IT Infrastruc Optimization Specialist in Dallas, TX

JCPenney Information Technology currently has an opening in Enterprise Performance Management and Forecasting for a Infrastructure Optimization Professional. The Infrastructure Optimization Specialist is expected to determine and recommend improvements in performance for Open System (Windows, Unix, Linux, etc) servers and applications residing on these systems as well as provide opportunities for cost savings in Open System environments throughout the JCPenney Company.

Responsibilities:

Identify and report system and application inefficiencies and performance opportunities. Follow through with remediation efforts striving to achieve optimal performance, capacity usage and cost savings.

Correlate system and application usage and performance data to business plan data and metrics in order to establish meaningful environment capacity reports, forecasts and identify changes in environment operation.

Provide analysis of system and application usage and performance data to identify utilization profiles and trends, establish quantifiable cause and affect relationships. Implement advance notification of trend changes or error conditions.

Create and maintain capacity forecasts for environments based on infrastructure usage and business plan information.

Participate in the design, development, testing and installation of new capacity planning and performance management tools and methodologies.

Identify and remain current on new and changing capacity planning and performance management tools and methodologies. Ensure a high level of technical expertise and business awareness for the department.

Analyze and issue formal reports of all hardware upgrades and system changes quantifying impact to capacity throughput and performance.

Assist business partners with application performance troubleshooting efforts.

Requirements:

Overall technical experience of 5-7 yrs.

Strong Open System server capacity management and usage forecasting experience. Experience with capacity and service level management in virtualized environments is a plus.

Expert level understanding of Open System server and application performance metrics and performance analysis methodology. Experience with TeamQuest, BMC Patrol, MS Operations Manager, BEZ and other performance data collection tools a significant plus.

familiarity with Open System server architecture on the following platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000 and 2003, VMware ESX Server, Solaris, AIX, HPUX and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Strong communication skills including creation of formal presentations, reports and documentation.

Strong mathematical skills, specifically with regards to statistical analysis of data.

Understanding of LAN and WAN network architectures and the usage of network infrastructures by servers and applications.

Understanding of SAN architectures and their usage by servers and applications.

Ability to create scripts and custom programs to automate processes, collect data and analyze data.

Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks, prioritizing efforts based on criticality and required deadlines. To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here