Senior Mainframe Storage Engineer - Remote

Ensono; Salt Lake City (UT); Remote; USD 65,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Paid Days Off

401k with company match

Dental, Vision, Disability, Life and A

Flexible spending accounts

Job summary

Ensono seeks a Mainframe Systems Programmer – StorageRemote to join the United States storage team. The role covers storage infrastructure administration, configuration, and installation including DASD, tape, encryption, and replication for backup and disaster recovery capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of related experience with IBM storage software (Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, DFDSS) and DR planning, plus strong problem solving and project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related storage experience; bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Strong analytical, problem resolution and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to analyze performance on DASD and tape subsystems.
• Extensive skills with IBM storage software including Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, and DFDSS.
• Experience in Disaster Recovery planning.
• 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

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 administration

Tape storage administration

Root cause analysis

Multi-project management

DASD/Tape performance analysis

Disaster Recovery planning

Catalog structures, LPAR sysplexes

Vendor interaction

Mentoring

GDPR knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IBM Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

CA-1

MIMTape

RMM

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

SMF

Oracle/STK tape hardware

Job description

Ensono seeks a Mainframe Systems Programmer – StorageRemote to join the United States storage team. The role covers storage infrastructure administration, configuration, and installation including DASD, tape, encryption, and replication for backup and disaster recovery capabilities.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of related experience with IBM storage software (Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, DFDSS) and DR planning, plus strong problem solving and project