Job Description
As a System Performance Analyst, you will be critical to making sure pinnacle-rated common overall overall performance of IBM’s employer server and cloud systems. You will:
- Analyze, benchmark, and song workload regular overall performance inside the course of the stack—from hardware microarchitecture, hypervisors, and virtualization layers to operating systems and database engines.
- Lead debugging efforts for production normal basic performance troubles, taking issue with firmware, software program application, and hardware engineering corporations.
- Develop automation frameworks, traditional common standard overall performance check instances, and reporting gear to reveal and improve tool typical fundamental performance.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
Performance Analysis & Tuning
- Characterize and benchmark workloads (e.G., SAP HANA, I/O, cloud packages) on IBM Power and x86/Linux structures.
- Identify bottlenecks at CPU, memory, hypervisor (PowerVM, KVM, z/VM), I/O subsystems, and database layers.
Environment Setup & Tooling
- Build test environments leveraging IBM PowerVM virtualization and hybrid cloud infrastructure.
- Utilize gear like vmstat, iostat, nmon, topas, plus profiling and analytics equipment to build up and interpret usual common overall performance records.
- Develop automation scripts (Python, Bash, Ansible) and dashboards to streamline not unusual typical performance trying out .
Collaboration & Optimization
- Work cautiously with firmware, OS, hypervisor, garage, and database businesses to refine regularly occurring regular performance.
- Provide tuning recommendations for virtualization and database trendy normal overall performance (e.G., Oracle, SAP HANA).
Benchmarking & Reporting
- Design and execute benchmark and strain conditions for IBM Z, LinuxONE, or hybrid cloud setups.
- Simulate real-international workloads, interpret trendy universal performance effects, and manual device and form upgrades.
👨🎓 Qualifications & Technical Skills
Education: Bachelor’s diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, or associated difficulty (Master’s preferred).
Experience:
- eight–15+ years in IT/engineering, with 3–6+ years focused on tool average performance analytics .
- Strong fingers-on revel in with Linux and virtualization machine (PowerVM, KVM, z/VM).
Technical Proficiency:
- Deep records of pc form, OS internals, hypervisor and virtual I/O components.
- Proficiency in C/C++, Python, Bash, Golang, with familiarity in Java, Rust.
- Performance tuning experience with database engines (Oracle, SAP HANA).
- Skilled in standard performance profiling gadget and automation (vmstat, topas, iostat, nmon, Ansible).
Soft Skills:
- Excellent verbal exchange and presentation abilties to articulate universal overall performance insights and collaborate with pass-beneficial organizations