Senior Platform Engineer - Control-M

Avacone; Basel; Sur place; CHF 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Avacone is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer – Control‑M to design, administer and operate enterprise workload automation services. You will ensure reliable scheduling, monitoring and execution of critical batch processes across Windows, Linux and databases.

Lead automation initiatives, maintain runbooks, and contribute to upgrades, resilience and lifecycle management while collaborating with application, database and infrastructure teams.

Qualifications

• Practical experience designing, configuring, administering and supporting Control‑M or an equivalent enterprise workload scheduling platform.
• Strong knowledge of job scheduling, dependencies, calendars, alerts and workload management.
• Experience supporting batch workloads across Windows, Linux and database environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills across application, infrastructure and scheduling dependencies.
• Familiarity with scripting and automation to support efficient operational processes.
• Understanding of file transfer, data processing workflows and system integrations.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, event correlation and operational reporting.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery and lifecycle management.
• Understanding of scheduling governance and controlled change practices.
• Basic knowledge of SQL and database troubleshooting for first‑line DBA support.
• Awareness of CI/CD and DevOps practices is advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Design, configure and maintain Control-M scheduling environments and standards.
• Develop, test and implement job definitions, calendars and workflows.
• Monitor batch processing and respond to scheduling failures and alerts.
• Investigate and resolve cross‑platform issues involving jobs and dependencies.
• Support workload automation across Linux, Windows, databases and apps.
• Implement and maintain operational controls, alerting and escalation procedures.
• Contribute to platform upgrades, migrations and lifecycle management.
• Develop scripts to improve job management and deployment efficiency.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks for scheduling operations.
• Participate in incident, problem and change management with service restoration in mind.
• Collaborate with application and infrastructure teams to resolve cross‑platform dependencies.
• Apply secure‑by‑design practices and support access control and audit requirements.
• Provide limited DBA backup support under guidance.

Connaissances

Control-M scheduling

Linux

Windows

Scripting & automation

Incident management

Monitoring & logging

CI/CD awareness

Security & resilience

Formation

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Outils

Control-M

SQL

Monitoring tools

CI/CD tooling

Description du poste

Role Purpose

The Senior Platform Engineer – Control-M is responsible for the design, administration and operational support of enterprise workload automation services, ensuring that business-critical batch processes and data workflows are scheduled, monitored and executed reliably.

The role supports end-to-end workload automation across multiple technology platforms, contributes to platform reliability, security and resilience, and drives continuous improvement through automation and effective operational practices. It also provides limited first-line backup support to database administration colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, configure and maintain Control-M scheduling environments, establishing and applying scheduling standards and operational controls.
• Develop, test and implement job definitions, calendars, dependencies and workflows, ensuring the controlled promotion of scheduling changes across environments.
• Monitor batch processing and respond to scheduling failures, execution errors, alerts and service-impacting events, prioritising business-critical workloads.
• Investigate and resolve complex cross-platform issues involving jobs, applications, infrastructure and workflow dependencies.
• Support workload automation across Linux, Windows, databases, file transfers and enterprise applications.
• Implement and maintain operational controls, alerting mechanisms and escalation procedures.
• Contribute to platform upgrades, migrations, resilience improvements and ongoing lifecycle management.
• Develop scripts and automation to improve job management and operational efficiency, including repeatable deployment, validation and support activities.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation, scheduling standards, support procedures and operational runbooks.
• Participate in incident, problem and change management, supporting timely service restoration and sustainable issue resolution.
• Collaborate with application, database, infrastructure and service management teams to coordinate delivery and resolve cross-platform dependencies.
• Apply secure-by-design practices and support access control, security and audit requirements.
• Provide limited DBA backup support, including basic database health checks, first-line troubleshooting and simple corrective actions under the guidance of DBA colleagues.

Skills and Experience

• Practical experience designing, configuring, administering and supporting Control‑M or an equivalent enterprise workload scheduling platform.
• Strong knowledge of job scheduling, dependencies, calendars, alerts and workload management, including the prioritisation of business-critical workloads.
• Experience supporting batch workloads across Windows, Linux and database environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and incident management skills, with the ability to investigate issues across application, infrastructure and scheduling dependencies.
• Familiarity with scripting and automation to support efficient and repeatable operational processes.
• Understanding of file transfer, application integration and data processing workflows.
• Knowledge of monitoring, logging, event correlation and operational reporting.
• Experience with high availability, disaster recovery and platform lifecycle management.
• Understanding of scheduling governance, testing and controlled change practices.
• Basic knowledge of database operations, SQL and routine database troubleshooting, sufficient to provide first‑line backup support to DBA colleagues.
• Awareness of CI/CD and DevOps practices is advantageous.
• Strong understanding of platform reliability, security, resilience and operational excellence.
• Experience participating in incident, problem, change and lifecycle management.
• Experience coordinating the work of others or contributing to technical projects is desirable.
• Ability to document technical solutions clearly and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• A collaborative, improvement-focused and automation-oriented approach to engineering.
• Commitment to continuous learning, professional development and relevant industry accreditations.

Education and Professional Background

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Typically six to ten years of relevant experience, or demonstrable expertise appropriate to the seniority and scope of the role.

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