Mainframe Performance and Capacity Planner

Mainframe Performance and Capacity Planner

Primary Skills:

• 7+ years of strong experience in Mainframe Applications Performance tuning and management 

• Analyze Mainframe Application code and SQLs for both batch and online components and recommend optimisation opportunities. 

• Ability to perform proactive capacity and performance management to avoid any issues related to infrastructure capacity and performance.

 • Strong expertise on RMF, SMF and WLM

• Good working experience with performance management tools and products (like APA, SAS, MXG, Omegamon suite)

Experience with ELK Stack

• Proficient with coding using any of most common programming languages i.e. REXX, Python, Assembler, PL/1, Cobol,Java,Powershell 

Secondary Skills:

• Good understanding of zOS components and interconnection, JES2, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, JCL, Parallel Sysplex, IBM system utilities

Good to Have Skills:

• Have experience in reporting, presentations (power point and web), Excel and other reporting tools

Job Description:

The Mainframe Performance and capacity specialist will primarily focus on mainframe system and application performance analysis, optimization, and capacity reporting. 

The role is covered by the Performance Competence Centre (CPM). 

Responsibilities – 

• Measure and optimize systems and applications performance. 

• Performance and Capacity analysis, reporting, evaluation and assessment of systems and application components 

• Perform proactive capacity forecast and performance management. 

• Define, estimate and provision capacity requirements (Technical infrastructure) 

• Monitor system capacity and performance and tune as and when required.

 • Develop, enhance and maintain the in-house tools for Capacity and Performance management