Batch Operations Technical Lead

Solid Company; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Solid Company in Kraków is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Batch Operations Lead to ensure the stability and reliability of batch processing services. You will oversee daily, monthly, yearly batch jobs, troubleshoot failures, and act as a Technical Lead coordinating the team across international engineering and operations.

The role requires hands-on JCL/IBM z/OS expertise, deep IWS knowledge, and strong understanding of incident/change management and SLAs.

Qualifications

• Hands-on knowledge of JCL and IBM z/OS Mainframe environments.
• Deep experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS).
• Solid understanding of batch processing, job scheduling, and troubleshooting batch failures.
• Experience managing business-critical batch operations, including end-of-day, end-of-month, and end-of-year processing.
• Knowledge of Incident Management, Change Management, and SLAs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the stability, availability, and reliability of batch processing services and supporting infrastructure.
• Oversee creation, modification, scheduling, and execution of daily, monthly, yearly batch processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve batch processing failures to minimize business disruption.
• Act as a Technical Lead, coordinating team activities and supporting team development.
• Manage end-of-day, end-of-month, and end-of-year processing activities.
• Drive batch automation, monitoring, system performance, and operational efficiency.

Skills

JCL & IBM z/OS

IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)

Batch processing & scheduling

End-of-day/month/year processing

Incident Management

Change Management

SLAs

On-call coordination

English (very good)

German (nice to have)

Tools

Horizont IWS Graph

BatchCP

BatchAD

XINFO

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Solid Company in Kraków is seeking a seasoned Mainframe Batch Operations Lead to ensure the stability and reliability of batch processing services. You will oversee daily, monthly, yearly batch jobs, troubleshoot failures, and act as a Technical Lead coordinating the team across international engineering and operations.

The role requires hands-on JCL/IBM z/OS expertise, deep IWS knowledge, and strong understanding of incident/change management and SLAs.