Senior Mainframe Storage & Backup Engineer

M&T Bank Corporation; Clanton (AL); On-site; USD 81,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, welfare, and retirement benefi

401(k) match at 5%

Work-life balance and flexible work

25 days PTO + 12 holidays

Volunteer hours 40 per year

Job summary

M&T Bank Corporation seeks a Mainframe Storage and Backup Administrator to oversee enterprise storage and backup environments. You will manage DS8000/DS8950F arrays, GDPS replication, and TS7700/TS7780 virtual tape systems, ensuring high availability and data protection.

Responsibilities include designing backup/recovery strategies, performing DR tests, capacity planning, and automating tasks with REXX/JCL. On-call support and collaboration with DR teams are expected.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of IBM DS8000/DS8950F, GDPS replication solutions, and TS7700/TS7780 virtual tape systems.
• Experience with CA storage products: CA Disk, CA Allocate, CA View/Deliver, CA Vantage.
• Understanding of DFSMS, VSAM RLS, SMS constructs, DFP, enhanced-format datasets, and z/OS storage architecture.
• Proven experience with backup/recovery planning and execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain IBM DS8000/DS8950F storage arrays and related components.
• Configure and support GDPS Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, and GDPS HyperSwap environments.
• Administer TS7700/TS7780 Virtual Tape Systems including Grid and Clustering.
• Implement and manage Safeguarded Copy and other data protection features.
• Support storage provisioning, allocation, tuning, and troubleshooting for z/OS environments.
• Design, implement, and maintain backup and recovery strategies for mainframe systems.
• Manage backup schedules, retention policies, and virtual tape environments.
• Conduct routine recovery validations, DR drills, and failover/failback simulations.
• Support business continuity initiatives and CoLO or multi-DC migrations.
• Conduct capacity planning for disk, tape, and replication environments.
• Analyze performance metrics, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements.
• Generate regular reporting on consumption, growth, and performance trends.
• Automate operational tasks and reporting using REXX, JCL, or other scripting tools.

Skills

IBM DS8000/DS8950F

GDPS replication

TS7700/TS7780

CA Disk/Allocate/View/Vantage

DFSMS/VSAM RLS/SMS

Backup/recovery planning

JCL/REXX scripting

On-call support

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CA Disk (DMS)

CA Allocate

CA View/Deliver

CA Vantage

JCL

REXX

Job description

M&T Bank Corporation seeks a Mainframe Storage and Backup Administrator to oversee enterprise storage and backup environments. You will manage DS8000/DS8950F arrays, GDPS replication, and TS7700/TS7780 virtual tape systems, ensuring high availability and data protection.

Responsibilities include designing backup/recovery strategies, performing DR tests, capacity planning, and automating tasks with REXX/JCL. On-call support and collaboration with DR teams are expected.