Mainframe Capacity Planner Expert

Job Description:

Experience required:

• 8+ Years

Technical Skills:

• 8+ years of experience in hardware configuration, OLTP, batch and database:

o z/OS architecture and associated system software

o z-Series hardware components and interfaces

o Storage systems and I/O configurations

o CICS/DB2/MQ/WAS configurations

o MLC and VUE forecasting

• Strong data modelling and forecasting.

• Strong working knowledge and experience with the following tools:

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft PowerPoint

• SAS / WPS

• MXG

• JCL

• Strong understanding of hardware configurations and technologies, as well as business driver impacts for capacity planning purposes.

• Excellent communication skills are necessary to support requests at all levels of management.

• Experience with z/OS Workload Manager and ancillary WLM functions (group defined capacity, soft-caps, WLM policy, service goals, resource groups, service classes).

• Experience with content and interpretation of SCRT reports (IBM sub-capacity reporting tool)

• Experience with mainframe system monitors (e.g., Mainview, CMF, EJES, or similar).