Remote Mainframe Performance Architect – Capacity & Tuning

Glint Tech Solutions; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Grafana exposure

Job summary

Glint Tech Solutions is seeking a Mainframe Senior Architect focused on performance and capacity management for an IBM zEnterprise environment. The role emphasizes ~80% performance work and ~20% capacity planning, with responsibilities across tuning, forecasting, and cost optimization.

Candidates should bring extensive z/OS, WLM, SMF/RMF, Db2/CICS/IMS/MQ expertise, strong REXX/JCL and SAS/MXG or OMEGAMON skills, and excellent executive communication.

Qualifications

• Extensive z/OS performance, WLM, SMF/RMF, and Parallel Sysplex experience.
• Strong REXX/JCL and SAS/MXG or OMEGAMON skills.
• Db2/CICS/IMS/MQ performance knowledge.
• MIPS/MSU forecasting and IBM software cost optimization understanding.
• Advanced Excel and executive communication skills.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, tune, and troubleshoot z/OS performance (CPU, memory, storage, workload).
• Tune WLM policies; analyze SMF/RMF data for trends and bottlenecks.
• Evaluate Db2, CICS, IMS, and MQ workload impact across multi-LPAR/Parallel Sysplex environments.
• Forecast MIPS/MSU capacity; perform SCRT processing.
• Build dashboards/reports via SAS/MXG, Excel, OMEGAMON, IntelliMagic, REXX, JCL.
• Partner cross-functionally on findings; advise on cost optimization.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring.

Skills

z/OS performance

WLM

SMF/RMF

Parallel Sysplex

REXX/JCL

SAS/MXG

OMEGAMON

Db2/CICS/IMS/MQ performance

MIPS/MSU forecasting

Advanced Excel

Executive communication

U.S. Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS

Tools

Grafana

IntelliMagic

Macro4 Freezeframe

BMC Thruput Manager

TADz

Job description

Glint Tech Solutions is seeking a Mainframe Senior Architect focused on performance and capacity management for an IBM zEnterprise environment. The role emphasizes ~80% performance work and ~20% capacity planning, with responsibilities across tuning, forecasting, and cost optimization.

Candidates should bring extensive z/OS, WLM, SMF/RMF, Db2/CICS/IMS/MQ expertise, strong REXX/JCL and SAS/MXG or OMEGAMON skills, and excellent executive communication.