Mainframe Storage Administrator

Planet Mainframe; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Mainframe Storage Administrator to join their team. This role involves maintaining and supporting IBM Mainframe systems, ensuring high availability during disaster recovery scenarios. You will utilize your expertise in z/OS and SMP/E to troubleshoot issues, document processes, and lead COOP exercises. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in technical documentation and a commitment to maintaining operational excellence. If you are passionate about technology and ready to make a significant impact, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM mainframe ACE and ensuring system availability.
• Strong understanding of disaster recovery processes and COOP.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve system problems related to IBM mainframe.
• Document and implement processes for disaster recovery exercises.
• Provide technical support for IBM z/OS systems and hardware.

Skills

IBM Mainframe

SMP/E

z/OS

COOP

Disaster Recovery

Technical Documentation

TSO/ISPF

Education

Associate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math

Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math

Five years' experience in IBM mainframe ACE

Tools

IBM z/OS

DASD

Job description

Job Summary:

DDC-ITS is seeking an individual to fill the role of Mainframe Storage Administrator. The qualified individual will use SMP/E to install and maintain IBM Mainframe and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) software for execution in the IBM Mainframe operating environment, which includes the z/OS.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Locate, read, and evaluate job, system task, and system log output to troubleshoot and resolve system problems and anomalies.
• Generate and capture dumps, terse the dump dataset, and transfer dumps and related log information to vendors for analysis in problem solving.
• Work independently, conduct research, document, and deliver findings (written/orally) on IBM mainframe hardware and peripheral equipment and related software/firmware.
• Plan, create, document, review and revise documentation for COOP.
• Serve as technical point of contact (POC) for COOP exercises, including creating and implementing input/output definitions, breaking/starting/stopping data replication processes, restoring OS and ISV software to the COOP box, performing IPL of the COOP environment, working with other customer and DISA teams to successfully implement the COOP exercise cutovers.
• Document application and system software integration with IBM mainframe hardware and associated peripheral equipment.
• Research, document and deliver (written/orally) impacts and risks associated with changes requested before change implementations are performed.
• Research, plan, coordinate, document and implement state of the art technologies, especially those available with or built on the IBM z/OS mainframe platform.
• Research, plan, document, review, and implement technical and engineering support in the broad range of maintenance and utilization of software with an emphasis on installed IBM z/OS Disaster Recovery.
• Research, plan, review, document, maintain and implement software and firmware including system software, utilities, programming languages, compilers, interactive terminal software and transaction processing software on an IBM z/OS mainframe platform.
• Provide technical and engineering support in z/OS OS’s, hardware and associated products.
• Maintain Disaster Recovery Replication (DASD). Identify inconsistencies, errors, replication issues. Document and present recommended corrective actions.
• Participate in disaster recovery and COOP exercises.
• Document and perform IPLs, work with personnel located at each site to create, load, implement and activate HCDs in support of disaster recovery exercises. Document and perform all system cleanup activities required post exercise.
• Assist in the planning and management of DASD resources and usage for DISA Mainframes and its customer requirements.
• Develop, create, plan, and document processes and procedures for planning and executing COOP, including ensuring there are no dropped or missing DASD or virtual tape volumes in the COOP environment.
• Support DISA IBM z/OS ACE (Assured Computing Environment) initiatives by ensuring data movement, data replication and running of system monitors and jobs to confirm replication status.
• Use IBM z/OS and TSO/ISPF to access the IBM z/OS mainframe system. Perform IPLs.

Job Requirements (Education/Skills/Experience):

Associate degree (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) and three years' experience supporting COOP in an IBM mainframe ACE with the ability to ensure system availability in the event of a disaster recovery or simulation situation.

OR

Bachelor’s degree (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) and two years' experience supporting COOP in an IBM mainframe ACE with the ability to ensure system availability in the event of a disaster recovery or simulation situation.

OR

Five years' experience supporting COOP in an IBM mainframe ACE with the ability to ensure system availability in the event of a disaster recovery or simulation situation.

IAT Level 1: Must possess one of the following required certifications:

• A+ CE
• CCNA Security
• Network +CE
• SSCP

Clearance Required: Secret