Capacity Assessment Associate Director

MainframeMaster; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MainframeMaster in Jersey City is seeking a Senior Mainframe Capacity Analyst to oversee daily processing and reporting across multiple MICS units, LPARs, and work types.

You will apply MICS maintenance, analyze SMF/RMF data, CICS/DB2/MQ components, and produce monthly capacity reports and ad-hoc analyses for governance forums.

The role requires a decade of related experience, a math/statistics background, and strong analytical skills with SAS/MICS experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree in a mathematics / statistics discipline preferred or equivalent work experience
• Experience with mainframe capacity / performance data analysis

Responsibilities

• Ensure the successful daily processing / reporting of 30 different MICS units split by LPAR and work type
• 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
• Monthly Mainframe Capacity Reports including measurement of system resources usage for all LPARs
• Usage Trends, Top-N lists, Peak Profiles, Threshold Exception, etc
• Prepare and Present Monthly Mainframe Capacity Planning Review meeting documents
• Annual Mainframe Capacity Report
• Resource usage by Application System ID
• Ad-hoc analyses as requested
• Collection and reporting of business volume data from varied sources
• Resource Forecasting and monthly review of forecasts to actuals
• Risk assessments of extreme market conditions for selected business streams
• Produce/update a Business Process Requirements document for selected business streams
• Correlation Analysis, Business volume to System Resources
• Pattern Recognition / Detection of outliers
• Linear / Logistic Regression, ARIMA forecasts, integrating projections with forecast data
• Ad hoc report development for senior business and management forums
• Quarterly report creation for the IT Governance Committee
• Produce documentation, test results as requested by the Model Validation Committee
• Policy procedure documentation with supporting evidence for regulatory, audit bodies
• Ensure the successful daily processing of multiple processing streams split by LPAR and work type
• Determine CPU and Storage usage by application system ID
• Monthly delivery of daily data to for chargeback processing and reporting
• Ad-hoc inquiries regarding systems suspected of high CPU or storage consumption, to control costs

Skills

Mainframe capacity analysis

Analytical skills

MICS/MXG/SAS ITRM experience

SAS experience

HTML/JSON experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in mathematics or statistics

Tools

JCL

SMF

RMF

CICS

DB2

MQ

Job description

The Impact you will have in this role:Ensure the successful daily processing / reporting of 30 different MICS units split by LPAR and work typeExamples: SMF/RMF component, CICS, DB2, MQ, mainframe web logsApply MICS maintenance to support new processors, z/OS operating systems and general updatesAd-hoc reporting inquiries such as frequency of a specific function, transaction, or jobMonthly Mainframe Capacity Reports includingMeasurement of system resources usage for all LPARsUsage Trends, Top-N lists, Peak Profiles, Threshold Exception, etc.Prepare and Present Monthly Mainframe Capacity Planning Review meeting documentsAnnual Mainframe Capacity ReportResource usage by Application System IDAd-hoc analyses as requestedCollection and reporting of business volume data from varied sourcesResource Forecasting and monthly review of forecasts to actualsRisk assessments of extreme market conditions for selected business streamsConsultations with Capacity Stress Test team (includes reviews of their reporting)Produce/update a Business Process Requirements document for selected business streamsCorrelation Analysis, Business volume to System ResourcesPattern Recognition / Detection of outliersLinear / Logistic Regression, ARIMA forecasts, integrating projections with forecast dataAd hoc report development for senior business and management forumsQuarterly report creation for the IT Governance CommitteeProduce documentation, test results as requested by the Model Validation CommitteePolicy procedure documentation with supporting evidence for regulatory, audit bodiesEnsure the successful daily processing of multiple processing streams split by LPAR and work typeDetermine CPU and Storage usage by application system IDMonthly delivery of daily data to for chargeback processing and reportingAd-hoc inquiries regarding systems suspected of high CPU or storage consumption, to control costs

Requirements & Skills

Qualifications:Minimum of 10 years of related experienceBachelor's degree in a mathematics / statistics discipline preferred or equivalent work experience

• Expertise in mainframe technology and components (CECs, LPARs, JCL, automated scheduling software)
• Expertise in analysis of mainframe capacity / performance data (SMF, RMF, CICS, DB2, MQ)
• Excellent analytical skills including data exploration, analysis, and production of models
• MICS/MXG/SAS ITRM experience required
• SAS experience required
• HTML, JSON experience is highly desirable
• Excellent MS Office skills, in particular advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills