Mainframe Senior Architect – Performance & Capacity Management

Job Title: Mainframe Senior Architect – Performance & Capacity Management
Location: Remote, USA

Company Overview
Glint Tech Solutions is a women-owned, global IT staffing firm recruiting on behalf of a leading enterprise client for the role below.

Project Description
Seeking a Mainframe Senior Architect specializing in IBM mainframe performance and capacity management (~80% performance / 20% capacity planning) for a large IBM zEnterprise environment, covering z/OS performance, WLM, SMF/RMF analysis, Parallel Sysplex, and capacity forecasting/cost optimization.
Key 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

Mandatory Skills

- Extensive z/OS, WLM, SMF/RMF, 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

Nice-to-Have Skills

- Grafana (highly desirable), ZPCR, Macro4 Freezeframe, BMC Thruput Manager, TADz, IntelliMagic

- SAS programming; executive dashboard experience

- Large-scale, highly transactional enterprise background

Education
Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field preferred, not required with strong relevant experience (note on profile if applicable).

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