Job Administration/Production Control Technician

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

Minimum Qualifications

1.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"

2.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

3.A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and four years of satisfactory, full-time experience, as described in "1" above; or

4.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.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

As a prospective employee of the City of New York, you may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. For more information, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's website at https://studentaid.gov/pslf/.

Residency Requirement

New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.

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.