Systems Administration - Mainframe Storage

Required Technical and Professional Experience

• At least 7 years experience in IT industry as Mainframe Storage Specialist.
• Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication
• Analyze and research options for collaborates with exiting external systems.
• Root Cause Analysis preparation and meeting Service level agreement for submission
• Develop, document and maintain procedures for system utilities such as backup/restore, performance tuning and configuration of environments as well as incremental backups as required.
• Initialize / add new DASD volumes and Add new tape volumes. Perform the space management activities such as VTOC resizing, Defrag, Compress/Reclaim/Release/Cleaning of datasets
• Manage and Define SMS rules and ACS routines along with reorganization of storage dataset (RMM/HSM CDS & Catalog file)
• Disaster recovery planning and performing the recovery test (Tape recovery / DASD Replication / Tape Replication) and Managing the Copy services / GDPS
• Problem determination and resolution within expected time frame
• Assume personal responsibility for resolving problems in most effective way possible within SLA reaching root cause and preventing problems
• Lead daily Operations meetings provided there are no P1 incidents running.
• Aid with identifying problem management trends.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related field.
• Proven experience as an IBM DataPower Administrator with expertise in managing and configuring DataPower appliances.
• Experience in Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex issues in a timely manner.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross- functional teams.
• Candidate will be expected to have good knowledge & Experience in the following (: MF - Tape & DASD Management) areas: DFSMS, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSDSS, DFSMSDFP, DFSMSRMM, ICF Catalog, VSAM, IDCAMs, CA products (CA Disk, CA allocate and CA-1), FDR products, Omegamon XE or related Storage monitoring tools, ICKDSF, Space abends and SMF/Dcollect/BVIR reports.