Control-M Engineer – Digital Nova Scotia – Leading Digital Industry

Control-M Engineer

As a Control-M Engineer, you will make an impact in optimizing and automating enterprise workloads. You’ll design, administer, and enhance Control-M job scheduling, ensuring system reliability, high availability, and flawless integrations across on-prem and cloud environments. Your expertise in automation, system performance, and resolution will directly improve operational efficiency. You will be a valued member of our Infrastructure practice and work collaboratively with our Engagement Delivery Lead.

In this role, you will

  • Deploy, configure, and optimize Control-M environments on-prem and cloud for stability and performance.
  • Provide tier 2 and tier 3 support, diagnosing and resolving Control-M-related issues.
  • Create, automate, and manage job workflows, ensuring efficiency, dependency handling, and error recovery.
  • Optimize workload distribution, job prioritization, and resource allocation for peak efficiency.
  • Lead all aspects of job execution, system health, and resource utilization, proactively resolving failures and bottlenecks.
  • Integrate Control-M with enterprise applications, middleware, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and databases (PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle).
  • Build and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Python, Shell scripting, or Perl.
  • Apply Control-M APIs for automation, monitoring, and custom integrations.
  • Define security policies, user roles, and access controls, ensuring compliance with audit requirements.
  • Coordinate collaboratively with IT, DevOps, and application teams to improve workload automation strategies.

What you’ll need to succeed (required skills)

  • A proven track record of 8 or more years in Control-M administration, job scheduling, and workload automation expertise.
  • Proficient in Linux and Windows OS scripting languages like Python, PowerShell, and Perl.
  • Top-tier experience in database management tools such as SQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
  • Expert with Control-M Automation API and cloud-based Control-M implementations.
  • Detailed knowledge of security policies, access controls, and audit compliance

What will help you stand out (preferred skills)

  • Superb interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across diverse teams and support technical and non-technical users.
  • Outstanding problem-solving skills, fix capabilities, and attention to detail.