Job Information
City of New York Job Administration/Production Control Technician in New York, New York
Job Description
Only permanent employees in the Computer Associate (Technical Support) title (or comparable title) and those who are reachable on the civil service list are eligible to apply.
The NYC Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) has a vacancy for a Job Administration/Production Control Technician reporting to the night Shift Supervisor. This position is responsible for monitoring job flows controlled by the CA Workload Automation DE (dSeries) scheduling system. The jobs being run execute on either a z/OS mainframe or UNIX server. The position requires knowledge of tools and utilities that run on either z/OS or UNIX. The technician must be able to respond quickly to job failures by determining the general cause of the problem and contacting the appropriate on-call staff member for remediation. The candidate will also be required to occasionally migrate software to the production and test environments. Other duties included documenting problems, setting up job flow dependencies, and executing/troubleshooting test flows.
Preferred Skills
Extensive experience working in Production Control with mainframe or mid-range computer
Familiarity with establishing job dependencies
Experience troubleshooting JCL errors, using GDGs, and utilities such as File-AID and IDCAMS
Knowledge of CA Workload Automation DE or similar enterprise scheduling package
Knowledge of z/OS JCL and TSO/ISPF
Experience with mainframe compile, link, and bind procedures
Familiarity with file transfer protocols such as FTPS and/or Connect:Direct
Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, and analytical skills
Strong understanding of standard SDLC methodologies
Knowledge of IMS, DB2
Knowledge of UNIX
Knowledge of PUTTY, WinSCP
Familiarity with Rational Tools (ClearQuest and ClearCase)
Familiarity with MS-Word and Excel
Knowledge of PeopleSoft People Tools (Process Monitor)
3 - 5 years of related scheduling experience with a Windows-based scheduling system
5 years' experience escalating and documenting critical job failures and schedule problems
5 years' experience with hands-on work with executing and performing preliminary troubleshooting activities involving: scheduler, batch processes, and cycle flows.
Additional Information
P-322
To Apply:
Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: www.nyc.gov/jobs and apply to Job ID:615623. While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
Hours/Shifts:
This position is a 3-day work week, 7:30 pm until 8:00 am and includes weekends and holidays. The days worked will rotate on a 4-week predetermined schedule (4 weeks Mon thru Wed nights then 4 weeks Thu thru Sat. nights.)
Location:
5 Manhattan West, NY, NY
Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and two years of satisfactory full-time experience, in mainframe computer, mid-range computer, LAN or WAN computer environments and or local desktop support; or"
An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college or university and three years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in "1" above; or
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory, full-time experience, as described in "1" above; or
Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits, from an accredited college or university, for six months of experience. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and two years of satisfactory full-time experience, as described in "1" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.