Senior Analyst - Production Control

Avangrid; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 111,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Bonuses

401(k) match

Health, dental, vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

AVANGRID SERVICE COMPANY seeks a Senior Analyst – Production Control to ensure smooth batch execution across environments, using scheduling tools such as Control-M, UC4, and Autosys. You will monitor performance, troubleshoot failures, support automation, and collaborate with IT teams to maintain compliant operations.

The role requires strong scripting, experience with SAP integrations, and the ability to generate actionable insights with monitoring dashboards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Prior experience with Autosys, CA Automic (UC4), Control-M, or Stonebranch.
• Exposure to Unix/AIX/Wintel systems and scripting (Shell, Python, PowerShell and Ansible).
• Familiarity with SAP and job scheduling tools (Control-M, UC4, Autosys).
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow for ITSM processes.

Responsibilities

• Schedules, executes, and monitors batch jobs using Control-M, UC4, and Autosys.
• Ensures nightly completion of critical batch jobs and meets performance metrics.
• Maintains consistency across development, testing, and production environments.
• Monitors system health; generates status and performance reports.
• Develops workflows to meet business needs and integrate with SAP/ERP.
• Executes SAP transports and automates tasks using scripting.
• Implements changes related to report distribution software.
• Provides advanced technical assistance to application and operations teams.
• Identifies root causes of failures and implements permanent fixes.
• Trains users and supports scheduling tools functionalities.
• Maintains compliance documentation and supports audits.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Shell, PowerShell, and Ansible.
• Participates in disaster recovery, incident/change/problem management.
• Generate dashboards using Kibana, Power BI, ServiceNow and Elastic.
• Manages scheduling tool configurations, user access, and security.
• Maintain production JCL libraries and test JCL.
• Performs upgrades, patches, and transports of job definitions.
• Maintains documentation for schedules, processes, and procedures.
• Assumes department responsibilities in the manager’s absence.
• Plans for system outages and batch calendars.
• Support off-hours scheduling and occasional weekend work.
• On-call availability and shift work (early AM EST)

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Scripting (Shell)

Batch scheduling

Unix/AIX/Wintel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / information technology or related field

Tools

Autosys

CA Automic (UC4)

Control-M

Stonebranch

SAP

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Title

Senior Analyst – Production Control

Location

Orange, CT; Boston, MA.

Work type

Office (on-site 5 days)

Salary range

• CT: $106,000 - $132,500
• Boston: $110,800 – 138,500

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits and growth opportunities
• Generous performance‑based bonuses
• 12% 401(k) match
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Professional development and clear career‑advancement pathways

Job Summary

The Senior Analyst - Production Control role ensures smooth execution of batch processes across multiple environments using scheduling tools like Control-M, UC4 (Automic), and Autosys. This role involves monitoring job performance, resolving failures, supporting automation initiatives, business-critical workflows and provides advanced troubleshooting. The incumbent must collaborate with IT teams, maintain compliance, and drive continuous improvement. This role is essential for ensuring that batch processes run smoothly and efficiently, contributing to the overall success of the organization’s operations. This role reports into the Manager – IT Production Control. The position requires strong scripting capabilities and familiarity with modern reporting and monitoring tools to deliver actionable insights and maintain operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Schedules, executes, and monitors batch jobs using Control-M, UC4, and Autosys.
• Ensures nightly completion of critical batch jobs and meets performance metrics.
• Maintains consistency across development, testing, and production environments.
• Monitors system health and job performance; generate status and performance reports.
• Develops workflows to meet business needs and integrate with applications (e.g., SAP, ERP).
• Executes SAP transports and automates tasks using scripting (bash, batch).
• Implements changes related to report distribution software.
• Provides advanced technical assistance to application and operations teams.
• Identifies root causes of failures and implements permanent corrective actions.
• Trains users and supports scheduling tools functionalities.
• Maintains compliance documentation and supports audits.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts using Shell, PowerShell, and Ansible.
• Participates in disaster recovery exercises and incident/change/problem management.
• Generate operational and performance dashboards using Kibana, Power BI, ServiceNow and Elastic.
• Manages scheduling tool configurations, user access, and security.
• Maintain integrity of production JCL libraries and implement test JCL.
• Performs upgrades, patches, and transports of job definitions.
• Maintains documentation for schedules, processes, and procedures.
• Assumes department responsibilities in the manager’s absence.
• Plans for system outages and maintain batch calendars.
• Support off-hours scheduling and occasional weekend work.
• On-call availability and shift work (starting as early as 5:30 AM (EST) and/or ending around 12:00 pm (EST) and occasional weekend coverage are required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Prior experience with Autosys, CA Automic (UC4), Control-M, or Stonebranch.
• Prior experience working with Unix/AIX/Wintel systems, IBM utilities, and scripting (Shell, Python, PowerShell and Ansible) for automation tasks.
• Familiarity with SAP and job scheduling tools (Control-M, UC4, Autosys).
• Working knowledge of ServiceNow for ITSM processes.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with FTP/SFTP, encryption, Amazon S3, and cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of ITIL processes and best practices.
• Certification in Control-M or related technologies and migration experience is a plus.
• Proven experience as a Control-M, UC4, Autosys operator or a similar role.
• Strong understanding of batch scheduling concepts and job management.
• Knowledge of operating systems (Windows, UNIX/Linux) and database management.

Competencies

• Growth & Continuous Improvement
• Initiative & Change
• Focused on Results
• Customer Centric (internal and/or external)
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Leadership (people managers/leaders)

Company

AVANGRID SERVICE COMPANY

Mobility Information

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Avangrid employees may be assigned a system emergency role and in the event of a system emergency, may be required to work outside of their regular schedule/job duties. This is applicable to employees that will work in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate functions. This does not include those that will work for Avangrid Power.

Avangrid employees may also be assigned a NERC Reliability Standards compliance role supporting Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and/or Operations and Planning (O&P) responsibilities. This is applicable to employees that will work in electric transmission, operations, and cyber security business areas in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and New York within Avangrid Network and Corporate business areas. NERC Reliability Standards compliance roles and responsibilities may include additional access protections, training, audit engagement, and required evidence retention, and will be communicated by the employee’s management.

Job Posting End Date

December-31-2026