Mainframe Capacity & Performance Consultant

PNC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 75,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/prescription coverage

Dental and vision options

401(k) with company match

Educational assistance

Job summary

PNC is seeking an Infrastructure Configuration Consultant to monitor, analyze, and optimize mainframe performance, capacity, and resource utilization across the enterprise. This role supports stability and planning by delivering performance reporting and partnering with infrastructure teams.

You will work across multiple locations (PITTSBURGH PA, Strongsville/Cleveland OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ, Dallas TX or Denver CO) and coordinate with internal teams and vendors to maintain mainframe

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience supporting IBM mainframe environments, including z/OS operations, performance analysis, or capacity planning.
• Working knowledge of mainframe performance data sources such as RMF, SMF, CA-MICS, or MXG.
• Experience using SAS to manipulate data, create reports, and perform trend analysis.
• Understanding of z/OS architecture, workload management, SDSF and TSO/E.
• Knowledge of incident, problem, and change management in an enterprise setting.
• Experience coordinating mainframe hardware activities with vendors and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze mainframe capacity, utilization, and performance trends using RMF, SMF, CA-MICS, MXG, SAS, and related tools.
• Produce and maintain performance and capacity reports for decision-making and planning.
• Identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities in CPU, memory, disk I/O, and WLM.
• Support workload analysis and tuning across z/OS environments and job flow behavior.
• Coordinate mainframe hardware maintenance and vendor engagements; keep code levels current.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem solving

IT knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

RMF

SMF

CA-MICS

MXG

SAS

Mainview

Systemware

Strobe

TSO/E

SDSF

Endevor

ServiceNow

JIRA

Job description

PNC is seeking an Infrastructure Configuration Consultant to monitor, analyze, and optimize mainframe performance, capacity, and resource utilization across the enterprise. This role supports stability and planning by delivering performance reporting and partnering with infrastructure teams.

You will work across multiple locations (PITTSBURGH PA, Strongsville/Cleveland OH, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ, Dallas TX or Denver CO) and coordinate with internal teams and vendors to maintain mainframe