Job Seekers, Please send resumes to resumes@hireitpeople.com Must Have Skills: 7 - 10 years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage (DASD Tape). Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication Good knowledge of IBM zOS operating systems and systems administration concepts Nice to have skills: Hands on Experience is zOS Upgrade, Toleration Maintenance. Hands on Experience in Third Party Product Installation and Maintenance. Detailed Job Description: 7 - 10 years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage (DASD Tape). Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication Good knowledge of IBM z/OS operating systems and systems administration concepts Experience with IBM z/OS, DFSMS, IBM DS8000 DASD, IBM TS77xx and VTS is required CA Vantage Storage Resource Manager GDPS, or REXX experience preferred Demonstrated ability to learn new concepts and technologies as well as a personal commitment to stay current with latest technology concepts Good problem-solving, analytical and critical thinking skills Identifies and resolves less clearly defined problems using established procedures and/or protocols as guidelines Ability to quickly establish credibility and trustworthiness within key executive stakeholders in client organization Ability to quickly produce PowerPoint slides which are both content rich, succinct and visually appealing

Job Responsibilities:

Perform Storage health checks Storage report generation and documentation Monitor and maintenance of Storage backup jobs Monitor and maintenance of Control data sets Monitoring maintenance of SMS, non-SMS, pools DASD management using DFSMShsm, CA-allocate, CA-Disk,etc. DASD Administration (Data backup, restore/recovery,Archive/recall) Restoration of User and system data from archives DASD reclaim from unused datasets in the system DASD Initialization DASD reclaim stragegy and procedures development Catalog ACS routine management Capacity planning and Performance management DASD replication setup and monitoring DASD reorganization, device connections and decommission Monitor and change backup strategies as needed Monitor and change Archive strategies as needed DR planning and implementation Define and create Data sharing environments Tape management Establish Storage connectivity between Enterprise storage stack Plan perform Storage migrations Plan and perform Storage upgrades Research and recommend solutions to improve business performance and/or reduce cost. Configure, test, debug and document device and software configurations, as appropriate. Maintain compliance to all IT policies and procedures. Maintain 24x7 availability to address critical business and/or IT issues

Minimum years of experience: 5+

Certifications Needed: No

Top 3 responsibilities you would expect the Subcon to shoulder and execute:

Perform Storage health checks Storage report generation and documentation Monitor and maintenance of Storage backup jobs

Interview Process (Is face to face required?) No

Does this position require Visa independent candidates only? No