Platform Engineer Specialist

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

Salary: $120,000 - 160,000 per year

Requirements

• We require a bachelors degree or an equivalent mix of training, education, and relevant experience.
• We need 3+ years of experience supporting enterprise scheduling, workload automation, production operations, application support, or a related IT operations function.
• We strongly prefer experience 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.
• We expect a solid understanding of job scheduling concepts, workflow orchestration, batch processing, job dependencies, triggers, calendars, and execution monitoring.
• We value experience supporting production applications and operational processes in a large enterprise environment.
• We look for the ability to investigate and analyze workload failures and coordinate resolution with technical support and development teams.
• We need strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
• We value a demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and operational processes.
• We prefer experience documenting procedures, standards, and support processes.
• Familiarity with IT operations, incident management, change management, or production support practices is preferred.

Responsibilities

• We configure, maintain, and support enterprise job scheduling and workload automation solutions, including Control-M or comparable tools.
• We partner with application development and Software Integration teams to onboard, validate, and deploy scheduled workloads into non-production and production environments.
• We review job definitions, workflows, dependencies, calendars, triggers, and scheduling requirements to ensure alignment with established standards.
• We carry out workload promotion and migration activities between environments while maintaining operational stability.
• We monitor batch processing and scheduled workloads, identifying and analyzing job failures, dependency issues, and workflow disruptions.
• We collaborate with application teams to diagnose scheduling-related issues and recommend corrective actions.
• We serve as a subject matter resource on scheduling standards, workload automation best practices, and operational procedures.
• We document scheduling processes, support procedures, and operational standards.
• We participate in production support activities and scheduled deployment events.
• We assist with continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen workload automation efficiency, reliability, and operational effectiveness.

Technologies

• Hardware
• Incident Management
• Support

More

hackajob is partnering with Vanguard to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. We provide intermediate-level technical support for small to mid-size projects and identify, resolve, or escalation hardware and software issues across multiple technology domains. The Platform Engineer, Specialist role supports our enterprise workload automation and job scheduling environment, ensuring batch workloads and application jobs are configured, promoted, and executed to established standards. We work closely with Software Integration teams, application developers, and operations teams across non-production and production environments. We operate with a mission-driven, highly collaborative culture and use a hybrid working model that balances flexibility with in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

last updated 41 week of 2026