- identify performance tuning opportunities and provide recommendations; Identify long running Db2 Stored Procedures Identify optimization opportunities within the Batch/CICS/DB2
- Automate tooling in lower environments to proactively identify performance issues oL3 support for performance tests / application consulting Incident management
- Identify patterns for proactive prevention
- Enable / assist in RCA
- Tooling to support in prod and lower environments
- Developer Automated problem identification Batch Integration
- Improve overnight batch performance by flattening spikes during peak processing windows
- Identify opportunities to shift left overall Batch Stream
- Execute on various hygiene efforts within the plant (i.e. Storage cleanup) Governance & Best Practices
- Build a transparent framework of Governance Controls, Standards and Best Practices
- Educate application development partners on best practices
- Collaborate with Release Management and SDLC Teams to implement toll-gates Architecture
- Look for opportunities to convert Batch Processing to Straight Thru Processing
- Distribute read traffic to off platform Read Only Stores (ROS) Enable Mainframe Agile / Dev Ops
- Integration of IDE with Vendor Tools in support of CI/CD pipeline
- Update the Source Control Manager/Process (SCM) from Changeman to IBM DBB/UCD
Job Requirements
Proficient skills in one or more of the following:
- Cobol, CICS, JCL, DB2 SQL, REXX, MQ
Good to Have -
- Job Scheduling TWS, Autosys etc.
- Java, Python, .NET oSQL Server
- Splunk
- Modern design principles
- Exposure to Agile methodologies
- Cloud Technologies
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office technologies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study or equivalent relevant experience in mainframe programming.