Senior IZWS Scheduler & Mainframe Migration Lead

Capgemini; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical, dental, vision coverage

401(k) retirement savings

Life and disability insurance

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering seeks an experienced Migration Deployment Specialist – Scheduling (IZWS) to lead large-scale mainframe workload migrations to IZWS. You will analyze legacy schedulers and translate definitions into IZWS structures, executing iterative migration cycles across development, test, and production environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of z/OS and IZWS experience, strong JCL and TSO/ISPF skills, plus REXX scripting and excellent cross‑functional communication.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mainframe experience (OS/390, z/OS).
• 5+ years of IZWS experience, including workload design and monitoring.
• Advanced proficiency in TSO/ISPF for editing and dataset management.
• Expert in JCL with debugging and optimization skills.
• Experience with REXX scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support migration of batch scheduling workloads to IZWS.
• Analyze legacy schedulers (CA-7, ESP, Jobtrac, Control-M) and map to IZWS.
• Execute iterative migration cycles with validation and dependency resolution.
• Monitor workload execution and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams.

Skills

IZWS (IBM Z Workload Scheduler)

Mainframe experience

JCL

TSO/ISPF

REXX scripting

Communication skills

Tools

IBM z/OS

Job description

Capgemini Engineering seeks an experienced Migration Deployment Specialist – Scheduling (IZWS) to lead large-scale mainframe workload migrations to IZWS. You will analyze legacy schedulers and translate definitions into IZWS structures, executing iterative migration cycles across development, test, and production environments.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of z/OS and IZWS experience, strong JCL and TSO/ISPF skills, plus REXX scripting and excellent cross‑functional communication.