DB2) and printing tools (e.g. View and Deliver) to ensure timely execution of scheduled batch processing and output delivery.

Documentation and Communication Skills - 15%

• Demonstrated experience with procedures and operational documentation.
• Demonstrated experience in change management activities.
• Demonstrated ability for strong communication and writing skills.

Using specific examples, describe the most recent experience and demonstrate your knowledge with Mainframe batch processing in a support role and Project Management -15%

• Demonstrated knowledge and operational support experience with Mainframe batch processing in a large scale environment similar as the Government of Ontario.
• 10+ years demonstrated experience in complex projects related to migrations and tool implementations.

Must Have Requirements:

• 10+ years' experience providing oversight to support mainframe batch processing.
• Demonstrated experience in a large enterprise complex environment.
• Provides updates to job schedules CA-7), reporting and other tools, support for online and batch processing, SFTP/FTP and print file creation.
• Advanced knowledge of technologies and utilities such as automated scheduling tools (e.g. CA-7), client scheduling processes and their linkages to batch and online applications (e.g., IMS, DB2) and printing tools (e.g. View and Deliver) to ensure timely execution of scheduled batch processing and output delivery.