Production Control Technican

UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC is seeking an experienced Production Control Technician for an onsite position in New York, NY, reporting to the night Shift Supervisor . Active LinkedIn preferred. This position is responsible for monitoring job flows controlled by the CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) scheduling system. The jobs being run executed on either a z/OS mainframe, UNIX, or PeopleSoft server. The position requires knowledge of tools and utilities that run under z/OS, PeopleSoft, and/ or UNIX. ***Schedule: 3-day work week consisting of consecutive days, including weekends and holidays. Hours are 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. The schedule rotates every four weeks between Monday–Wednesday and Thursday–Saturday . ***Must be able to work for any US employer. WHO WE ARE UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC is a Women-Owned (M/WBE) IT solutions and consulting company delivering enterprise systems and professional services across Application Development, Business/Systems/Data Analysis, Project Management, Cyber Security, Data Analytics, Infrastructure/Network Engineering, and High-Level Systems Architecture. WHAT WE OFFER Competitive compensation Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance Group Life Insurance 401(k) HSA/FSA Pre-Tax Transportation Benefits Generous PTO and Holiday Benefits MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and four (4) years of satisfactory full-time experience related to information technology service management, process management, or operations; OR a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college and eight (8) years of satisfactory full-time experience related to information technology service management, process management, or operations; OR An equivalent combination of education and experience. 3–5 years of related scheduling experience utilizing a Windows-based scheduling system. 5 years of experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and scheduling problems. 5 years of hands-on experience executing and performing preliminary troubleshooting involving schedulers, batch processes, and cycle flows. Extensive Production Control experience within mainframe and/or mid-range computing environments. Experience establishing and maintaining job dependencies. Experience with enterprise workload scheduling systems such as CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) or a comparable scheduling platform. Knowledge of z/OS JCL and TSO/ISPF . Experience troubleshooting JCL errors. Experience utilizing Generation Data Groups (GDGs) . Experience with mainframe utilities such as File-AID and IDCAMS . Experience with mainframe compile, link, and bind procedures. Knowledge of UNIX environments. Knowledge of PeopleSoft and PeopleSoft PeopleTools, including Process Monitor . Familiarity with file transfer protocols and utilities such as FTPS and/or Connect . Knowledge of PuTTY and WinSCP . Knowledge of IMS and DB2 . Familiarity with Rational tools, including ClearQuest and ClearCase . Familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel . Strong understanding of standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies. Excellent oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Ability to respond quickly to production job failures, determine the general cause of an issue, and appropriately escalate problems to on-call technical staff. Ability and willingness to work a rotating 3-day schedule consisting of consecutive days from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. , including weekends and holidays. Schedule rotation consists of four weeks working Monday through Wednesday , followed by four weeks working Thursday through Saturday . SCOPE OF SERVICES Monitor production job flows controlled by the CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) scheduling system. Monitor jobs executing across z/OS mainframe, UNIX, and PeopleSoft server environments . Respond quickly to failed production jobs and deter…

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