Senior Mainframe Storage Architect (Remote)

Ensono; Trenton (NJ); 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

Eligibility for dental, vision, short-

long-term disability, life and AD&D

Flexible spending accounts

Family Forming Benefit including Fertl

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer focused on storage leadership in the United States. You will administer DASD and tape storage, manage pools and LPARs, and lead backups and DR efforts for multiple customers.

The role requires deep IBM storage tool expertise and the ability to mentor the Storage team. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of storage experience, strong problem-solving skills, and familiarity with GDPR obligations.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree; or equivalent 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.
• Extensive skills with IBM storage software including IBM Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, and DFDSS.
• Experience in preparing and implementing Disaster Recovery plans.
• Expert knowledge of catalog structures, LPAR sysplexes, and resource sharing.
• Extensive knowledge of DASD hardware configurations with replication.
• Extensive skills with IBM and Oracle/STK tape hardware and software.
• Extensive skills with CA-1, MIMTape.
• Functional skills with Dell/EMC.
• Functional skills with RMM, TLMS, GRS, Tapecopy, and SMF.
• Knowledge of GDPR General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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

Problem resolution

Root cause analysis

Multi-project management

DASD and tape performance analysis

IBM storage software expertise

Disaster Recovery planning

Catalog structures & LPAR sysplexes

SRE/backup tooling familiarity

GDPR knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

IBM Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

CA-1

MIMTape

Dell/EMC storage tools

RMM

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

SMF

Oracle/STK tape solutions

Job description

Ensono is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer focused on storage leadership in the United States. You will administer DASD and tape storage, manage pools and LPARs, and lead backups and DR efforts for multiple customers.

The role requires deep IBM storage tool expertise and the ability to mentor the Storage team. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of storage experience, strong problem-solving skills, and familiarity with GDPR obligations.