Westlake, TX, US
13 days ago
Principal, DB2 Performance & Capacity Planning Analyst
Job Description:

We are looking for an IBM DB2 for z/OS system performance expert. The role spans DB2 systems performance and DB2 application performance domains. As a DB2 performance expert, you will ensure efficient, high throughput, supremely performant DB2 data sharing groups. You will be working closely with the Mainframe application teams, DB2 database administrators and DB2 Systems Programmers to ensure a highly stable, reliable and performing DB2 systems’ configuration, to deliver the best possible user experience to our customers.

The Expertise You Have and The Skills You Bring

A detailed understanding of DB2 Systems’ and DB2 based Applications’ performance tuning, DB2 Capacity management in a Parallel Sysplex environment on zOS.

Extensive understanding of real time performance monitoring tools like SYSVIEW for DB2 and Broadcom Detector.

Knowledge of post processing of SMF data using SAS/MXG and DB2 Omegamon PE.

Skills in Python, R, Power BI, Grafana, Postgres preferred.

A multidisciplinary approach to work across teams spanning IBM Mainframe Hardware Team, zOS, CICS, DB2, MQ Systems’ programmers, application DB2 DBAs, Site Reliability Engineering Team and various other partners in Business Units across Fidelity.

A solid grasp of Application Software and Systems’ software development lifecycle and in a dynamic environment using agile methodologies.

Expertise with data replication products to support DB2 in a Sysplex data sharing environment.

Extensive knowledge of DASD performance and Coupling Facility architecture on the mainframe platform as it relates to DB2.

Analytical skills for performance quantification with relevant and appropriate data sources.

Analyze, baseline and report DB2 system performance contextualizing with other subsystems like CICS, MQ, WAS and the zOS operating system.

The Team

We are at the core of Enterprise Infrastructure and Operations (EI&O) Team. EI & O are guardians of the customer and associate experience, ensuring a highly resilient and simplified environment through modernized, end-to-end technology management. We manage the Mainframe environment hosting the Core Brokerage and Workplace Investing Applications of Fidelity.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.

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