Control-M Applications Administrator

Control-M Applications Administrator

Req ID: 2013-12560
Location Name NRG Pavilions Corporate Office
Category: Information Technology
State/City US-TX-Houston
Type: Regular Full-Time
# Openings: 1

Details About this Career Opportunity:
Overview:

NRG is at the forefront of changing how people think about and use energy. We deliver cleaner and smarter energy choices for our customers, backed by the nation's largest independent power generation portfolio of fossil fuel, nuclear, solar and wind facilities. A Fortune 500 company, NRG is challenging the U.S. energy industry by becoming the largest developer of solar power, building the first privately-funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and providing customers with the most advanced smart energy solutions to better manage their energy use. In addition to 47,000 megawatts of generation capacity, enough to supply nearly 40 million homes, our retail electricity providers - Reliant, Green Mountain Energy and Energy Plus - serve more than two million customers. More information is available at www.nrgenergy.com. Connect with NRG Energy on Facebook and follow us on Twitter

Summary:

This individual will be responsible for application technical support and operations of the Control-M environment at NRG. Additionally, they will use Control-M software to perform job scheduling and maintenance and first-line problem diagnostics, communicating problems to appropriate personnel, correcting abends and resubmitting jobs by using restart/recovery procedures.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

- Responsible for technical support and management of the Control-M application at NRG.
- Responsible for report generation in real-time, day-ahead and adhoc requests.
- Monitoring and creation of Critical/New job streams.
- Interface with Application & Functional teams regarding procedures &/or SOX requirements.
- Act as "gate keeper" for all new jobs created, tested and ultimately placed in production.
- Plans, develop, coordinate, perform and direct the activities of batch job scheduling administration using Control-M and provide recommendations for upgrade, patch work, directory clean up, etc.
- Review and analyze daily reports for accuracy and maintain buffer between completion time and SLA requirement.
- Assist all necessary personnel with fully understanding the Control-M product and its functionality.
- Provide business continuance support.
- Provide 24-hour on call support, including evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities:

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- Working knowledge of Control-M implementations on unix operating systems
- Good verbal and written communication skills are required in order to provide appropriate cross functional support and interaction.
- Detail oriented, self-starter with strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure, remaining focused and calm in the face of distractions, changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to productively use Reliant's toolset - MS Office Applications, MS Outlook, MS Project, Visio, Internet Explorer.
- Flexibility, dedication, and team-spirit is a must.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

Qualifications:


Education:

- High school graduate with two years of college.

Experience:

- Five years of job scheduling and operations experience.
- Experience with job scheduling and operations in an SAP environment.

Physical Requirements:

- Must be willing to travel when needed
- Duties are performed during standard business hours and overtime based on project requirements.
- Valid drivers license and the ability to attend meetings and respond to application problems at various corporate sites when necessary
- Professional office environment.
- Team work environment in cube or open work area
- Willingness to work overtime hours as necessary, especially during critical issue resolution and to achieve project milestones.

NRG Energy is committed to a drug and alcohol free workplace. Employees are subject to periodic random drug testing and post-accident/for cause drug and alcohol testing.

NRG Energy is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

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