Senior Mainframe Storage Engineer (Remote)

Ensono; Madison (WI); Remote; 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

Family Forming Benefit including Fert

Paid childbearing and paternal leave

Education Reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono in the United States is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer to join the Storage team, focusing on DASD and tape storage administration, backups, and DR readiness.

You will manage storage pools, analyze performance, and participate in migrations and DR tests while collaborating with customers and vendors. A strong background in IBM storage software and LPAR sysplexes is required.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• 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 incorporating 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

DASD storage

Tape storage

IBM storage software

Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

Disaster Recovery

LPAR sysplexes

GDPR knowledge

DASD hardware

CA-1

MIMTape

RMM

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

Oracle tape

Dell/EMC

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Dell/EMC

Job description

Ensono in the United States is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer to join the Storage team, focusing on DASD and tape storage administration, backups, and DR readiness.

You will manage storage pools, analyze performance, and participate in migrations and DR tests while collaborating with customers and vendors. A strong background in IBM storage software and LPAR sysplexes is required.