Mainframe Performance and Capacity Planning Engineer

Department:

Information Technology

Office:

New Carrollton, MD

Location:

New Carrollton, MD

**No Third Parties**

**A U.S. Citizenship or a Green card is required by the government contract. No exceptions can be made. **

Job Description: Strategic Technology Partners LLC (www.stpfederal.com) has an immediate opportunity for a Mainframe Performance and Capacity Planning Engineer who specializes in IBM z/OS performance and capacity. Qualified applicants will be SME in defining and evaluating z/OS-based performance data as well as establishing trends and workload forecasts. They must also be well-versed in writing policies and defining classes for WLM. A working knowledge of real time monitoring tools is also required. Experience with developing or modifying SAS/MXG programs to analyze z/OS source data (SMF, RMF) and/or scripting to analyze Linux system and Informatica logs is a big plus.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Prior experience with all aspects of mainframe performance and capacity planning including batch, CICS, DB2, MQ, network, storage and DB2 Connect
• Working knowledge of real time monitoring tools (TMON, Performance Analyzer and Omegamon)
• Experience with developing or modifying SAS/MXG programs data is required
• Must have experience working with SMF and RMF record types to analyze mainframe performance and capacity
• Prior experience doing mainframe performance and capacity for very large volume batch-oriented systems is required
• Experience working with systems programmers to establish report classes in support of batch workload analysis
• Prior experience as a mainframe/MVS/Z/OS systems programmer is a plus
• Prior experience with performance and tuning of large-scale batch Java applications running on Z OS (or Linux on Z) is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required for this position

Education Requirement: A bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering is preferred

Security Requirement: A Department of Treasury Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) is required for this position. Proof of U.S. Citizenship or a Green card is required. No exceptions can be made, as this is required by the government contract. Candidates with an active Department of Treasury Minimum Background Investigation (MBI) are preferred.

Location: The position is located in New Carrollton, MD. Some remote support may be allowed at the discretion of the customer.

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