Senior Mainframe Storage & Automation Lead

Sapsf

United States

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

9 hours ago

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Job summary

Sapsf is seeking a Sr Tower Lead (Tools & Automation) to own and optimize the DASD and virtual tape storage estate for mainframe environments. You will drive design, migration, resiliency, and automation across GDPS, immutable copies, and cloud storage integration.

You will lead capacity planning, DR exercises, and cross-team collaboration with z/OS and DB tooling to ensure availability and performance. This is a senior role requiring deep mainframe storage experience.

Qualifications

Experience in designing and configuring DASD storage subsystems and VTS environments.
Proven ability to migrate storage architectures and implement GDPS-based resiliency.
Familiarity with immutable/safeguarded copy configurations and ransomware protection.
Strong knowledge of mainframe storage management and DR exercises.

Responsibilities

Design and configure DASD and VTS/TS7700 environments and other OEM storage.
Install and maintain storage software tools and consolidate/t decommission legacy tools.
Migrate architectures between IBM DS8K and Hitachi/storage successors as needed.
Configure GDPS replication for HA/DR and validate via exercises and testing.
Implement immutable copy configurations and support LCP against data threats.
Lead cloud tier integration and monitor capacity, tuning SMS policies and DFSMShsm.
Collaborate with z/OS, Db2/IMS, and automation teams to align with resiliency goals.
Perform POCs in Sandbox LPAR to document benefits and outcomes.