Production Support Specialist II-Workload Automation Engineer

 SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $137,000.00 and $196,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Description

Workload Automation Engineer will be responsible to plan, develop and support Workload automation schedules for cloud and on-prem applications. This candidate should be able to install and administer Workload Automation tools and provide ongoing support.

Role Objectives

• The candidate for the workload automation support position will be responsible for supporting existing and future Workload Schedulers used by SMBC.
• Work as part of a global team across Americas and Europe.
• Experience in translating business technical requirements into scheduled jobs.
• Install and patch IBM Workload automation tool and other scheduling tools.
• Design, develop, document, and implement major product upgrades and migration processes.
• Provide maintenance and support of the existing IBM Workload automation tool.
• Design and develop schedules for on prem and cloud-based applications.
• Design, develop and secure schedules involving REST APIs.
• Troubleshooting and resolution of productions failures.
• Work with various teams with the deployment, configuration, and validation of new schedules in all environments.
• Performance tuning exercise to increase the productivity of scheduling tools.
• Impact analysis for new implementations on existing systems and document back out plans for all implementations performed.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills are expected.

Role Objectives: Interpersonal

• Smart, driven, and fast learners with a positive attitude.
• Logical thinker who enjoys problem solving.
• Organized and methodical approach under pressure.
• Proactive – provide solutions to problems before they surface.
• Diligent with a strong eye for detail.
• Multitasker who can juggle project work, with day-to-day issues and user requests.
• Open to learning new technologies.

Qualifications and Skills

• 8+ years of experience with scheduling tools like IBM Workload automation, Autosys or other prominent schedulers in the market.
• Strong cloud infrastructure experience.
• Have experience in a similar positio