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Client

Virtusa/Adtalem

Position

AppWorx Lead

Location

Austin TX / Remote

Job Type

Contract to hire

Job Description

Skills and Requirements:

• Uses skills and knowledge of Workload Automation /Batch applications to plan and coordinate the activities related to running Production/QA/Development environments.
• Works with the Development and Business Systems teams to implement complex Workload   Automation/Batch application maintenance type enhancements
• Look for improvement opportunities and areas for automation, including writing scripts to facilitate consistent and repeatable execution of recurring batch processes. 
• Identify opportunities for training to assist in developing Operations Center colleagues in their nightly batch monitoring and overall knowledge.
• Create, update and maintain batch schedule documentation to support efficient operational and audit requirements. 
• Provide Level 2 troubleshooting of business applications and software – including problem analysis, as well as support for complex production systems and applications, ensuring availability for all users. 
• Provide expert knowledge of the applications used by the Operations Center to facilitate performance improvements.
• Maintains Workload Automation/Batch Metrics for enterprise monitoring. 
• Basic to advance knowledge and troubleshoot TCP/IP routing, basic network principles.
• Basic to advanced knowledge of SQL and SQL queries
• Prepare and complete audit requests for batch applications and schedules to demonstrate compliance.
• Mentor and assist in training Computer Operators on established procedures where needed.
• Provides 24-hour on-call support for problem analysis and resolution to system problems on a rotational
• Complete other projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science, Information Technology, or comparable Technical discipline preferred.  (Workload Automation /Batch consultant, and Release Management Capabilities)
• 3+  years’ Experience with enterprise job scheduling solutions (preferably Automic formerly called AppWorx)
• At least 2-3 year of experience managing batch applications in a production environment – including UNIX / LINUX (Red Hat) and Microsoft technologies.
• Experience with operational tools pertaining to monitoring, backing up and scheduling batch jobs. 
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve simple/complex problems associated with batch operational defects, as well as batch job schedules.  
• Excellent oral/written communications skills. Ability to discuss technical issues with non-technical audiences.
• Strong Knowledge of best practices regarding Workload Automation.
• Knowledge of service configuration (SSL, SFTP, password management, access restrictions.)
• Basic experience Automating and scripting (Shell, Bash, Perl, PowerShell)
• Ability to work well in a team environment and complete assigned tasks on time and independently.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to learn new information quickly.
• Highly motivated self-starter who takes initiative with minimal supervision
• Enthusiastic learner, ready to meet challenges and quickly assimilate new concepts.
• Experience with Azure DevOps
• Knowledge of software automation programmatic interface technologies such as RESTful web services and JSON