Senior Mainframe Storage Administrator

TecQubes Technologies; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

TecQubes Technologies is seeking an expert Mainframe Storage Administrator in India to manage DASD and tape storage, perform migrations, and oversee DFSMS, SMS rules, and disaster recovery planning across multiple LPARs. The role requires strong Z/OS knowledge and hands-on experience with storage utilities.

Responsibilities include incident resolution within SLAs, problem trend analysis, and leading daily operations meetings when no P1 incidents occur.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in Mainframe Storage Administration.
• Experience with DASD and tape data storage solutions for mainframes.
• Knowledge of Z/OS Operating System and storage fundamentals.
• Strong skills in TSO, ISPF, JCL, VSAM, ISMF, JES2, Catalogs, Datasets, REXX, SAS, SDSF and Spool.
• Experience with DFSMS, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSDSS, DFSMSDFP, DFSMSRMM, ICF Catalog, and related storage tools.

Responsibilities

• Adopt the given technology to meet customer and business requirements.
• Storage migration and replication tasks (DASD to DASD, Tape to Tape) and space management.
• Analyze options and coordinate with external systems.
• Prepare Root Cause Analysis and meet SLAs.
• Develop and maintain procedures for backup/restore, performance tuning, and environment configuration.
• Initialize/add DASD volumes and manage space (VTOC resizing, Defrag, Compress).
• Define SMS rules and ACS routines; reorg storage datasets.
• Plan disaster recovery and conduct recovery tests (Tape/DASD replication).
• Lead operations meetings when no P1 incidents.
• Identify and report on problem management trends.

Skills

Mainframe storage

DASD management

Tape storage

Z/OS fundamentals

TSO ISPF JCL

VSAM ISMF JES2

Catalogs Datasets

SDSF Spool

DFSMS

DFSMSHSM

Omegamon XE

CA Disk

CA-1

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Omegamon XE

CA Disk

CA-1

FDR

Job description

Job Description:

Experience : 9+ Yrs

• Band: 8 ( Offered Salary Max 40-45 Lpa)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

All Cities - India

Responsibilities

• Adopt the given technology to meet the drift of customer and business requirements
• Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication
• Analyze and research options for collaborates with exiting external systems
• Root Cause Analysis preparation and meeting Service level agreement for submission
• Develop, document and maintain procedures for system utilities such as backup/restore, performance tuning and configuration of environments as well as incremental backups as required
• Initialize / add new DASD volumes and Add new tape volumes. Perform the space management activities such as VTOC resizing, Defrag, Compress/Reclaim/Release/Cleaning of datasets
• Manage and Define SMS rules and ACS routines along with reorganization of storage dataset (RMM/HSM CDS & Catalog file)
• Disaster recovery planning and performing the recovery test (Tape recovery / DASD Replication / Tape Replication) and Managing the Copy services / GDPS
• Problem determination and resolution within expected time frame
• Assume personal responsibility for resolving problems in most effective way possible within SLA reaching root cause and preventing problems
• Lead daily Operations meetings provided there are no P1 incidents running
• Aid with identifying problem management trends

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 9+ Years of Experience in Mainframe Storage Administration.
• Experience with DASD and tape data storage solutions (Experience on DASD/Tape Configuration and Migration) for mainframes.
• Candidate should possess working knowledge of Z/OS Operating System, z/OS(MVS) fundamentals, Storage fundamentals and Storage Devices.
• Candidate will be expected to have good knowledge in the following areas: TSO, ISPF, JCL, VSAM, ISMF, JES2, Catalogs, Datasets (PS/PDS/PDSE/GDG), REXX, SAS, SDSF and Spool.
• Candidate will be expected to have good knowledge & Experience in the following (: MF - Tape & DASD Management) areas: DFSMS, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSDSS, DFSMSDFP, DFSMSRMM, ICF Catalog, VSAM, IDCAMs, CA products (CA Disk, CA allocate and CA-1), FDR products, Omegamon XE or related Storage monitoring tools, ICKDSF, Space abends and SMF/Dcollect/BVIR reports.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Provides technical support activities for a production mainframe environment of multiple LPARs, CECs, DASD and VTS controllers.
• Experience in Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication.
• Candidates have to work in customer work hours- US, Europe and Asia Pacific (weekends and holidays as on call staff).