Do you have a minimum of 7 years demonstrated experience in Mainframe Performance/Capacity Management roles? Do you have experience with interactive capacity management tools including MICS, RMF and other ISV tools? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!
Our client is looking for a Senior Technology Architect for a 11 month contract in Toronto.
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This is an onsite role.
Rate: $704.19 - $737.2
Advantages
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry.
• Location: Onsite role.
• Potential for extension.
Responsibilities
1. Preparing mainframe capacity assessments to application development and infrastructure teams for project related workload changes.
2. Provide and document incident analysis, resolution, and prevention, designing procedures and best practice techniques, using IBM and ISV online tools for opening and managing incident report tracking and resolution. You will participate in Mainframe DR Hardware installation project activities along with actively participating in periodic disaster recovery exercises, maintaining disaster recovery readiness of systems, and monitoring status of systems to proactively prevent incidents.
3. Plan, configure and support installation of new Mainframe hardware platform
4. Collaborate with internal business partners in IT Operations, application development, Infrastructure, and IT Production Support to accomplish organizational goals that are consistent in supporting both IT and Business objectives. You will work directly with Hardware and Software vendors on solutions, build your network, and deepen existing relationships. You will leverage your verbal, written, and presentation communication skills to build strong partnerships.
5. Provide migration support for Mainframe software, networking components
6. Provide decommissioning support for Mainframe software and program products
7. Daily operational changes, Incident/problem management. Provide on call/standby support when required. Closure of tickets in a timely manner, Keeping clients/management up to date on ticket status.
Must adhere to Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics, device maintenance. Providing technical MOP for all changes, ability to provide acquire system captures and articulate/document capture and point or root cause.
8. You can demonstrate a minimum of 7 years' experience in Mainframe Performance/Capacity Management roles. You also have
o Experience with interactive capacity management tools including MICS, RMF and other ISV tools.
o Strong understanding and can demonstrate experience working with SMF data.
o Performed capacity requirement assessments for CPU upgrades and refreshes including the ability to perform ‘what-if’ impact models.
o Past experience reconciling mainframe billing for ISV workloads.
o Experience performing complex calculations to estimate workload impacts in terms of MIPS and/or MSUs across a multi-partitioned environment.
o Understand zIIP utilization.
o Experience with SAS Programming.
o Ability to proactively identify CPU cost-savings opportunities.
o A firm understanding of IBM Mainframe CPU concepts including CBUs and CoD, and you can configure mainframe tools such as MICS, RMF to build reports and view data from these tools.
Qualifications
Must Have:
o Demonstrated a minimum of 7 years' experience in Mainframe Performance/Capacity Management roles.
o Experience with interactive capacity management tools including MICS, RMF and other ISV tools.
o Strong understanding and can demonstrate experience working with SMF data.
o Performed capacity requirement assessments for CPU upgrades and refreshes including the ability to perform ‘what-if’ impact models.
o Past experience reconciling mainframe billing for ISV workloads.
o Experience performing complex calculations to estimate workload impacts in terms of MIPS and/or MSUs across a multi-partitioned environment.
o Understand zIIP utilization.
o Experience with SAS Programming.
o Ability to proactively identify CPU cost-savings opportunities.
o A firm understanding of IBM Mainframe CPU concepts including CBUs and CoD, and you can configure mainframe tools such as MICS, RMF to build reports and view data from these tools.
Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Technology Architect position in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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Do you have a minimum of 7 years demonstrated experience in Mainframe Performance/Capacity Management roles? Do you have experience with interactive capacity management tools including MICS, RMF and other ISV tools? If so, this would be a great opportunity for you!
Our client is looking for a Senior Technology Architect for a 11 month contract in Toronto.
This is an onsite role.
Rate: $704.19 - $737.2
Advantages
• Earn a competitive rate within the industry.
• Location: Onsite role.
• Potential for extension.
Responsibilities
1. Preparing mainframe capacity assessments to application development and infrastructure teams for project related workload changes.
2. Provide and document incident analysis, resolution, and prevention, designing procedures and best practice techniques, using IBM and ISV online tools for opening and managing incident report tracking and resolution. You will participate in Mainframe DR Hardware installation project activities along with actively participating in periodic disaster recovery exercises, maintaining disaster recovery readiness of systems, and monitoring status of systems to proactively prevent incidents.
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3. Plan, configure and support installation of new Mainframe hardware platform
4. Collaborate with internal business partners in IT Operations, application development, Infrastructure, and IT Production Support to accomplish organizational goals that are consistent in supporting both IT and Business objectives. You will work directly with Hardware and Software vendors on solutions, build your network, and deepen existing relationships. You will leverage your verbal, written, and presentation communication skills to build strong partnerships.
5. Provide migration support for Mainframe software, networking components
6. Provide decommissioning support for Mainframe software and program products
7. Daily operational changes, Incident/problem management. Provide on call/standby support when required. Closure of tickets in a timely manner, Keeping clients/management up to date on ticket status.
Must adhere to Service Level Agreement (SLA) metrics, device maintenance. Providing technical MOP for all changes, ability to provide acquire system captures and articulate/document capture and point or root cause.
8. You can demonstrate a minimum of 7 years' experience in Mainframe Performance/Capacity Management roles. You also have
o Experience with interactive capacity management tools including MICS, RMF and other ISV tools.
o Strong understanding and can demonstrate experience working with SMF data.
o Performed capacity requirement assessments for CPU upgrades and refreshes including the ability to perform ‘what-if’ impact models.
o Past experience reconciling mainframe billing for ISV workloads.
o Experience performing complex calculations to estimate workload impacts in terms of MIPS and/or MSUs across a multi-partitioned environment.
o Understand zIIP utilization.
o Experience with SAS Programming.
o Ability to proactively identify CPU cost-savings opportunities.
o A firm understanding of IBM Mainframe CPU concepts including CBUs and CoD, and you can configure mainframe tools such as MICS, RMF to build reports and view data from these tools.
Qualifications
Must Have:
o Demonstrated a minimum of 7 years' experience in Mainframe Performance/Capacity Management roles.
o Experience with interactive capacity management tools including MICS, RMF and other ISV tools.
o Strong understanding and can demonstrate experience working with SMF data.
o Performed capacity requirement assessments for CPU upgrades and refreshes including the ability to perform ‘what-if’ impact models.
o Past experience reconciling mainframe billing for ISV workloads.
o Experience performing complex calculations to estimate workload impacts in terms of MIPS and/or MSUs across a multi-partitioned environment.
o Understand zIIP utilization.
o Experience with SAS Programming.
o Ability to proactively identify CPU cost-savings opportunities.
o A firm understanding of IBM Mainframe CPU concepts including CBUs and CoD, and you can configure mainframe tools such as MICS, RMF to build reports and view data from these tools.
Summary
If you are interested in the Senior Technology Architect position in Toronto, please apply online at www.randstad.ca. Qualified candidates will be contacted.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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