Remote Mainframe Storage Engineer (DASD & DR)

Ensono; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

401k with company match

Education Reimbursement

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a Mainframe Systems Programmer for the Storage team in the United States. You will administer DASD and tape storage, manage pools for multiple customers, and support daily operations including backups and DR testing.

The role involves migrations, data recovery, and collaboration with vendors and customers. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of related experience, strong analytical skills, and deep IBM storage tool knowledge.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 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 components and replication.
• Experience in Disaster Recovery planning and testing.

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

Analytical skills

Root cause analysis

Multitasking

DASD storage

Tape storage

IBM storage software

GDPR knowledge

Dell/EMC

RMM/TLMS/GRS

SMF

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

Tools

IBM Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

Tapecopy

Job description

Ensono is seeking a Mainframe Systems Programmer for the Storage team in the United States. You will administer DASD and tape storage, manage pools for multiple customers, and support daily operations including backups and DR testing.

The role involves migrations, data recovery, and collaboration with vendors and customers. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of related experience, strong analytical skills, and deep IBM storage tool knowledge.