Actian

Senior Consultant/Architect – Workload Automation

Actian

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Italy

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSAzureCloudJenkinsKubernetesLinuxOraclePythonServiceNowSOAPUnix

About the role

  • Engage directly with customers to assess automation landscapes, conduct workshops, and gather detailed business and technical requirements.
  • Perform architecture assessments, environment audits, and readiness reviews to define robust, scalable, and secure automation solutions.
  • Provide proactive advisory, architectural guidance, and hands-on support throughout project lifecycles.
  • Lead design, planning, and deployment of IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) and HCL Workload Automation (HWA) in on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
  • Define integration strategies with SAP, Oracle, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), Kubernetes, DevOps pipelines (Jenkins), ServiceNow, and other enterprise systems.
  • Implement best practices for automation governance, standards, and operational excellence.
  • Architect and integrate AI-driven automation patterns and agentic workflows to enhance business process efficiency.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on expertise with IBM Workload Scheduler (TWS/IWS) and/or HCL Workload Automation (HWA).
  • Proven ability to design and architect enterprise workload automation solutions in hybrid cloud environments.
  • Deep understanding of job scheduling concepts: job streams, dependencies, event rules, calendars, plugins, and orchestration patterns.
  • Strong hands-on experience integrating HWA/IWS with: SAP, Oracle, AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitOps), ServiceNow.
  • Proficiency in UNIX/Linux and Windows, scripting languages (Shell, Python, PowerShell), and APIs (REST/SOAP).
  • Expertise in: IWS/HWA upgrades and installations, Agent installations (FTA/DA/XA/SA), SSL and certificate management, Job creation/modification via CLI (conman, composer), Bulk job operations and plugin-based scheduling (SAP, PeopleSoft, etc.).
  • Some exposure to Camunda, BPMN-based workflow automation, or event-driven orchestration frameworks.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills at both technical and executive levels.
  • Ability to create high-quality technical documentation and architecture deliverables.
  • Flexibility to travel for onsite consulting assignments as needed.
Benefits
  • If you are passionate about technology and eager to take on new challenges, we would love to hear from you.
  • We value diversity at our company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics in the location in which the candidate is applying.
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Hard Skills & Tools
IBM Workload SchedulerHCL Workload Automationjob scheduling conceptsUNIXLinuxWindowsShell scriptingPythonPowerShellAPIs
Soft Skills
communicationpresentationstakeholder managementtechnical documentationarchitecture deliverables