Platform Automation Engineer - Workload Scheduling

Vanguard; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanguard is seeking a Platform Engineer, Specialist to support enterprise workload automation and job scheduling. Responsibilities include configuring, promoting, and troubleshooting scheduled workloads across non-production and production environments.

You will partner with SI and application teams to ensure adherence to standards and reliable execution, serving as a subject matter expert for scheduling platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of training, education, and relevant experience.
• 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise scheduling, workload automation, production operations, application support, or related IT operations.
• Experience with Control-M is strongly preferred; experience with other workload automation tools is a plus.
• Understanding of job scheduling concepts, workflow orchestration, batch processing, dependencies, triggers, calendars, and execution monitoring.
• Experience supporting production applications and operational processes in a large enterprise environment.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and support enterprise job scheduling and workload automation solutions, including Control-M or comparable tools.
• Partner with development and SI teams to onboard, validate, and deploy workloads in non-production and production environments.
• Review job definitions, workloads, dependencies, calendars, and triggers to ensure standards.
• Execute workload promotion and migration between environments while maintaining stability.
• Monitor batch processing and scheduled workloads, analyze failures, and troubleshoot issues.
• Collaborate with application teams to diagnose scheduling issues and implement corrective actions.
• Document scheduling processes, support procedures, and operational standards.
• Participate in production support activities and scheduled deployment events.
• Assist with continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and reliability.

Skills

Job scheduling

Workload automation

Analytical thinking

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Control-M

Autosys

Tidal

Redwood

Stonebranch

UC4/Automic

Dollar Universe

Job description

Vanguard is seeking a Platform Engineer, Specialist to support enterprise workload automation and job scheduling. Responsibilities include configuring, promoting, and troubleshooting scheduled workloads across non-production and production environments.

You will partner with SI and application teams to ensure adherence to standards and reliable execution, serving as a subject matter expert for scheduling platforms.