Job Description

Introduction

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Your Role and Responsibilities

The IBM Z Software Performance team is responsible for designing, executing, and analyzing stress workloads/benchmarks on the IBM Z and LinuxONE systems to ensure these systems meet customer expectations.

As a Software Performance Analyst/Tester you will design and create benchmarks and stress workloads, execute performance measurements with those benchmarks and workloads, analyze the performance measurements, and guide Hardware, Operating System, and Software Development teams on performance improvements collaborating with a global IBM team



Responsibilities:• Design and implement benchmarks and stress workloads for z/OS and keep them current
• Setup benchmarks and stress workloads and the underlying z/OS / IBM Z configuration
• Automate performance measurements and data collection for benchmarks and stress workloads
• Develop and enhance data collection and analysis tools
• Execute performance benchmarks and stress workload
• Analyze the performance measurements and collected data for performance issues and bottlenecks
• Guide Development teams across the stack (IBM Z Hardware, z/OS Operating System, Middleware/Applications) on the fixing of performance issues


USP : IBM Mainframes Operating System zOS performance analysis. This is complex system running workloads with Zero Down Time and Fully Secured Operating System.



Required Technical and Professional Expertise

As Individual Developer• 8-12 years of experience as a Software Developer/Tester or Performance Analyst/Tester.
• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or computer engineering.
• zOS platform/Admin skills like DB2 administration, COBOL language, JCL scripting.
• Functional or performance testing experience of multi-tiered applications
• Experience with programming languages like C/C++, Golang, Java, Python
• Good understanding of Operating System and Computer Architecture concepts
• Basic experience with performance analysis of applications/systems and performance tools
• Experience with the application of agile concepts
• Good Communication and presentation skills


Keywords: Performance Testing AND DB2/COBOL/JCL AND Operating System AND Computer Architecture AND ( Golang OR Java OR Python OR C OR C++)



Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Master's degree in information technology, computer science, computer engineering
• Knowledge of IBM Z Systems physical architecture
• z/OS functional or performance testing knowledge
• Basic understanding of z/OS components
• z/OS System Programming and Software Development skill including USS / 3270 terminal, MVS programs, Datasets, JCL and jobs, TSO, ISPF, JES2, RMF, SMF, z/OS / parmlib configuration.



About Business UnitIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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