Remote Mainframe Storage & DR Specialist

Ensono; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Health plan options

401k with company match

Dental/vision and disability coverage

Fertility coverage

Paid parental leave

Education reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a Mainframe Systems Programmer for storage administration in the United States. You will handle DASD, tape, virtual tape, encryption, and replication for backup and DR, performing hardware/software refreshes and migrations for customer environments.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with IBM storage software, and the ability to mentor teammates. Travel and data-center projects may be involved; remote work options are supported.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree. Relevant work experience will be considered in place of a bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide DASD and tape storage administration support for our customers.
• Manage storage pools for multiple customers and LPARs.
• Perform problem diagnostics and resolution.
• Create and oversee jobs for daily, weekly, and monthly backups.
• Participate in Data Center migration projects using multiple methodologies.
• Perform data and volume recovery.
• Perform data migrations between storage frames for existing customers.
• Participate in Disaster Recovery Tests.
• Interact with account management and with our customers.
• Interact with hardware and software vendors as required.
• Mentor and train Storage team members.

Skills

DASD storage administration

Tape storage management

Problem diagnosis

Backup/DR planning

Performance analysis (DASD/tape)

Disaster Recovery planning

Vendor interaction

Mentoring teammates

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Copy Services Manager

Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

Tape hardware

CA-1

MIMTape

Dell/EMC

RMM

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

SMF

Oracle/STK tape

Job description

Ensono is seeking a Mainframe Systems Programmer for storage administration in the United States. You will handle DASD, tape, virtual tape, encryption, and replication for backup and DR, performing hardware/software refreshes and migrations for customer environments.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with IBM storage software, and the ability to mentor teammates. Travel and data-center projects may be involved; remote work options are supported.