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Systems Administrator / Operations Support Specialist - RQ10202

Toronto, ON

Job Title: Systems Administrator / Operations Support Specialist

Work Arrangement

  • Onsite – 5 days/week

  • Standard working shift (excluding lunch)

  • Start Date: January 2026


Role Summary

The Systems Administrator / Operations Support Specialist is responsible for 24x7 monitoring, scheduling, and support of mainframe batch and online processing environments. The role ensures availability of mission-critical systems through proactive scheduling control, incident management, and operational support.


Key Responsibilities

  • Monitor, maintain, and support mainframe batch processing 24/7/365

  • Plan, monitor, and control production batch and online schedules to meet SLAs

  • Coordinate and manage automated scheduling activities, anticipating and resolving complex incidents

  • Perform end-to-end monitoring of scheduling and batch processing systems

  • Analyze, investigate, and resolve production batch processing failures

  • Escalate incidents to technical teams, clients, and management as required

  • Implement batch and online system change requests

  • Apply system updates, upgrades, and patches and resolve related issues

  • Ensure service level commitments are met for mission-critical applications

  • Develop and maintain operational procedures, training, and documentation

  • Plan and participate in disaster recovery and contingency testing

  • Provide expert guidance on automated scheduling tools and batch processing standards

  • Modify scheduling tools to improve operational efficiency

  • Perform job optimization, problem analysis, and use of processing utilities

  • Design, test, and implement new automated schedules within defined timelines

  • Collect and analyze production performance data for workload and scheduling assessment


Required Skills & Experience

Mainframe Operations

  • Experience supporting large z/OS mainframe systems

  • Strong experience with production batch processing and scheduling

  • Extensive ability to administer and maintain continuous operations

Scheduling Tools

  • Demonstrated hands-on experience with CA7

  • Experience modifying and optimizing automated schedules

Incident & Change Management

  • Demonstrated experience in incident and change management

  • Strong documentation and communication skills

Service Management Tools

  • Extensive knowledge of service management tools such as:

    • eSMT

    • CIT

    • Remedy

    • ITIL

Communication & Analysis

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

  • Experience using collaboration and analytics tools

  • Ability to communicate operational status and issues clearly to stakeholders


Must-Have Summary:

  • z/OS Mainframe Operations

  • CA7 Scheduling

  • Batch Processing (24x7)

  • Incident & Change Management

  • Service Management Tools (eSMT, CIT, Remedy, ITIL)

  • Production Support

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