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Full-time z/OS Mainframe Performance Engineer - Boston

at Absolute Opportunities in Massachusetts

z/OS Mainframe Performance Engineer - Boston

Tampa,FL 33603/Dallas, TX 75203/ Boston, MA 02110/ McLean, VA 22101/ Jersey City 07310/ New York, NY 10027


Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements– Onsite in the office on Tuesday & Wednesday every week but can change.

Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.

The Systems Engineering family is responsible for the entire technical effort to evolve and verify solutions that satisfy client needs. The primary focus is centered on reducing risk and improving the efficiency, performance, stability, security, and quality of all systems and platforms.
The Principal Platform Engineer is a member of the Mainframe Performance team and is a highly technical position responsible for the overall performance of the Mainframe environment, including balancing resources across multiple CECs and analyzing and reporting on performance and tuning metrics. This position requires proven leadership skills to coordinate and lead initiatives regarding Performance & Tuning and effectively coordinate with various IT groups and Product Managers.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

z/OS real time performance diagnostics and L2 production support in a large mainframe environment
Identification of performance bottlenecks and their alleviation through z/OS components and application tuning
Proactive, exceptions driven component performance management & optimization
CPU, Memory, I/O, Network, CF, etc.
Synergy with other performance SME - DB, CICS, Network, Storage, etc
Sysplex analysis and maintenance
LPAR configurations design, and tuning
Hiperdispatch/IRD, capping
ThruPut Manager & Work Load Manager policy design
Performance test configuration, analysis and support
Improving mainframe cost effectiveness
Batch workloads critical path prioritization
Real-time performance monitoring
Operations staff training in L1 performance diagnostics
Provide consultative services to IT staffs on performance issues.
Mitigates risk by following established procedures and monitoring controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.
Serves as a trusted coach or mentor within the organization.
Communicates openly keeping everyone across the organization informed.

Pay and Benefits:

Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive

Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location

Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off and other leave of absence

Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements– Onsite in the office on Tuesday & Wednesday every week but can change.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (Submission Summary):

1. Minimum of 8 years of related experience

2. Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

3. Strong teamwork skills

4. Expertise in z/OS performance diagnostics, problem resolution and proactive performance management

5. Expertise with BMC Mainview

6. Expertise in z/OS Workload Manager Policy design in a large Sysplex environment

7. Expertise in ThruPut Manager

8. Intermediate to strong SAS coding skills including SAS macros and SAS/GRAPH. Working knowledge of MICS and SAS/MXG

9. Working knowledge of z/OS components – ASM, RSM, IOS, HSM, JES2, etc.

10. Understanding of the functionality and performance aspects of z/OS secondary subsystems – DB2, CICS, MQ - preferred

11. Must be a US Citizen or Green Card holder.
Reference : z/OS Mainframe Performance Engineer - Boston jobs


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