Mainframe Performance Specialist

Job description

## **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