Job Summary

Role: Mainframe Scheduling (OPC/TWS) Specialist / Lead

Primary Tools: IBM OPC / Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS)

Platform: IBM OS Mainframe

The role is responsible for planning, administering, monitoring, optimizing, and supporting enterprise batch workloads while ensuring high availability, SLA compliance, production stability, and continuous service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

1.Batch Scheduling Administration

Create, maintain, and document production batch schedules.

Configure calendars, dependencies, resources, and workstations.

Install and maintain batch jobs within the scheduling tool.

Support production workload planning and scheduling governance.

Manage scheduler administration activities.

2.Production Scheduling & Optimization

Schedule production, urgent, and ad-hoc workloads.

Resolve job dependency and scheduling conflicts.

Identify critical batch processing paths.

Optimize batch windows and improve workload distribution.

Support peak-period processing and special business schedules.

Recommend automation and efficiency improvements.

3.Monitoring & Operations

Monitor batch execution and scheduler health.

Perform operational controls:

Hold

Release

Restart

Skip

Cancel

Execute daily batch operational checklists.

Support environments with multiple scheduling masters.

Ensure timely incident detection and recovery.

4.Incident, Problem & Change Management

Troubleshoot batch and scheduling failures.

Perform Root Cause Analysis (RCA).

Execute recovery procedures for failed workloads.

Participate in Change and Problem Management activities.

Escalate unresolved issues appropriately.

Ensure production availability targets are achieved.\\r\\n5. Governance & Continuous Improvement

Maintain scheduling standards and operational procedures.





Develop documentation and runbooks.

Collect and analyze operational performance metrics.

Drive continuous service improvement initiatives.

Improve scheduling effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Skill Requirements

Technical Skills Required

Enterprise Scheduling Tools

IBM OPC (Operations Planning and Control)

Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS)

Equivalent workload automation platforms

Scheduling Expertise

Job scheduling

Dependency management

Resource scheduling

Calendar management

Critical path identification

Trigger-based scheduling

Batch window optimization

Mainframe Technologies

OS

JCL (Job Control Language)

TSO/ISPF

Mainframe production operations

Operations & Monitoring

Batch monitoring

Production control

Scheduler database administration

Incident handling and service restoration

Multi-scheduler setting support

Performance & Optimization Skills

The candidate should be able to:

Analyze batch execution statistics and trends.

Identify scheduling bottlenecks.

Optimize resource utilization.

Reduce batch cycle duration.

Improve critical path performance.

Support workload balancing and scheduling efficiency.

Service Management Skills

Knowledge of:

Incident Management

Problem Management

Change Management

SLA Management

Availability Management

Operational Metrics Reporting

Continuous Service Improvement (CSI)

Must Have Skill

Mainframe SysOps Tool - Others,Mainframe Batch Scheduling Tool - Others

Good to Have Skill

Other Requirements

Preferred Soft Skills

Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills

Ability to work in high-pressure production environments

Effective stakeholder communication

Customer-centric mindset

Coordination across infrastructure, application, and operations teams

Ability to support 24x7 operations

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