DTCC

Capacity Assessment Associate Director

DTCC • $135K — $160K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in mainframe processing and capacity planning.
  • Bachelor's degree in mathematics or statistics preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • In-depth knowledge of mainframe components like LPARs, CICS, DB2, MQ.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to create and interpret data models.
  • Proficiency in MICS/MXG/SAS ITRM, with SAS required, and experience with HTML and JSON is a plus.
  • Advanced MS Office skills, especially in PowerPoint and Excel.

Responsibilities

  • Process and report on 30 different MICS units split by LPAR and work type daily.
  • Maintain MICS to support new processors and operating system updates.
  • Generate monthly Mainframe Capacity Reports analyzing system resource usage.
  • Prepare documents for the Monthly Mainframe Capacity Planning Review meeting.
  • Conduct resource forecasting and reconcile forecasts with actual data.
  • Perform risk assessments under extreme market conditions for select business streams.
  • Develop ad-hoc reports for senior management and IT Governance Committee.

Benefits

  • Opportunities to collaborate with IT, business, and regulatory divisions.
  • Engagement with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors.
  • Work in a team focused on leveraging technology to enhance business models and support financial markets.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Impact you will have in this role:

  • Ensure the successful daily processing / reporting of 30 different MICS units split by LPAR and work type
    • Examples: SMF/RMF component, CICS, DB2, MQ, mainframe web logs
  • Apply MICS maintenance to support new processors, z/OS operating systems and general updates
  • Ad-hoc reporting inquiries such as frequency of a specific function, transaction, or job
  • Monthly Mainframe Capacity Reports including
    • Measurement of system resources usage for all LPARs
    • Usage Trends, Top-N lists, Peak Profiles, Threshold Exception, etc.
  • Prepare and Present Monthly Mainframe Capacity Planning Review meeting documents
  • Annual Mainframe Capacity Report
  • Resource usage by Application System ID
  • Ad-hoc analyses as requested
  • Collection and reporting of business volume data from varied sources
  • Resource Forecasting and monthly review of forecasts to actuals
  • Risk assessments of extreme market conditions for selected business streams
  • Consultations with Capacity Stress Test team (includes reviews of their reporting)
  • Produce/update a Business Process Requirements document for selected business streams
  • Correlation Analysis, Business volume to System Resources
  • Pattern Recognition / Detection of outliers
  • Linear / Logistic Regression, ARIMA forecasts, integrating projections with forecast data
  • Ad hoc report development for senior business and management forums
  • Quarterly report creation for the IT Governance Committee
  • Produce documentation, test results as requested by the Model Validation Committee
  • Policy procedure documentation with supporting evidence for regulatory, audit bodies
  • Ensure the successful daily processing of multiple processing streams split by LPAR and work type
    • Determine CPU and Storage usage by application system ID
  • Monthly delivery of daily data to for chargeback processing and reporting
  • Ad-hoc inquiries regarding systems suspected of high CPU or storage consumption, to control costs


Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 10 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree in a mathematics / statistics discipline preferred or equivalent work experience


Talents Needed for Success:
• Expertise in mainframe technology and components (CECs, LPARs, JCL, automated scheduling software)
• Expertise in analysis of mainframe capacity / performance data (SMF, RMF, CICS, DB2, MQ)
• Excellent analytical skills including data exploration, analysis, and production of models
• MICS/MXG/SAS ITRM experience required
• SAS experience required
• HTML, JSON experience is highly desirable
• Excellent MS Office skills, in particular advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

About the Team

Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.

About DTCC

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a financial services company that provides clearing, settlement, and information services for the global financial industry. DTCC was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York City. The company operates through subsidiaries that provide services such as trade matching, risk management, and asset servicing. DTCC is owned by its users, which include broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions. The company is committed to reducing risk and increasing efficiency in the financial markets.
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1973

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