Storage Engineer

Gridiron IT; United States; On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

Gridiron IT is seeking a qualified candidate to manage storage resources and ensure the functionality of HSM systems, located in the United States. Responsibilities include checking SMS pools and production datasets, as well as initializing disk volumes as needed. Successful applicants will require security clearance.

Salary range is $115,000-$150,000, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, and more. Gridiron IT is committed to equal opportunity employment.

Qualifications

• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Responsibilities

• Check SMS pools for utilization daily and make necessary adjustments.
• Check the Storage environment and submit CRs/Incidents for reliability.
• Check each HSM Control Dataset percentages.
• Verify daily track reclaim jobs.
• Activate Eagan Mainframe Network Nodes in San Mateo.

Job description

Responsibilities

• Check SMS pools for utilization daily and making necessary adjustments to ensure the proper and efficient use of our SMS/DASD resources.
• Check the Storage environment and submitting CRs/Incidents as needed to insure storage reliability and stability.
• Check each HSM Control Dataset percentages.
• Check HSM for if any HSM functions might be in a held status.
• Check to see the HSM daily activity status.
• Check to see DLM allocate and remaining free space.
• Check FastAudit on both Plex’s.
• Check Storage volumes on both Plex’s.
• Check Spill volumes on both Plex’s.
• Check for uncatalogued DS on SMS and non-SMS volumes on both Plex’s.
• Check for production DS on test volumes and test DS on production volumes.
• Create and distribute IBM and Broadcom SCRT reports (monthly).
• Verify that the daily track reclaim jobs are doing their job.
• Initialize disk volumes when needed.
• Create and run tape connected pair consolidations.
• Install and maintain the following products on the MF:
  • DLM Utilities
  • MF Enablers
  • Solutions Enabler (MF and Windows)
  • GDDR
  • TapeCopy
  • Unisphere (Windows)
  • Disaster Recovery
• Verify Mainframe Production ‘SYSDR.MNDR.* datasets before splitting the Mainframe Storage.
• Activate Eagan Mainframe Network Nodes, MNNA and MNNB in San Mateo.
• De-activate/shutdown network mainframe LPARS MNNA and MNNB.
• Storage teardown of Mainframe DR storage.

Qualifications

• Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary Range: $115,000-$150,000 (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)

Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.

Company Overview

Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients’ missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.