Production Control & Scheduling Specialist (Mainframe/UNIX)

Lancesoft; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancesoft is seeking an IT Service Management Specialist in New York, onsite, for a direct hire. The role focuses on monitoring job flows via CA Workload Automation DE, with mainframe, UNIX, or PeopleSoft servers, and requires rapid response to job failures, plus occasional migrations to production or test environments.

The candidate should have 3–5 years of scheduling experience, strong documentation skills, and a solid background in IT service management and operations.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years scheduling experience with a Windows-based scheduling system.
• 5 years experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and schedule problems.
• 5 years of hands-on troubleshooting involving scheduler, batch processes, and cycle flows.

Responsibilities

• Monitor job flows controlled by the CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) scheduling system.
• Respond quickly to job failures by determining cause and contacting on-call staff for remediation.
• Occasionally migrate software to production and/or test environments.

Skills

Production Control

Dependencies

Analytical thinking

SDLC

Communication

Education

Baccalaureate degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

z/OS

TSO/ISPF

JCL

GDGs

File-AID

IDCAMS

CA Workload Automation DE

Job description

Lancesoft is seeking an IT Service Management Specialist in New York, onsite, for a direct hire. The role focuses on monitoring job flows via CA Workload Automation DE, with mainframe, UNIX, or PeopleSoft servers, and requires rapid response to job failures, plus occasional migrations to production or test environments.

The candidate should have 3–5 years of scheduling experience, strong documentation skills, and a solid background in IT service management and operations.