Mainframe Performance SME
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- England,London,City of London
- Full Time, Contract
- £900 - £1,100 per day
Job Description:
Full job descriptionMainframe Performance & Scalability SME
London (Hybrid) | 6-Month Rolling Contract | Inside IR35
We are supporting a major financial services organisation seeking a highly experienced Mainframe Performance & Scalability SME to undertake a strategic assessment of a large-scale IBM Mainframe environment supporting critical pension administration services.
This is a senior consulting engagement focused on identifying performance bottlenecks, scalability constraints and future growth risks across IBM Z infrastructure, z/OS, Db2 and CICS environments.
You will work closely with architecture, engineering and operations teams to assess current platform performance, analyse capacity trends and provide evidence-based recommendations to support future business growth.
Key Responsibilities
*Conduct end-to-end performance and scalability assessments across IBM Mainframe platforms.
*Analyse workload behaviour across z/OS, CICS, Db2 and batch processing environments.
*Identify current and future capacity constraints, utilisation trends and performance risks.
*Investigate increases in CPU and MSU consumption, including impacts from IBM Z16 upgrades and infrastructure changes.
*Assess workload attribution, licensing implications and optimisation opportunities.
*Lead technical workshops and challenge assumptions through data-driven analysis.
*Produce clear recommendations and prioritised remediation roadmaps.
Essential Skills & Experience
*IBM Mainframe Performance Engineering
*z/OS Performance Analysis
*Db2 for z/OS Performance & Scalability
*CICS Performance Tuning
*RMF / SMF Analysis
*WLM Policy & Capacity Management
*MSU Consumption Analysis
*Capacity Planning & Forecasting
*Batch Workload Optimisation
*Application & Database Performance Troubleshooting
Desirable Experience
*IBM Z16 migrations or upgrades
*TLS, System SSL and cryptographic workload analysis
*CPACF, Crypto Express and ICSF
*zIIP utilisation and offload optimisation
*Observability and APM tooling including:
*OMEGAMON
*BMC MainView / AMI
*Dynatrace
*Datadog
Mainframe Performance & Scalability SME
London (Hybrid) | 6-Month Rolling Contract | Inside IR35
We are supporting a major financial services organisation seeking a highly experienced Mainframe Performance & Scalability SME to undertake a strategic assessment of a large-scale IBM Mainframe environment supporting critical pension administration services.
This is a senior consulting engagement focused on identifying performance bottlenecks, scalability constraints and future growth risks across IBM Z infrastructure, z/OS, Db2 and CICS environments.
You will work closely with architecture, engineering and operations teams to assess current platform performance, analyse capacity trends and provide evidence-based recommendations to support future business growth.
Key Responsibilities
*Conduct end-to-end performance and scalability assessments across IBM Mainframe platforms.
*Analyse workload behaviour across z/OS, CICS, Db2 and batch processing environments.
*Identify current and future capacity constraints, utilisation trends and performance risks.
*Investigate increases in CPU and MSU consumption, including impacts from IBM Z16 upgrades and infrastructure changes.
*Assess workload attribution, licensing implications and optimisation opportunities.
*Lead technical workshops and challenge assumptions through data-driven analysis.
*Produce clear recommendations and prioritised remediation roadmaps.
Essential Skills & Experience
*IBM Mainframe Performance Engineering
*z/OS Performance Analysis
*Db2 for z/OS Performance & Scalability
*CICS Performance Tuning
*RMF / SMF Analysis
*WLM Policy & Capacity Management
*MSU Consumption Analysis
*Capacity Planning & Forecasting
*Batch Workload Optimisation
*Application & Database Performance Troubleshooting
Desirable Experience
*IBM Z16 migrations or upgrades
*TLS, System SSL and cryptographic workload analysis
*CPACF, Crypto Express and ICSF
*zIIP utilisation and offload optimisation
*Observability and APM tooling including:
*OMEGAMON
*BMC MainView / AMI
*Dynatrace
*Datadog
Mainframe Performance & Scalability SME
Job number 4290009
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