Senior System Analyst (Control-m Administrator)

PERSOL; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

PERSOL is seeking a hands-on Control-M Administrator to manage the enterprise Control-M environment across Linux, Windows, and AS400 platforms. You will provide L3 support, perform platform upgrades, and develop automation and API integrations to streamline scheduling workflows.

In this role, you will collaborate with infra, application, and DB teams, build reliable runbooks, and contribute to high availability, disaster recovery, and CI/CD related automation using IaC tools such as Chef or

Qualifications

• 8+ years hands-on experience administering BMC Control-M in enterprise environments.
• Experience independently executing Control-M platform and agent upgrades.
• Strong knowledge of Control-M Enterprise Manager, Server, and Agents; scheduling concepts.

Responsibilities

• Administer BMC Control-M Enterprise Manager, Server, and Agents across prod and non-prod environments.
• Execute upgrades, migrations, fix pack deployments, and agent upgrades with rollback planning.

Skills

BMC Control-M administration

Control-M Automation API

Unix/Linux shell scripting (Bash)

PowerShell (advantage)

Chef/Ansible (IaC)

REST APIs integration

Linux/Unix and Windows admin

incident triage & on-call

Tools

Control-M Enterprise Manager

Control-M/Server

Control-M Agents

Job description

We are looking for a Control-M Administrator to manage, maintain, and support the enterprise Control-M environment. In this individual contributor role, you will provide hands‑on on L3 support, execute platform upgrades, and develop automation and API integrations across Linux, Windows and AS400 platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administer BMC Control-M Enterprise Manager, Control-M/Server, and Agents across production and non‑production environments.
• Execute Control‑M upgrades, migrations, fix pack deployments, and agent upgrades, including validation and rollback planning.
• Manage platform configuration, agent connectivity, access controls, housekeeping, and availability.
• Support high availability and disaster recovery configurations, failover testing, and recovery procedures.
• Automate administrative tasks, agent provisioning, health checks, and deployment activities using Control‑M Automation API, shell scripts, and configuration management tools.
• Build and maintain integrations with REST APIs, internal applications, and external services; develop custom job types using Control‑M Application Integrator where required.
• Create and troubleshoot workflows, dependencies, calendars, alerts, and recovery actions.
• Use Chef, Ansible, or equivalent Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management Tools to standardize platform deployments and configuration.
• Provide L3 incident support, root cause analysis, performance tuning, and resolution of complex scheduling and platform issues.
• Collaborate with application, infrastructure, database, and ITSM teams on changes, incidents, and workload migrations.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational runbooks, and upgrade procedures.
• Required Skills and Experience
• Minimum 8 years of hands‑on experience administering BMC Control‑M in enterprise environments.
• Practical experience independently executing Control‑M platform and agent upgrades.
• Strong knowledge of Control‑M Enterprise Manager, Server, Agents, scheduling concepts, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using Control‑M Automation API and REST APIs for automation and integration.
• Proficiency in Unix/Linux shell scripting, including Bash; PowerShell experience is an advantage.
• Hands‑on experience with Chef, Ansible, or equivalent automation and configuration management tools.
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix and Windows administration, networking, and database concepts relevant to Control‑M.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Control‑M Application Integrator and custom plugins.
• Exposure to scheduler migrations, workload modernization, and Control‑M as Code.
• Familiarity with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience integrating with BMC Helix, Jira, Microsoft Teams, Splunk, Grafana, or Geneos.
• Exposure to cloud platforms and hybrid workload automation.
• Relevant BMC Control‑M certification.

Role Expectations

This is a hands‑on individual contributor position with ownership of platform administration, upgrades, automation, and complex technical troubleshooting. Participation in scheduled maintenance windows and an on‑call support rotation may be required.

Note: This role is focused on Control‑M platform administration, infrastructure support, upgrades, migrations, troubleshooting, and operational support. It does not involve job scheduling, workload design, or application batch scheduling activities.