Hiring: Director, Mainframe DB2 Performance and Capacity Company: Fidelity Investments Location: Roanoke, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:35:51 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Change Management, Grafana, Python, R, SQL, Vendor Management About the job Experience: •10 plus years of technology experience with significant hands-on experience in IBM z/OS and DB2 for z/OS performance, capacity, systems programming, database engineering, or production support. •Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional technical analysis and communicating recommendations to senior leadership. •DB2 for z/OS, DDF, DBAT, SQL/package performance, access paths, statistics/accounting records, stored procedures, buffer pools, locking, logging, utilities •Z/OS, Parallel Sysplex, WLM, PR/SM, LPARs, zIIP, RMF/SMF, DASD/FICON, memory/real storage, JES/batch interactions •SAS/MXG, SYSVIEW, IntelliMagic, OMEGAMON, Broadcom Detector/Insight, Strobe/iStrobe, Grafana, Power BI, Python, R, SQL, JCL, REXX Required Skills: •Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. •Director, Mainframe DB2 Performance and Capacity •DB2 for z/OS Performance and Capacity •Lead DB2 for z/OS performance and capacity analysis across production, non-production, and business-event scenarios, including market open, batch, stress testing, cloud failback, and modernization events. •Analyze DDF/JDBC and DBAT behavior, including MAXDBAT limits, high-water marks, connection patterns, client application identifiers, program/package attribution, remote IP/user attribution, and DB2 profile usage. •Assess DB2 subsystem configurations and tuning opportunities including ZPARMs, buffer pools, EDM/storage considerations, below-the-bar/private storage, logging, lock/latch contention, thread management, and workload concurrency. •Perform SQL/package/program analysis for high CPU, increased get pages, access path changes, rebind/code-change impacts, stored procedure behavior, and regression findings from QA/stress-test cycles. •Partner with application, DBMS, CICS, MQ, network, storage, and modernization teams to connect DB2 performance symptoms to end-to-end application flow, topology, failover behavior, replication latency, and customer impact. Qualifications: •Strong working experience as a DB2 for z/OS performance, capacity, systems programming, DBA, or infrastructure engineering leader in a large-scale, multi-Sysplex enterprise environment. •Comprehensive expertise in DB2 for z/OS architecture, distributed data facility (DDF), DBAT/thread processing, package/program attribution, SQL access paths, DB2 statistics/accounting records, and DB2 subsystem behavior under stress. •Solid knowledge of IBM z/OS, Parallel Sysplex, WLM, PR/SM, LPAR configuration, zIIP eligibility, storage/memory behavior, DASD/FICON interactions, and how these areas affect DB2 throughput and resiliency. •Demonstrated capacity to model current and future capacity needs using workload trends, business volumes, application roadmaps, stress-test data, and historical performance results. •Vendor-facing experience with IBM, Broadcom/CA, BMC, IntelliMagic, or equivalent mainframe performance, capacity, and observability vendors is strongly preferred. •Advanced analytical mindset with the ability to separate symptoms from root cause across DB2, z/OS, CICS, MQ, storage, network, replication, and application layers. •Strong data storytelling skills; able to turn raw SMF/RMF/DB2 metrics into useful recommendations, options, and executive decisions. •Collaborative leadership style with the ability to build trust with DBMS, application, architecture, operations, vendor, and business-unit partners. •Practical engineering judgment; able to balance performance optimization, resiliency, customer experience, operational simplicity, and cost. •Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain DB2 performance topics in business terms without losing technical accuracy. Compensation: •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!