Technical Lead - Batch Management (IBM z/OS, IWS) Hybrid

Infolet; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 161,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended medical care

Multisport card

Life insurance

Job summary

IBM in Kraków offers a Technical Lead – Batch Management role focusing on enterprise batch processing systems running on IBM Mainframe. You will lead hands-on work with JCL, z/OS, and IWS, coordinating a cross-functional team to ensure stability, availability and end-of-day/year processing.

The position requires strong communication in English and collaboration with international teams. It is a hybrid role with two days in the office and three days remote, offering growth opportunities and

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on knowledge of JCL and IBM z/OS Mainframe environments.
• Solid experience with IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS).
• Deep 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.
• Basic knowledge of Horizont IWS Graph, BatchCP, BatchAD, and XINFO.
• Good understanding of Incident Management, Change Management, and SLAs.
• Ability to coordinate technical activities, delegate tasks, and support knowledge sharing within the team.
• Experience driving operational improvements and implementing technical solutions.
• Strong ownership, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability and willingness to participate in and coordinate an on-call rota.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in an international environment.
• Very good English, both written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the stability, availability, and reliability of batch processing services and supporting infrastructure.
• Oversee the creation, modification, scheduling, and execution of daily, monthly, yearly, and business-critical batch processes.
• Troubleshoot and resolve batch processing failures, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Act as a Technical Lead, coordinating team activities, delegating tasks, sharing knowledge, and supporting team development.
• Manage critical end-of-day, end-of-month, and end-of-year processing.
• Drive improvements in batch automation, monitoring, system performance, and operational efficiency.
• Implement infrastructure changes with a focus on automation, security, resilience, and service availability.
• Ensure compliance with IT Service Management standards, SLAs, and internal controls.
• Participate in incident and change management processes, identifying risks and implementing appropriate solutions.
• Manage certificate renewals and IBM Dynamic Workload Console.
• Collaborate with international engineering and operations teams to resolve issues and deliver improvements.
• Coordinate and participate in the on-call rota, ensuring effective support for critical batch operations.

Skills

JCL

IBM z/OS

IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS)

Batch processing

Incident & Change management

On-call coordination

English communication

Team coordination

Tools

Horizont IWS Graph

BatchCP

BatchAD

XINFO

IBM Dynamic Workload Console

Jira

Confluence

Job description

IBM in Kraków offers a Technical Lead – Batch Management role focusing on enterprise batch processing systems running on IBM Mainframe. You will lead hands-on work with JCL, z/OS, and IWS, coordinating a cross-functional team to ensure stability, availability and end-of-day/year processing.

The position requires strong communication in English and collaboration with international teams. It is a hybrid role with two days in the office and three days remote, offering growth opportunities and