Scheduling- Administrative Analyst - MKR965

Jawood, a Certified Women's Business Enterprise, is a well recognized, well respected IT and Business Process Solutions Company. We have 20 years of experience meeting global clients' needs in consulting, special projects, staff augmentation and training ventures (on-site, off-site and off-shore). Not only has Jawood earned a reputation for excellence by providing the finest talent to augment clients' staffing needs , but we also have the proven ability to assemble the right task force to provide business process solutions and complete entire projects of any size.

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We currently have an opportunity for a Scheduling- Administrative Analyst to develop and coordinate all computer schedules to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely production job processing across all processing platforms within Data Center Services.

SUMMARY:

Develops and coordinates all computer schedules to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely production job processing across all processing platforms within Data Center Services. Conducts in-depth analysis on all scheduling failures and responds accordingly to correct the failure and ensure plans are in place to prevent reoccurrence. Performs impact analysis on potential scheduling changes and makes improvements where applicable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manages batch job schedules and calendars for all application systems to ensure timely processing and compliance with quality control standards. Reviews production results to determine accuracy of schedules and successful job/task/event completion.

Creates and updates production schedules across a multi-platform environment for a 24x7 operation. Acts as the liaison for establishing priorities in application processing.

Implements new procedures and techniques to improve overall efficiency of Data Center Services and ensures that they conform to standards.

Ensures problem tickets are assigned, reported and resolved on a daily basis.

Maintains expertise in IBM JCL, Logic, CA-7/CA-11, TSO/ISPF, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, Automate, NT, and Windows based navigation and detailed usage, and all other tools, utilities, etc.

Creates Summary and Matrix reports as required relative to daily activity and rates of success.

Manages Mainframe Exception Plans, Computer Operations Work Orders, Daily Turnover Notes and Infrastructure Change Control task across the enterprise.

Designs and builds schedules for Business Recovery including processing and testing.

Other duties may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SPECIFIC SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:

Extensive knowledge of IBM JCL, CA-7/CA-11, TSO/ISPF, Tivoli Workload Scheduler, Automate, NT, and Windows based navigation and detailed usage, and all other tools, utilities, etc.

Working knowledge of programming concepts within the Mainframe and distributed environments, UNIX, WORD, EXCEL, EOS, IMS, DB2, NDM, FTP, JES2, and all other tools, utilities, etc.

Demonstrated strong communication skills.

Arithmetic abilities to prepare, balance, and analyze reports.

Other related skills and/or abilities may be required to perform this job.

General knowledge of business continuity dependencies and recovery procedures for operating systems and application backups and restores.

Very strong analytical and communication skills needed to create instructions, respond to inquiries, and relay instructions to others

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