Mainframe Performance Specialist

Job Description:

• The Mainframe Performance specialist is responsible for overall performance of the Mainframe environment
• The Specialist is part of Mainframe Capacity and Performance Management team and primarily focus on Mainframe Systems and Applications performance tuning and management

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse Mainframe Applications performance for both batch and online and recommend Application tuning opportunities
• Provide recommendations to Application Development organizations for applications tuning
• Help and guide Development organizations to implement tuning recommendations
• Follow up proactively with development organizations to track progress on tuning recommendations
• Continuous exploration for optimization opportunities in Mainframe Systems and Online Batch applications by gained experience and knowledge
• Create present performance reports metrics with recommendations for best in class efficiency solutions
• Report status to Management stakeholders on overall tuning initiatives

Technical Requirements:

• 8 years of strong experience in Mainframe performance specially Application performance tuning and optimization
• Strong knowledge and expertise with programming and performance tuning of Online and Batch applications comprising DB2 CICS PL 1 COBOL MQ JCL SYNCSORT Utilities Datasets and Storage
• Excellent working experience with performance management tools and products like DB2 Explain RMFMON 3 Strobe APA CICS Performance Analyzer and the Omegamon products
• Strong knowledge of SMF record types and sub types
• Ability to drive proactive performance management
• Have experience in reporting presentations Excel and other reporting tools
• Prior experience as Mainframe System programmer and or capacity planning is also a plus

Additional Responsibilities:

• Advantage
• Experience with ELK Stack
• Prior experience as Mainframe System programmer and or capacity planning
• Prior experience with Mainframe Modernization and Migration is a plus
• Other desired traits
• Technical agility
• Team player Self starter
• Strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred Skills:

Technology->Mainframe Technologies->Mainframe Technologies- ALL