Senior Mainframe Storage Administrator

TecQubes Technologies; Tamil Nadu; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

TecQubes Technologies in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and across All Cities - India, seeks a Senior Mainframe Storage Administrator to manage DASD/Tape storage and backup/recovery operations.

You will lead DFSMS, DFSMSHSM and related tools, perform data migrations, space management, and ensure SLA-driven incident resolution for large-scale storage environments. The role requires deep z/OS knowledge and IBM storage products, with on-call support across time zones.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience in Mainframe Storage Administration.
• Experience with DASD and tape data storage solutions (DASD/Tape Configuration and Migration) for mainframes.
• Working knowledge of Z/OS Operating System, z/OS(MVS) fundamentals, Storage fundamentals and Storage Devices.
• Good knowledge of TSO, ISPF, JCL, VSAM, ISMF, JES2, Catalogs, Datasets (PS/PDS/PDSE/GDG), REXX, SAS, SDSF and Spool.
• Good knowledge & experience in MF - Tape & DASD Management: DFSMS, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSDSS, DFSMSDFP, DFSMSRMM, ICF Catalog, VSAM, IDCAMs, CA products, FDR products, Omegamon XE or related Storage monitoring tools, ICKDSF, Space abends and SMF/Dcollect/BVIR reports.

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.

Skills

Mainframe storage admin

DASD/Tape migration

Z/OS fundamentals

TSO/ISPF/JCL

VSAM/ISMF/JES2

DFSMS/DFSMSHSM/DFSMSDSS/DFSMSDFP/DFSMS

Storage monitoring tools

CA products (Disk/allocate/CA-1)

Omegamon XE

REXX/SDSF/Spool

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

CA Disk

CA Allocate

CA-1

FDR

Omegamon XE

IDCAMs

Job description

• 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

Experience : 9+ Yrs

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

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).