Principal Capacity

Planning Engineer for Mainframe

The Principal Capacity Planning Engineer

for Mainframe works directly with a team responsible for monitoring, analyzing,

and reporting mainframe processing capacity. The successful candidate will

collect system resource data along with business volume data for analysis using

sound data science principles. One needs to be knowledgeable of which types of

data are used in Capacity Planning and well as the sources and tools used to

collect, validate, and then process required data. One should be familiar with

Mainframe infrastructure components. A strong mathematics background in both

descriptive and inferential statistics is imperative to extrapolate insight

from large quantities of raw data using SAS software on the mainframe and in

distributed environments. A solid foundation with Excel is a plus.

Monthly Mainframe Capacity Reports including.

Measurement of

system resources usage for all LPARs

Usage Trends,

Top-N lists, Peak Profiles, Threshold Exception, etc.

Data analysis -

Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Correlation

Analysis, Business volume to System Resources

Pattern

Recognition / Detection of outliers

Linear / Logistic

Regression, ARIMA forecasts, integrating projections with forecast data.

MICS

support and maintenance

Ensure the

successful daily processing / reporting of 30 different MICS units split

by LPAR and work type (Examples: SMF/RMF component, CICS, DB2, MQ,

mainframe web logs)

Apply MICS

maintenance to support new processors, z/OS operating systems and general updates.

Ad-hoc reporting

inquiries such as frequency of a specific function, transaction, or job

Requirements

Skills

Mainframe infrastructure

components, strong mathematics background, SAS software on the mainframe and in

distributed environments, Capacity Planning, Data Analysis

Experience

level: Mid-senior

Experience

required

8 Years.

Education

level: Bachelor’s degree

function: Information Technology

Industry: Financial Services

MUST

HAVE

Familiarity with Mainframe infrastructure

components.

Familiarity with MICS support and

maintenance.

ability to read and write SAS software on

the mainframe and in distributed environments.

NICE

TO HAVE

A solid foundation with Excel is a plus.
Total

position: 1

Relocation

assistance: No

Candidates hired

for this role will be required to start onsite from Day 1 following hybrid work

option, 2 days in office. Candidates who are local to either Dallas,

Tampa, Boston, McClean, VA or Jersey City need to apply.

Due

to a recent increase in misrepresentation during the interview process, our

client has implemented a new policy that requires a candidate’s headshot on the

front page of the resume to be considered.

This

role is contract to hire!

Benefits

401 K
Dental
Company Benefits