Capacity Manager - Brussels, Belgium - English speaking

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Capacity Manager - Brussels, Belgium - English speaking

(Capacity Management, Capacity Analyst, Capacity Planner, Capacity Planning, Demand Management, Capacity Operations, Capacity and Performance Engineering, Capacity Management Infrastructure, Mainframe, zSeries, z Series, z/Series, z-Series, SAS, MCS, CMI, Tape and Storage System, HP NSK, Bank, Banking, Financial)

One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a Capacity Manager.

Please find some details below:

The Capacity Management Team, as part of the Corporate Technology Service Introduction department, ensures that the capacity of the IT infrastructure (current and future) matches the evolving demands of the customer in the most cost effective and timely manner.

The Capacity Management process is covering the following areas: capacity planning, demand management, capacity operations, capacity and performance engineering, capacity management infrastructure.

In your role as Capacity Manager (CM) you fulfil Capacity Analyst and Capacity Planner duties:

1. The Capacity Analyst (CA) performs detailed analysis of a specific IT service, component or platform. You are responsible for the baselining (ie define metrics and baseline; analyse deviations), thresholds alerting and workload characterization. You perform performance testing (project) and reviews capacity and performance reports (production). When the test results/reports highlight an issue, the CA explores the issue and determines whether action is required. You provide the detailed data and recommendation needed to go forward. You design and develop Capacity Management Infrastructure (CMI) components for the gathering, computing and reporting of indicators and trends. You assist the CMI Owner in making the CMI evolved as needed.
2. The Capacity Planner (CP) participates in technical architecture reviews and testing to determine the most-appropriate scalable model, taking into consideration performance, availability, disaster recovery and costs. You participate in technical discussions to incorporate performance features at design, development and test stages. You develop capacity models. You gather business, services and platforms data as well as forecasts, and incorporates them into capacity models. You help to establish realistic IT budgets for the IT infrastructure, and develop cost-benefit analysis and cost estimates. You develop (part of) the performance and capacity reports (eg capacity planning). Your Profile You are an expert in primarily IBM Mainframe systems (hardware, operating system, databases, Middleware and frameworks). You have a knowledge of the zSeries Architecture (LPARs, Sysplex, Coupling Facility) You have experience in performance analysis on IBM Mainframe You are team oriented and willing to share knowledge with your colleagues You have good communication and presentation skills (both verbal and in writing). You are familiar with the capacity management process As a plus You are familiar with IBM Mainframe monitoring tools You have experience in SAS programming, MICS CMI, Tape and Storage systems, HP NSK (Tandem) systems. You have working experience in the Banking industry! The resource requested, has been working consistently in the field they are looking for, for the last >4+ years preferably.

This is an English speaking role. French or Dutch would be a nice to have.

Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.

Start date
ASAP
Duration
4-12 Months+
(extension possible)
From
Octopus Computer Associates
Published at
26.07.2012
Project ID:
398172
Contract type
Freelance
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