Platform Automation Engineer — Hybrid & Control-M Workload Scheduling

Vanguard; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Platform Engineer, Specialist to configure, maintain, and support enterprise workload automation. You will partner with development and integration teams to onboard and deploy scheduled workloads in non-production and production environments.

The role requires 3+ years in enterprise scheduling, strong Control-M knowledge, and the ability to troubleshoot failures while collaborating with technical and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent mix of training, education, and relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience in enterprise scheduling, workload automation, production operations, application support, or a related IT operations function.
• Strong familiarity with Control-M; experience with similar workload automation or scheduling platforms such as Autosys, Tidal, Redwood, Stonebranch, UC4/Automic, Dollar Universe, or comparable tools will also be considered.
• Solid understanding of job scheduling concepts, workflow orchestration, batch processing, job dependencies, triggers, calendars, and execution monitoring.
• Experience supporting production applications in a large enterprise environment.
• Ability to investigate workload failures and coordinate resolution with technical support and development teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams.
• Ability to learn new technologies and operational processes.
• Experience documenting procedures, standards, and support processes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and support enterprise job scheduling and workload automation solutions, including Control-M or comparable tools.
• Partner with application development and Software Integration teams to onboard, validate, and deploy scheduled workloads into non-production and production environments.
• Review job definitions, workflows, dependencies, calendars, triggers, and scheduling requirements to ensure alignment with standards.
• Carry out workload promotion and migration activities between environments while maintaining operational stability.
• Monitor batch processing and scheduled workloads, identify and analyze job failures, dependency issues, and workflow disruptions.
• Collaborate with application teams to diagnose scheduling-related issues and recommend corrective actions.
• Serve as a subject matter resource on scheduling standards, workload automation best practices, and operational procedures.
• Document scheduling processes, support procedures, and operational standards.
• Participate in production support activities and scheduled deployment events.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen workload automation efficiency and reliability.

Skills

Scheduling concepts

Workflow orchestration

Communication

Collaboration

Problem analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Control-M

Autosys

Tidal

Redwood

UC4/Automic

Dollar Universe

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Platform Engineer, Specialist to configure, maintain, and support enterprise workload automation. You will partner with development and integration teams to onboard and deploy scheduled workloads in non-production and production environments.

The role requires 3+ years in enterprise scheduling, strong Control-M knowledge, and the ability to troubleshoot failures while collaborating with technical and business teams.