IBM scheduler - W2

Saransh Inc; Riverwoods (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Saransh Inc is seeking an IBM Scheduler expert to operate in a hybrid role based in Riverwoods, IL. The candidate will manage IWS architecture, perform CLI/GUI based administration, and coordinate with DBAs to ensure reliable job scheduling and performance.

Proficiency in Linux, scripting, and WebSphere Liberty is required, with hands-on experience in AWS, fix packs, and TLS/certificates. This is a W2 full-time position offering hybrid work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with IBM Workload Scheduler architecture and components.
• Proficient in Linux administration and scripting for automation.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and security basics.
• Familiarity with IBM WebSphere Liberty in enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain IWS scheduling solutions across MDM, DWC, and FTA.
• Monitor production plans and job streams using CLIs and GUI tools.
• Configure JVM heap sizes and tracing for performance tuning.
• Troubleshoot logs with TWSDATA, fix packs, and interim fixes.
• Administer RHEL 8+ systems and manage systemd services for IWS.
• Collaborate with DBAs to verify Oracle connectivity and query metadata.

Skills

IBM Workload Scheduler

Linux OS Administration

AWS cloud infrastructure

Scripting

IBM WebSphere Liberty skills

Tools

conman CLI

composer CLI

planman CLI

DWC GUI

systemd (journalctl)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+

Job description

Role: IBM scheduler

Location: Hybrid - Riverwoods, IL

W2 Position

What are the top 3 skills required for this role?

• IBM Workload Scheduler
• Linux OS Administration skills
• AWS cloud infrastructure
• Scripting
• IBM WebSphere Liberty skills

Name

• AWS Cloud
• z/OS Linux administration
• Scripting- Python,Bash,CAPL
• Websphere Liberty
• IBM Websphere

Job Description / Responsibilities

• Strong experience with IBM Workload Scheduler architecture, especially Dynamic Workload Broker, V10.1+, high availability of MDMs managing Fault Tolerant Agent and Dynamic Agent architectures.
• Strong conceptual understanding of Master Domain Manager (MDM), Backup MDM (BMDM), Dynamic Workload Console (DWC), Fault Tolerant Agent (FTA), Dynamic Agent (DA).
• Strong grasp of conman CLI to monitor and control production plan, check job/job stream/resource status.
• Strong grasp of composer CLI to define, modify and extract scheduling objects.
• Strong grasp of planman CLI to control pre-production plan and GUI mirroring.
• Strong grasp of lifecycle of daily production planning process, phases of JNextPlan/FINAL.
• Proficiency in navigating the DWC web-based GUI to monitor workloads, manage user access security, and define scheduling objects.
• Experience installing IWS components, applying Fix Packs, and Interim Fixes.
• Troubleshooting with logs under TWSDATA/stdlist, adjusting trace level for netman, batchman, writer, mailman, etc.
• Strong experience with IBM WebSphere Liberty.
• Strong grasp of reading messages.log, traces.log, FFDC logs.
• Strong grasp of configuring JVM heap sizes.
• Strong grasp of configuring tracing scope, tracing levels, tracing retention, and trace strings.
• Strong experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8+.
• Deep familiarity with bash/shell commands for text processing (grep, awk, sed), file manipulation, and system navigation.
• Ability to manage, start, stop, and troubleshoot SystemD services using systemctl and journalctl for IWS agents and MDM.
• Managing user accounts, groups, service accounts and deep knowledge of Linux file permissions (chmod, chown, ACL on local filesystems and NFS).
• Ability to monitor system performance using top, htop, vmstat, iostat, sar to troubleshoot bottlenecks and platform unresponsiveness.
• Understanding of Logical Volume Manager (LVM) and filesystem usage.
• Checking TCP port availability, firewall rules (firewalld/iptables), and connectivity between MDM and Dynamic Agents using netstat, ss, ping, curl, etc.
• Managing SSL/TLS certificates, private keystores, public trust stores, and working with Certificate Authority.
• Strong experience with scripting (Bash Shell, Python, etc.) for automation.
• Understanding of networking principles.
• Understanding of basic Oracle database administration, enough to troubleshoot with DBAs to prove when an issue is in Oracle.
• Understanding basic SQL to query job metadata.
• Understanding of checking database connectivity.
• Understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with using secrets manager (CyberArk PPM, Hashi Corp Vault, or similar).