Mainframe Systems Capacity Planner Lead - 100% US REMOTE

Company Description

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, unlocking the power of data to create more opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We are thrilled to share that FORTUNE has named Experian one of the 100 Best Companies to work for. In addition, for the last five years we’ve been named in the 100 “World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes Magazine. 

Job Description

This position entails using your experience to create models and forecasts to support business decisions, as well as supporting other functions on the team as needed.

Tasks include:

·       Analysis of current environment challenges and recommending solutions that may include configuration or WLM changes.

·       Calculating expected utilization for new workloads.

·       Creation of required reporting including MLC/VUE/MSU forecasts with your analysis clearly communicated.

·       Provide sizing requests for incoming and outgoing workloads as it pertains to capacity needs

·       Collect and analyze capacity metrics and relate them to business metrics and performance measurements

·       Proactive engagement of SMEs in business and technical organization to develop personal network and understanding of Experian’s business and workloads.

·       Participate in technical discussions with other technical SMEs (OS, CICS, DB2, Operations, Procurement, Software Asset Management).

·       Participate in the compilation and presentation of regular capacity reviews with the business.

·       Monitor current environment and recommend improvements to processes and configuration.

·       This is a small team so you will be needed to support lower level tasks when requested. On-call and US hours are a requirement.

Qualifications

• 8 years of experience in hardware configuration, OLTP, batch and database:

-        z/OS architecture and associated system software

-        z-Series hardware components and interfaces

-        Storage systems and I/O configurations

-        CICS/DB2/MQ/WAS configurations

-        MLC and VUE forecasting

• Strong data modelling and forecasting.
• Strong working knowledge and experience with the following tools:

-        Microsoft Excel

-        Microsoft Word

-        Microsoft PowerPoint

-        SAS / WPS

-        MXG

-        JCL

• Strong understanding of hardware configurations and technologies, as well as business driver impacts for capacity planning purposes.
• Excellent communication skills are necessary to support requests at all levels of management.
• Experience with z/OS Workload Manager and ancillary WLM functions (group defined capacity, soft-caps, WLM policy, service goals, resource groups, service classes).
• Experience with content and interpretation of SCRT reports (IBM sub-capacity reporting tool)
• Experience with mainframe system monitors (e.g., Mainview, CMF, EJES, or similar).
• Self-motivation and teamwork are needed daily

Additional Information

Culture at Experian

Our uniqueness is that we truly value yours.

Experian's culture, people and environments are key differentiators. We take our people agenda very seriously. We focus on what truly matters; diversity and inclusion, work/life balance, flexible working, development, engagement, collaboration, wellness, reward & recognition, volunteering... the list goes on

We’re an award-winning organization due to our strong people focus

Experian isn't just growing, we're leveraging cutting edge data science, design thinking and passion to build tomorrow's credit solutions. Innovation is a critical part of Experian's DNA and culture

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and and it reflects what we believe.  See our DEI work in action!

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