Senior Systems Administration Analyst
Raymond James · Southfield, MI · 1 wk ago
Information TechnologyFull-time
Responsibilities
- Workload Automation & Scheduling
- Administer and support enterprise scheduling platforms (e.g., Control-M, Airflow)
- Monitor and manage batch processing environments, ensuring successful execution of critical business workflows
- Manage job scheduling, dependencies, calendars, and event-driven workflows across distributed systems
- Troubleshoot job failures, abends, and workflow disruptions, ensuring timely resolution and escalation
- Made File Transfer (MFT) & Data Integration
- Support enterprise MFT platforms (e.g., Sterling, Connect:Direct, SFTP)
- Monitor and troubleshoot file transfers, data feeds, and integration workflows across internal and external partners
- Ensure data delivery timeliness, integrity, and security
- Coordinate onboarding of new file transfer partners and workflows
- Monitoring, Incident Response & Problem Management
- Monitor scheduling systems, logs, and alerts to maintain SLA compliance and operational stability
- Perform root cause analysis for job failures, data issues, and system disruptions
- Identify recurring issues and drive permanent resolution and process improvements
- Automation & Operational Efficiency
- Develop and maintain automation scripts and utilities to improve operational efficiency
- Identify and implement opportunities to reduce manual intervention in batch operations
- Enhance monitoring, alerting, and self-healing capabilities within scheduling environments
- Security, Compliance & Controls
- Ensure scheduling and MFT environments adhere to enterprise security, audit, and compliance requirements
- Maintain access controls, audit trails, and secure configurations
- Support SOX and audit activities, including evidence collection and documentation
- Documentation & Knowledge Management
- Create and maintain runbooks, job documentation, and operational procedures
- Maintain accurate system configurations and workflow documentation
- Contribute to knowledge sharing and operational best practices
- Collaboration & Leadership
- Serve as liaison between application teams, infrastructure, vendors, and business stakeholders
- Participate in project initiatives involving onboarding, migrations, and platform enhancements
- Provide guidance and support to junior team members and peers
- Experience supporting enterprise scheduling platforms (Control-M, Airflow, or equivalent)
- Experience managing batch processing and job orchestration environments
- Experience supporting MFT platforms and secure file transfers (SFTP, Connect:Direct, etc.)
- Strong troubleshooting experience in production support environments
- Experience with scripting or automation tools
- Familiarity with enterprise monitoring and alerting tools
- Experience with hybrid orchestration environments (Control-M + Airflow integration patterns)
- Experience with cloud-based scheduling or containerized workloads
- Experience with enterprise integration platforms and APIs
- Experience supporting high-volume batch environments with strict SLA requirements
- Experience improving operational processes through automation and tooling
- Leverage AI tools for operations, analytics, or documentation use cases