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Production Control Analyst

Protective

Job Location:

Birmingham, MI - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 70000 - 102667

Posted: 11 June 2026 (30+ days ago)

Application Deadline: 12 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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An IT Analyst on the Production Control team is responsible for working within the team other IT teams and Application Development teams to coordinate track and move in good order changes into the environment following change management/release management and quality control procedures. This position will lead efforts to standardize version control practices policies and tools in the various environments the team supports.

Responsibilities:

Change Release and Deployment Management

Manage the IT service management lifecycle to enable beneficial changes to be made with minimum disruption to IT services.
Work with IT leadership Application Development Infrastructure and other IT resource areas to define and communicate the change release and deployment process.
Execute deployment process to move in good order changes into the various environments following change management / release management and quality control procedures for Model and Production environments.
Responsible for managing the workload from service ticket requests service outages change control and other related projects.
Acts as a liaison between developers infrastructure and project management resources to plan changes to the various system and applications.
Provide leadership for formal change management meetings and processes including management of the forward schedule of change
Lead efforts to standardize deployment processes policies and on the various environments
Prepares jobs for processing:
- Prepares complex jobs on in model and production environments.
- Works with development teams to prepare or revise job schedules as necessary.

Strategy & Planning

Provides consultation to application development teams regarding change management requirements and provides recommendations for both the design and action plans for code promotion and new application/system integration.

Coordinates with other Infrastructure teams to configure install maintain and upgrade companys various system environments.

Must have a strong working knowledge of

O Mainframe Environment

O Windows Servers

O Linux and UNIX systems

O iSeries-AS/400

O Scheduling Tools

O Powershell

Ensures high level integration of application development with IT policies and strategies.

O SOX IT governance data strategy security and other IT functions.

Makes and executes on well-thought-out decisions on the most complex or ambiguous issues.

Production Support

Participates in outage situations and collaborates with other IT teams to restore the production environment.

Resolves problems in model/production by diagnosing system/application and takes corrective action.

Assesses and monitors operating environment for performance capacity and system availability. Makes recommendations for changes as needed.

Disaster Recovery

Partner with Application Development Infrastructure and BCP teams to help develop/ maintain Application Recovery Plans

Participate in DR exercises with the BCP coordinator and the Application Development teams

In event of a disaster:

Coordinate with DR Coordinator and senior leadership on recovery plans

Validate application infrastructure data readiness based on application priority determined by BCP plan and senior leadership.

Once application readiness is confirmed coordinate activities to restart application processing.

Work Experience Education Certification / Training Required:

Associate Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience required.
Greater than 2 years of professional IT experience in an organization with complex multi-tiered technical solutions including a mainframe.
Minimum of 2 years experience with a change control processes.
Strong understanding of Distributed Systems environments.
Minimum of 2 years working with scheduling and change/release management software.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required:

Strong technical and analytical skills with a track record of resolving complex issues.
Broad work history and knowledge of the following technologies and their uses:
Windows Server UNIX Linux iSeries-AS/400 BMC Control M Workload Automation Tools powershell.
Excellent organizational skills.
Highly self-motivated with ability to work independently.
Excellent oral and written communications skills including the development of procedural documentation and meeting materials.
Has the ability to work effectively under very tight deadline pressures as well as plan schedule and execute multiple concurrent activities.
Strong customer service orientation.
Knowledge of scheduling and change technologies.
On-call availability. Once every six weeks

$70000 - $102667 a year

Protectives targeted salary range for this position is $70000 to $102667. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to job location skills and experience. The range listed is just one component of Protectives total compensation package for employees.

Employee Benefits:

We aim to protect the wellbeing of our employees and their families with a broad benefits addition to offering comprehensive health dental and vision insurance we support emotional wellbeing through mental health benefits and an employee assistance balance is important and Protective offers a variety of paid time away benefits (e.g. paid time off paid parental leave short-term disability and a cultural observance day).The financial health of our employees is just as important as physical and emotional health. Some of the financial wellbeing benefits include contributions to healthcare accounts a pension plan and a 401(k) plan with Company matching. All employees are encouraged to protect their overall wellbeing by engaging in ProHealth Rewards Protectives platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards.

Eligibility for certain benefits may vary by position in accordance with the terms of the Companys benefit plans.

Accommodations for Applicants with a Disability:

If you require an accommodation to complete the application and recruitment process due to a disability please emailemailprotected. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application and recruitment process.

Please note that the above email is solely for individuals with disabilities requesting an accommodation. General employment questions should not be sent through this process.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to being inclusive and attracting retaining and growing an inclusive workforce.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

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