Mainframe Performance Analyst - 24x7 On-Call

TechDigital Group; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Performance Analyst to join their System Performance Management team. This pivotal role is essential for maintaining the stability of a critical mainframe platform, supporting its health, and ensuring that key metrics are gathered to address performance issues. With a focus on SAS programming and statistical analysis, you will be instrumental in providing insights that can lead to significant cost savings. The position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, where your contributions will directly impact the efficiency and reliability of vital business applications. If you have a passion for performance management and thrive in a collaborative setting, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of mainframe systems experience with a focus on performance management.
• Familiar with SAS programming and statistical data analysis.
• Experience with multi-platform operations including zOS and Windows.

Responsibilities

• Maintain stability of the mainframe and support system health.
• Gather key metrics and address exception alerts effectively.
• Deliver recommendations for enhancing system performance.

Skills

SAS Programming

Performance Management

DevOps Support

Problem Resolution

System Performance Reporting

Monitoring System Health

Statistical Data Analysis

Multi-platform Operations

Technical Documentation

Incident Troubleshooting

Education

Undergraduate Degree

Tools

MXG

SAS

Splunk

TSO

ISPF

zOS

JCL

Job description

Top Skills:
Mobility R&D
Cisco Meraki SDWAN
Cisco SD WAN
Cisco ACI
Cisco Edge Network Sec Sol
Cisco ACI SDN

Job Summary
A senior architect who can independently assess a complex Cisco/VeloCloud environment, identify material risks and gaps, define the target architecture, and provide an actionable transformation roadmap to both engineering and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities
Assess current-state enterprise LAN, WAN, WLAN, Data Center and hybrid/cloud connectivity.
Strong hands-on architecture experience with Cisco enterprise switches and wireless Access Points.
Strong knowledge of VeloCloud SD-WAN architecture and design.
Review core, distribution and access-layer architecture, topology and segmentation.
Assess routing, switching, redundancy, convergence and failover design.
Evaluate MPLS, Internet, VPN, SD-WAN and hybrid connectivity architecture.
Review wireless architecture for coverage, capacity, resiliency and scalability.
Assess network security architecture, including segmentation, trust boundaries, firewalls and IDS/IPS integration. Review DNS, DHCP and IPAM services and dependencies.
Identify physical and logical single points of failure across devices, circuits, power and network paths.
Evaluate overall network availability, resiliency and disaster recovery readiness.
Assess network performance, capacity and future scalability.
Evaluate operational maturity covering monitoring, logging, alerting and observability.
Assess alert fatigue, incident response readiness and troubleshooting processes.
Review configuration management, change control and network documentation practices.
Identify architectural gaps, technical debt, operational risks and constraints.
Develop current-state and conceptual future-state architecture diagrams.
Define target design principles around resiliency, simplicity, security, automation and scalability.
Recommend practical improvements based on business impact, risk, complexity and dependencies.
Develop a prioritized network transformation/remediation roadmap with high-level implementation phases. Conduct technical discovery and architecture workshops with customer stakeholders.
Produce an Enterprise Network Assessment Report and Gap Analysis.
Prepare and deliver an executive-level presentation of key findings, risks and recommendations.
Must be capable of translating technical findings into business risk and operational impact.

Certifications Required
CCNP/CCIE Enterprise or equivalent expertise preferred