IDC Technologies: IBM Mainframe Storage Administrator at Rosemont, NJ

Wednesday 31 March 2021

IBM Mainframe Storage Administrator at Rosemont, NJ

Hi,

This is Sravan Kumar from Vedainfo and I have the below requirement with our Esteemed Client so please let me know if you are comfortable or if you have any consultant to submit

Title: IBM Mainframe Storage Administrator

Location: Rosemont, NJ

Duration: 6 Months

Job Details:

Skill: Mainframe Storage Administration, IBM z/OS, DFSMS, IBM DASD, IBM Tape library & VTS

Employment type: Permanent

PU: CISDCT

Short Description:

As the IBM Mainframe Storage Administrator, you will be responsible for the daily operations of our IBM z systems. The goal of this position is to maintain maximum availability of our IBM Storage environment. You will independently drive project processes, deliverables and contribute to manage Storage landscape. You will have the opportunity to shape value-adding consulting solution on their strategy that enable our client to meet the changing needs of their global business landscape and future proof their landscape.

In this role you will be part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Perform Storage health checks

• Storage report generation and documentation

• Monitor and maintenance of Storage & backup jobs

• Monitor and maintenance of Control data sets

• Monitoring & maintenance of SMS, non-SMS, pools

• DASD management using DFSMShsm, CA-allocate, CA-Disk,etc.

• DASD Administration (Data backup, restore/recovery,Archive/recall)

• Restoration of User and system data from archives

• DASD reclaim from unused datasets in the system

• DASD Initialization

• DASD reclaim stragegy and procedures development

• Catalog & ACS routine management

• Capacity planning and Performance management

• DASD replication setup and monitoring

• DASD reorganization, device connections and decommission

• Monitor and change backup strategies as needed

• Monitor and change Archive strategies as needed

• DR planning and implementation

• Define and create Data sharing environments

• Tape management

• Establish Storage connectivity between Enterprise storage stack

• Plan & perform Storage migrations

• Plan and perform Storage upgrades

• Research and recommend solutions to improve business performance and/or reduce cost.

• Configure, test, debug and document device and software configurations, as appropriate.

• Maintain compliance to all IT policies and procedures.

• Maintain 24x7 availability to address critical business and/or IT issues

Skill/ Competency Requirements:

Essential –

• 7 – 10 years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage (DASD & Tape).

• Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication

• Good knowledge of IBM z/OS operating systems and systems administration concepts

• Experience with IBM z/OS, DFSMS, IBM DS8000 DASD, IBM TS77xx and VTS is required

• CA Vantage Storage Resource Manager GDPS, or REXX experience preferred

• Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and technologies as well as a personal commitment to stay current with latest technology concepts

• Good problem-solving, analytical and critical thinking skills

• Identifies and resolves less clearly defined problems using established procedures and/or protocols as guidelines

• Ability to quickly establish credibility and trustworthiness within key executive stakeholders in client organization

• Ability to quickly produce PowerPoint slides which are both content rich, succinct and visually appealing

Preferred –

• Working knowledge on DELL, Hitachi and other storage platforms is a plus

Additional skills:

Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:

· High Analytical skills

· A high degree of initiative and flexibility

· High customer orientation

· High Quality awareness

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Must Have Skills

7 10 years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage (DASD & Tape).

Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication

Good knowledge of IBM zOS operating systems and systems administration concepts

Nice to have skills

Hands on Experience is zOS Upgrade, Toleration Maintenance.

Hands on Experience in Third Party Product Installation and Maintenance.

Detailed Job Description

7 10 years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage DASD Tape. Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication Good knowledge of IBM zOS operating systems and systems administration concepts Experience with IBM zOS, DFSMS, IBM DS8000 DASD, IBM TS77xx and VTS is required CA Vantage Storage Resource Manager GDPS, or REXX experience preferred Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and technologies as well as a personal commitment to stay current

Minimum years of experience 5+

Certifications Needed :No

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute

Perform Storage health checks

Storage report generation and documentation

Monitor and maintenance of Storage backup jobs

Interview Process (Is face to face required?) No

Thanks

Sravan Kumar

sravan@us.vedainfo.com

310-929-1147

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