Senior Mainframe Storage Engineer (Remote) – Backup & DR

Ensono; Olympia (WA); 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

Dental, vision, disability, life and A

Adoption/surrogacy reimbursement

Paid childbearing and paternal leave

Education Reimbursement

Sabbatical leave

Wellness program

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer specializing in storage to manage DASD and tape storage, including replication, backups, and DR capabilities. The role involves migrations, problem resolution, and mentoring the Storage team.

The ideal candidate brings extensive IBM storage software experience (Copy Services Manager, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, DFDSS) and strong analysis skills for DASD/tape subsystems, with DR planning experience. Remote work options are supported.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree. Relevant work experience will be considered in place of 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

Storage administration

DASD

Tape

Disaster Recovery

Data Center migrations

Vendor interaction

Problem solving

Root cause analysis

Performance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

IBM Copy Services Manager/Global Mirroring

SMS

HSM

IDCAMS

DFDSS

CA-1

MIMTape

RMM

TLMS

GRS

Tapecopy

SMF

Dell/EMC

Job description

Ensono is seeking a Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer specializing in storage to manage DASD and tape storage, including replication, backups, and DR capabilities. The role involves migrations, problem resolution, and mentoring the Storage team.

The ideal candidate brings extensive IBM storage software experience (Copy Services Manager, SMS, HSM, IDCAMS, DFDSS) and strong analysis skills for DASD/tape subsystems, with DR planning experience. Remote work options are supported.