Mainframe Business Analyst

Mainframe Business Analyst

Job Title: Mainframe BA

Company: Direct IT Recruiting Inc.

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Status: 1 year contract

Job Category: Technical Business Analyst, Mainframe

Career Level: Senior

Work Experience: 5+ years as a BA or BSA, Mainframe Batch Automation Scheduling, CA-7, BatchRunner, Agile

Industry: Financial

DESCRIPTION:

- Seeking a strong Technical Systems Analyst with business acumen to assist project team to align Business expectations to Technical solutions.
- The successful candidate will be technically savvy with Mainframe, Middleware, and Open Systems concepts, and should be able to quantify both technical and functional impact of affected modifications.

SKILLS:

- Excellent Communication Skills
- Working experience with Mainframe, Middleware developer background
- Proven working experience as a Business Analyst (5+ years as a BA or BSA)
- Proven working experience as a Systems Analyst
- Working experience using Agile methodology (3+ years with Agile)
- Working experience within fast paced environment
- Ability to work both independently, and within team atmosphere
- Strong analytical and technical skills
- Strong project management and organization skills
- Strong Vendor Management skills
- 3+ years scheduling (CAD, CA-7 and/or BatchRunner) experience
- 2+ years Mainframe System Automation
- General Mainframe, Windows and UNIX knowledge
- Detail oriented

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Technical Systems Analysis
- Fill in Data/Process flow templates
- Build Data/Process flow diagrams
- Perform Technical/Functional feasibility studies
- Communicate with business partners, obtaining their sign-offs
- Work with developers, Batch Schedulers, operational staff, other SMEs
- Illustrate subject matter expertise in the workload automation space with a complete knowledge of the enterprise scheduler environment
- Lead and perform enterprise scheduler schedule updates
- Responsible for delivering business automation improvements and maximizing the utilization of Enterprise Scheduling
- 2+ years Mainframe Automation Software
- Provide expertise to users and leadership on complex batch processes
- Provide application teams with support on problem determination and resolution of scheduling issues.
- Ability to be a technical interface between engineering and database teams to provide innovative and efficient approach to scheduling complex batch processes
- Create reports and presentation materials related to scheduling
- Document all aspects of the batch schedule
- Follow industry trends and software developments to assist in creating a roadmap for the Enterprise Scheduling group
- Ensure Service Level Agreements are met for applications supported
- Follow up on production control issues from daily change requests
- Ensure daily scheduling requests are completed accurately and on time
- Support Disaster Recovery tests
- Familiarity in managing within a compliance framework