Remote Mainframe Storage Engineer

Ensono; Dover (DE); Remote; 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, Disability, Life and A

Fertility coverage and family forming

Education Reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono seeks an experienced Mainframe Systems Programmer for Storage, focusing on DASD/tape administration, backups, and DR readiness. You will manage storage pools, migrations, and vendor relations while mentoring the Storage team to ensure reliable, compliant operations.

The role requires 5+ years of related experience, strong analytic skills, and deep knowledge of IBM storage software. Remote-friendly in the US with a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5+ years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Strong analytical, problem resolution and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to analyze performance on DASD and tape subsystems.
• Experience with IBM storage software including Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, and DFDSS.
• Experience in Disaster Recovery planning.
• Knowledge of catalog structures, LPARs, and resource sharing.
• Experience with DASD hardware configurations and replication.
• Experience with IBM and Oracle/STK tape hardware/software.
• Experience with CA-1, MIMTape.
• Knowledge of GDPR.
• Familiarity with RMM, TLMS, GRS, Tapecopy, and SMF.

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.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

IBM Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

CA-1

MIMTape

Dell/EMC

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

SMF

Job description

Ensono seeks an experienced Mainframe Systems Programmer for Storage, focusing on DASD/tape administration, backups, and DR readiness. You will manage storage pools, migrations, and vendor relations while mentoring the Storage team to ensure reliable, compliant operations.

The role requires 5+ years of related experience, strong analytic skills, and deep knowledge of IBM storage software. Remote-friendly in the US with a comprehensive benefits package.