Mainframe Admin

Mainframe Admin

24 May 2024
Ohio, Columbus, 43085 Columbus USA

Mainframe Admin

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JOB TITLE: Mainframe Admin

Location: Columbus, Ohio

Duration: 7+months

Skype Interview

Onsite Position

Pay Rate: $65 per hour

JOB DESCRIPTION

Basic Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 8 - 10 years of solid experience in z/OS performance & capacity management

Must Have
  • CICS/Db2/MQ Performance tuning
  • Mainframe Capacity Planning
  • Workload Manager Tuning
  • z/OS Performance management


Nice To Have
  • ISV Maintenance and configuration (CA, ASG, Compuware)


Brief Description:
Systems z performance and capacity engineer candidate must have extensive experience in performance management architecture, implementation and management for a mission critical large mainframe systems environment including z/OS, WLM (Workload Manager), CF, SMF Processing, DASD, LPARS, Channels, IPL processes, CICS, DB2, MQ, Parallel Sysplex, z/OS Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning tools.
Must have 10 years’ experience as an IBM Mainframe z/OS performance engineer in a SYSPLEX environment. Expertise in ICF configuration & tuning, WLM configuration and troubleshooting. In addition, Candidate must have a minimum of 8+ years capacity and performance planning.


Detailed Description:
This candidate will be fulfilling an experienced systems application mainframe engineer position.
Responsible for the overall performance management of system z including DB2 for z/OS , CICS for z/OS and MQ for z/OS subsystems across multiple Sysplexes and CECS.
Develop, prepare and maintain performance related documentation, reports including all KPIs, charts, end-to-end workflows diagrams of all system z software and hardware components,
Plan, define, create, document and trend IBM z/OS WLM definitions and requirements
Conduct technical diagnostics & performance analysis of IBM z/OS and IBM z/VM Hardware and Software systems to identify document and make recommendations regarding system abnormality trends
Plan, Define and facilitate reviews of current and projected workload to determine capacity saturation points. This included performing analysis, providing detailed processor/engine and memory sizing recommendations, system weight adjustments for mainframe Hosts and LPARS to support new workload/hardware, custom requirements
Develop, document and deliver pre and post implementation analysis of system z tech refreshes and application releases
Conduct and/or approve root cause analysis of all P1 & P2 system z related incidents. Eliminating reoccurring issues and driving down MTTR.
Technical direction and education to programmers, analysts and technical support associates.
Prototypes the new features, functions and strategies of new application subsystems technology.
Capable of creating the roadmap, processes, best practices, standards and strategies for continuous improvement of monitoring, performance, resiliency, availability, and scalability of DB2, CICS and MQ on system z.
Reviews and modifies the system Workload Manager (WLM) Policy service class goals and adjust as needed. Revises WLM Policy report classes to identify selected workloads.
Analytical modeling like IBM zPCR , zCP3000, BMC CMM Predict or other modeling tools
Experience as a technical lead, driving technical direction, owning the portfolio of technology, and growing the larger team
Effective workload balance tuning and performance knowledge
REXX experience desired
Provides 24x7 on call support within a team rotation


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Expert knowledge of systems z including DB2 for z/OS, CICS for z/OS & MQ for z/OS along with mainframe related tools such as BMC Catalog Manager, BMC Change Manager, BMC Apptune, BMC Main view, IBM –CICS Interdependency Analyzer, IBM –CICS Performance analyzer, SMPE, ISPF, SMS, SMF,
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills; ability to effectively interface and partner with all levels of the organization.
  • Maintain “State of the Art’ knowledge of best practices in systems capacity, administration, performance, high availability, metrics and business continuity specifically for all systems z including DB2 for z/OS, CICS for z/OS or MQ for z/OS
  • Candidate must be self-motivated and assertive while possessing the ability to handle and prioritize multiple tasks in a team environment
  • problems, coordinates with programming application users to determine symptoms and ensure accurate problem resolution.

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