Remote Senior z/OS Mainframe Storage Engineer

NTT America, Inc.; City Of London; Remote; GBP 85,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA is seeking a highly skilled z/OS Mainframe Storage Engineer to manage, support, and optimize enterprise storage for IBM z/OS environments across the UK and Europe. This role emphasizes installation, configuration, administration, maintenance, monitoring, and modernization of storage platforms.

The successful candidate will oversee disk and tape storage, backup and recovery, DR planning, capacity management, and automation initiatives, collaborating with systems programming, networks,

Qualifications

• 8–15+ years in Mainframe Infrastructure and z/OS Storage Administration.
• Hands-on experience with IBM z/OS storage in large enterprises.
• Experience with DS8000, virtual tape, DR solutions, and storage management tools.
• Proven track record in capacity planning, backup/recovery, and enterprise storage operations.

Responsibilities

• Manage mainframe disk and storage administration: installation, upgrades, provisioning, and ongoing support.
• Perform daily health checks, incident management, monitoring and issue resolution.
• Plan storage capacity expansions and infrastructure changes.
• Maintain storage resources for databases, VSAM, work datasets, and sort spaces.
• Administer storage management products (e.g., CA Disk) and related utilities.
• Install, test, and maintain storage hardware/software solutions; configure SMP/E and z/OSMF.
• Oversee IODF, LPAR, and HMC administration and related changes.
• Support backup, recovery, archival, and DR solutions; participate in DR testing.

Skills

IBM DS8000 Storage

DSCLI

GDPS

PPRC Metro Mirror

DFHSM

DFDSS

ICKDSF

SMS

TS7720 Virtual Tape

Z/OS IODF Administration

HMC Management

SMP/E

Z/OSMF

Mainframe Backup & Recovery

FICON Networking

Disaster Recovery Planning

Tools

EMC DLm Tape

Job description

NTT DATA is seeking a highly skilled z/OS Mainframe Storage Engineer to manage, support, and optimize enterprise storage for IBM z/OS environments across the UK and Europe. This role emphasizes installation, configuration, administration, maintenance, monitoring, and modernization of storage platforms.

The successful candidate will oversee disk and tape storage, backup and recovery, DR planning, capacity management, and automation initiatives, collaborating with systems programming, networks,