Required Technical and Professional Expertise :

- 5+ years of experience in mainframe performance and capacity planning on IBM z/OS platforms.

- In-depth knowledge of SMF/RMF data analysis, WLM configuration, and z/OS system performance metrics.

- Experience with Workload Load Manager (WLM), Parallel Sysplex configurations, multiple LPAR environments, and experience in capacity/performance reporting and modeling.

- Must have system performance understanding of mainframe components covering the areas of ZOS, JES, CICS, DB2 and IMS.

- Thorough knowledge in Performance analysis & tuning for ZOS operating environment / DASD / Tape storage systems.

- Ability to perform diagnostics and perform RCA (Root cause analysis).

- Strong analytical and documentation skills.

- Should be a team player with excellent communication and technical skills.

- Provide a 7/24 service on-call to clients.

- Capacity Planning for Processor, DASD, and on physical processors (CECs) for various customers.

- Knowledge about forecasting for processors, coupling facilities, DASD, Virtual Tape, and Tape in a complex.

- Provide technical guidance to internal contacts in the design of infrastructure solutions that meet business needs and perform to engineered specifications.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience :

- Hands on Experiences with navigation, debugging and monitoring with tools such as RMF(I, II, III) or Omegamon or TMON or BMC.

- Hands on experiences with any Vendor products such as MXG, CA-MICS, Omegamon, Strobe, APA.

- Hands on experiences with TDS and QMF for Data extraction and Analysis.

- Experiences with tools such as CP3000, zPCR and zTPM are added advantage.

- Knowledge of cost modeling and mainframe MLC (Monthly License Charge) cost optimization strategies.