Senior Mainframe Storage Architect - Remote

Ensono; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

Three health plan options

401k with company match

Dental, vision, disability, life & AD&

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – Storage to join the Storage team in the United States. You will administer DASD and tape storage, manage pools, run backups, and support data migrations and DR testing.

You will mentor teammates and interact with customers and vendors. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of related experience, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and deep IBM storage software expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of related storage experience; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem resolution and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to analyze performance on DASD and tape subsystems.
• Expert knowledge of IBM storage software and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide DASD and tape storage administration support for customers.
• Manage storage pools for multiple customers and LPARs.
• Perform problem diagnostics and resolution.
• Create and oversee jobs for backups (daily, weekly, monthly).
• Participate in Data Center migrations and DR tests.
• Perform data and volume recovery and data migrations.
• Interact with account management and customers; mentor Storage team.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Multi‑project management

DASD performance analysis

Storage troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IBM Copy Services Manager

Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

CA-1

MIMTape

RMM

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

SMF

Dell/EMC

Job description

Ensono is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer – Storage to join the Storage team in the United States. You will administer DASD and tape storage, manage pools, run backups, and support data migrations and DR testing.

You will mentor teammates and interact with customers and vendors. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of related experience, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and deep IBM storage software expertise.