Mainframe Support – Storage Engineer / Storage Administrator

Dataconsol Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Dataconsol Private Limited is seeking a Storage Engineer to manage and support the zSeries storage environment, including capacity planning, troubleshooting, and ensuring system reliability for mainframe platforms.

The role involves on-call duties, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and planning storage changes for GDPS/MGM environments to safeguard data integrity and recoverability.

Qualifications

• 6–10+ years of IBM DASD and IBM VTS experience.
• 6–10+ years with IBM DFSMS, DFHSM and DFDSS.
• Experience managing VSAM, sequential datasets and PDS.
• Experience with SMS ACS routines.
• Experience with IDCAMS and IBM utilities.
• Strong JCL knowledge and mainframe scripting (REXX/SAS).
• Familiarity with GDPS/MGM environments (Level 2).
• Knowledge of IBM GDPS/MGM, protected replication and disaster recovery basics.
• Experience with mainframe storage tools and encryption software.

Responsibilities

• Support storage for zSeries platforms and ensure reliability.
• Provide 24x7 on-call support for storage environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues reported by users or monitoring systems.
• Perform storage capacity planning and proactive issue prevention.
• Collaborate with application and platform teams to resolve complex issues.
• Ensure data integrity and recoverability with backup/monitoring tools.
• Plan and implement storage changes based on business needs.
• Coordinate with vendors for hardware and software support.
• Use AI tools to analyze storage data and suggest improvements.
• Use M365 Copilot for meeting summaries and documentation.
• Plan storage changes for GDPS/MGM environments.
• Work with zOS automation teams to support disaster recovery environments.
• Configure zSeries storage arrays to maintain replication and capacity.

Tools

IBM DASD

IBM VTS

IBM DFSMS

DFHSM

DFDSS

VSAM

Sequential datasets

PDS

SMS ACS routines

IDCAMS

IBM Tivoli AAM

GDPS/MGM

Transparent Cloud Tiering

Safeguarded Copy

zSeries hardware

zOS automation tools

Job description

The Storage Engineer is responsible for managing and supporting the zSeries storage environment. This role includes storage administration, capacity planning, troubleshooting, and ensuring system reliability for mainframe platforms.

Positions: 03

Level 1 Responsibilities:

• Support the storage environment for zSeries platforms.
• Provide 24x7 rotating on-call support for storage environments.
• Resolve production issues reported by users or monitoring systems.
• Perform storage capacity planning and proactively prevent storage issues.
• Collaborate with application teams and platform teams to troubleshoot complex issues.
• Ensure data integrity and recoverability using backup and monitoring tools.
• Plan and implement storage environment changes based on business requirements.
• Coordinate with vendors for hardware and software support.
• Use AI tools to analyze storage data and recommend improvements.
• Use M365 Copilot for meeting summaries and documentation.
• Plan and implement storage changes for GDPS/MGM environments.
• Work closely with zOS automation teams to support disaster recovery environments.
• Configure zSeries storage arrays to maintain replication and capacity.

Level 1 Experience Requirements:

• 6–10+ years working with IBM DASD and IBM VTS technologies.
• 6–10+ years experience with IBM DFSMS, DFHSM, and DFDSS.
• Experience managing and troubleshooting dataset types such as VSAM, sequential, and PDS.
• Experience coding SMS ACS routines.
• Experience with x37 abend recovery tools such as IBM Tivoli Advanced Allocation Manager.
• Experience with IDCAMS and IBM utilities.
• Strong knowledge of mainframe JCL.
• Experience with REXX and/or SAS programming.
• Experience with IBM RMM and CA1 tape management software.
• Working knowledge of IBM storage solutions such as Transparent Cloud Tiering and Safeguarded Copy.
• Experience with hardware encryption software.

Level 2 Additional Experience (GDPS/MGM):

• 8+ years of hands-on experience working with IBM GDPS/MGM environments.

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