Remote Mainframe Storage Administrator

Must Have SkillsA minimum of fifteen years of experience working in a mainframe storage environmentExperience with IBM DS7k and 8k storage arraysExpertise with SMS in an IBM mainframe environmentExpertise with IBM Virtual Tape SystemsExperience defining new HLQs and Client routinesCreating and managing storage pools, troubleshooting and data migrationsExperience with z/OS utilities for storage managementExperience with SMP/EJob DescriptionMainframe Storage AdministratorResponsibilitiesIndividual Contributor who can work on transformational tasks, critical issues & continuous improvement of our enterprise storage environmentLead mainframe storage (Tape and Disk) administration with experience in integration projectsPlan, design and implementation with minimum disruption to the business, back out procedure, and execution coordinationWork with DASD, IBM storage environments in a z/OS operating systemResponsible for IBM Tape environment (VTS)Disaster Recovery planning, configuration, and testing at regular intervalsPerform daily storage management, product upgrades and configurationReview, approve and coordinate Storage related changesKnowledge of 3rd party storage management productsExecute all backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and related capabilities.Volume space and capacity managementEvaluates capacity utilization and initiates projects to address areas of excess and shortages proactively and reports to managementMaintain documentation of the storage environmentRequired Skills And ExperienceA minimum of fifteen years of experience working in a mainframe storage environmentExperience with IBM DS7k and 8k storage arraysExpertise with SMS in an IBM mainframe environmentExpertise with IBM Virtual Tape SystemsExperience defining new HLQs and Client routinesCreating and managing storage pools, troubleshooting and data migrationsExperience with z/OS utilities for storage managementExperience with SMP/E