Mainframe Storage Administrator

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 6 + Years Experience in managing DASD and tape data storage in Mainframe environment
• Storage Management related knowledge under the z/OS: including DFSMS, ISMF, NaviQuest, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSdss, DFSMSdfp, DFSMSrmm, ICF Catalog, IDCAMs, ICKDSF, VSAM and Non-VSAM Datasets (PS/PDS/PDSE/GDG)
• Practical Z/OS Operating System, TSO, ISPF, JCL, VSAM, JES2 knowledge
• Vendor Products for storage management including IBM (TACM, TAAM), CA (CA Disk, CA-allocate and CA-1), FDR products, Storage monitoring tools (Omegamon XE for storage, BMC-SRM, CA-Vantage)
• Data extraction, analysis & reporting from Dcollect/Tape Management/BVIR reports/SMF
• Working Knowledge & experience in REXX for task simplification & automation
• Replication technologies including IBM Metro Mirror, IBM Global Mirror and other IBM Multi-site replication setup.
• Disk Replication management products including CSM & GDPS.
• Expertise in Storage hardware subsystems including IBM DASD (DS8K), IBM Automated tape library and IBM Virtual tape library (TS7700/TS7720/TS7740/TS7760/TS7770)
• Configuration of DASD (carving & connecting) & Tape hardware (setting up TS7700) for mainframes
• Disk migration using TDMF, FDRPAS. Disk migration using Replication technologies
• Tape migration using products/tools such as T2T, Tape/Assist, CopyCat.  Tape Migration within TS7700 Grid to new Clusters.
• Problem solving: Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives.
• Analyze situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes.
• Creativity and judgment applied to developmental work on different projects within the business environment.