GDPS Engineer - 6 month contract-to-hire 100% Remote - candidates must be located within the United States. Not able to support candidates that require sponsorship at this time. ***NO C2C WILL BE ALLOWED*** Position Overview You will be focused on providing high availability, highly resilient, and disaster recovery solutions for mainframe clients. You will work closely with the customer to establish an environment for this solution, customizing it for their needs. You will establish test plans and assist with failover testing as well as provide long term support for BCP/DR events. We are looking for a seasoned GDPS Engineer with deep expertise in: GDPS (Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex) NetView/SA Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) practices Nice-to-Have Skills (Bonus Points!) While not required, any experience with the following is a plus: Pervasive Encryption IBM DS8K hardware / DSCLI commands Copy Services Manager (CSM) Logical Copy Protection (LCP) / Safeguarded Copy RESTful API integration REXX or Python scripting VM / XDR exposure Ideal Background Likely to come from a Mainframe Storage Engineer background Industry: Financial services , government, or large-scale enterprise (JPMC, Wells Fargo, AMEX, IRS, etc.) Minimum of 5 years dedicated GDPS experience (not just storage), ideally closer to 10 Experience working as a consultant is a strong plus We're open to retirees —especially those recently out of IBM Lab Services Qualified candidates please email your resume to danieln@noorstaffing.com