Mainframe Storage Administrator

Chicago, Illinois

New York Technology Partners
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Hello ,


I hope you are doing well.


We are constantly on the lookout for professionals to fulfil the staffing needs of our clients, and we currently have a job opening that may interest you.


Role: Mainframe Storage Administrator

Duration: Long-time Contract

Location: Chicago, IL


Job Description:

  • Manage system performance, reliability and availability to service level agreements.
  • Ensure that hardware and application security and controls meet or exceed guidelines
  • Develop, manage and maintain a comprehensive disaster recovery plan for all managed systems
  • Design rollouts of system enhancements and upgrades
  • Create standards for supported systems
  • Automate processes using VMWare Automation tools
  • Create documentation and SOP's
  • Provide Operations Support
  • Interaction with Service Center, Network Control Center and other business support areas for problem escalations, resolutions, reporting and coordination

Must have following qualifications to succeed in this role:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related discipline preferred.
  • 8-12 years of relevant work experience.
  • Hands on experience in a GDPS, Global Mirror, Metro Mirror, HiperSwap environment.
  • Thorough knowledge and expertise with HCD in a large scale enterprise environment with numerous CECs across multiple locations
  • Knowledge of Brocade SAN equipment and associated management tools (Brocade Network Advisor)
  • Experience installing and configuring IBM Mainframes, Virtual Tape systems, and DS8000 DASD.
  • Knowledge of dataset structures. (PDS, PDSE, GDG, VSAM, etc.)
  • Experience Administering DFSMS policies and constructs
  • Knowledge and experience with IBM Flashcopy process
  • Knowledge of FDR/ABR and DFDSS
  • Experience with CA1 Tape Management Software
  • Experience with TDMF
  • Coding Languages: Assembler, Automation, GDPS, Rexx and CLIST skills
  • Proficiency in Security software tools: RACF and ACF2 and performance monitoring using Omegamon, RMF, SMF and SAS
Date Posted: 24 May 2024
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