Job Title: IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) Administrator / Infrastructure Engineer
Location: Riverwoods, IL 60015
Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 Days Onsite, 2 Days Remote)
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 7+ months
Pay Range: $40.46/hr. to $43.00/hr. on W2 | $50.00/hr. to $56.00/hr. on C2C
Domain: Financial Services | Banking & Credit Infrastructure
Application Deadline: June 15, 2026
SKILLS REQUIRED:
Primary (Must-Have):
• IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS / Tivoli) Administration: Extensive hands-on experience (V10.1+) administering Master Domain Managers (MDM), Backup MDMs, Dynamic Workload Consoles (DWC), and Dynamic/Fault Tolerant Agent architectures.
• Command-Line & Planning Execution: Advanced command of conman, composer, and planman CLIs; deep execution knowledge of the daily production planning lifecycle (JNextPlan/FINAL).
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 8+) Systems Engineering: Solid Linux foundations including SystemD management, performance diagnostics (htop, sar, io_stat), LVM, and network security/connectivity validations.
• WebSphere Liberty & Database Support: Expert troubleshooting of WebSphere Liberty logs (messages.log, JVM heap configs) and sufficient Oracle DB / SQL skills to diagnose enterprise metadata connectivity.
• Automation & Integration Scripting: Robust scripting capabilities in Python (utilizing the IWS REST API) and Bash shell, with experience implementing Ansible playbooks for self-healing infrastructure.
Secondary (Good to Have):
• Security & Compliance: Experience handling SSL/TLS keystore/truststore rotations, responding to cybersecurity vulnerability scans, and operating under regulatory compliance (PCI audit standards).
• Enterprise Tooling: Familiarity utilizing secret management vaults (CyberArk PPM, HashiCorp Vault) and managing developer workstreams via Jira.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Basic conceptual or hands-on exposure to AWS cloud infrastructure and hybrid deployments.
POSITION OVERVIEW
We are seeking an elite Senior IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) Administrator / Infrastructure Engineer to oversee, optimize, and maintain a massive, high-throughput batch scheduling environment. Based out of Riverwoods, IL, on a hybrid schedule, this senior-level engineer will own a multi-environment infrastructure processing over 28,000 unique daily jobs across 350,000 daily runs and 44 critical servers. The successful candidate will leverage 10+ years of IT engineering experience to drive platform stability up to a 99.17% monthly uptime baseline, coordinate global workflows, and configure automation frameworks that safeguard critical financial workloads.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Administer, install, configure, patch, and upgrade core IWS infrastructure elements including Master Domain Managers, Dynamic Pools, and the Dynamic Workload Console.
• Orchestrate production job promotions using Workload Application Template-based mechanisms, enforcing strict environment standards across four isolated change control stages.
• Monitor scheduler health, drive monthly platform failovers, perform database maintenance tasks, and build out automated backup/disaster recovery strategies.
• Diagnose and resolve high-severity batch failures, platform bottlenecks, and agent communication dropouts by analyzing stdlist logs and tuning trace scopes.
• Build Ansible automation scripts and self-healing configurations to minimize unplanned infrastructure outages and reduce manual engineering interventions.
• Act as the principal advisor on complex scheduling architectures for a community of ~500 developers and data engineers, while coordinating off-hours support coverage with offshore teams.
BENEFITS
Medical | Dental | Vision | 401(k)
EEOC Compliance:
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
DISCLAIMER
AI Usage Policy: Pacer Group uses AI to assist in screening applications. Final hiring decisions are made by human recruiters based on qualifications and experience.