This is a remote position. Individual Contributor who can work on transformational tasks, critical issues & continuous improvement of our enterprise storage environment

Lead mainframe storage IBM DS8K administration with experience in integration projects

Responsible for all aspects the IBM DS8K storage environment to include sizing, forecasting, configuration

Plan, design and implementation with minimum disruption to the business, back out procedure, and execution coordination

Work with DASD, IBM storage environments in a z/OS operating system

Disaster Recovery planning, configuration, and testing at regular intervals

Perform daily storage management, product upgrades and configuration

Review, approve and coordinate storage related changes

Knowledge of 3rd party storage management products and reporting tools

Execute all backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and related capabilities.

Volume space and capacity management

Evaluates capacity utilization and initiates projects to address areas of excess and shortages proactively and reports to management

Maintain documentation of the storage environment

Requirements A minimum of fifteen years of experience working in a mainframe storage environment

Expert knowledge of IBM DS900 storage arrays to include SMS/ACS routines and all configuration settings of the DS8K

Expertise with SMS in an IBM mainframe environment

Experience with SMPE or z/OSMF

Requirements IBM DS900, SMS, SMPE, Z/OSMF