Mainframe Storage Engineer

Job Description

Centurion Consulting Group is looking for a Mainframe Storage Engineer for a long-term federal government project in Baltimore, MD.

z/OS, Time Sharing Option, Data Domain, Dell EMC DLm8500 systems, ISPF, InsightIQ, technical writing and Ansible playbooks.

• Lead efforts in developing new strategies for operational efficiencies

• Work with applications teams and stakeholders as the platform technical lead

• Work with highly experienced and technical resources

• Assist technical leads in implementing systems and software updates

• Document processes, procedures and configurations

• Perform daily operations support functions, including problem isolation and resolution

• Provide status updates of task and project updates

• Provide system administration support

• Troubleshoot platform and application issues

• All other duties as assigned or directed

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field

• 7 years of experience or more as a Mainframe Storage Engineer.

• 7 years of experience with problem monitoring and engineering problem resolutions on virtual tape architectures.

• 5 years of experience with Dell/EMC, VSM, VLE and ZFS Virtual tape Libraries.

• 5 years of experience with IBM Job Control Language (JCL).

• 4 years of experience with CA-1 Tape Management System (TMS) and CA Vantage.

• 4 years of experience supporting Disaster Recovery planning, testing, monitoring and restoration for virtual tape storage systems

• 3 years of experience designing and building Storage Management System (SMS).

• 2 years of experience using Data Domain Management Center (DDMC)

• 2 years of experience using Time Sharing Option (TSO) on mainframe systems

• 2 years of experience with Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF).

• Expertise in the Linux command-line environment

• Knowledge of z/OS

• Experience using Time Sharing Option (TSO).

• Experience with Data Domain.

• Experience with Dell EMC DLm8500 systems.

• Experience with ISPF.
• Experience with InsightIQ

• Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing.

• Ability to gather process requirements to automate into Ansible playbooks

DESIRED:
Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Demonstrated experience growing, maintaining, problem monitoring and engineer problem resolutions on virtual tape architectures.

• Experience with Cyber Recovery on virtual tape systems

• Demonstrated experience designing, installing, configuring, provisioning, and deploying storage hardware used in a multi-node storage architecture.

• Experience developing best practice project plans, engineering scripts, and documentation needed to migrate workloads to virtual tape.

• Prior Federal government experience

• Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn't afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment

• Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities

• Bachelor's Degree with 7+ years of experience

• Must be able to obtain a Public Trust