Mainframe Storage Consultant

Job Title: Mainframe Storage Consultant

Location: Remote

Duration: 6-12+ Months

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

· 10+ Years of Experience in Mainframe Storage Administration.

· Experience with DASD and tape data storage solutions (Experience on DASD/Tape Configuration and Migration) for mainframes.

· Candidate should possess working knowledge of Z/OS Operating System, z/OS(MVS) fundamentals, Storage fundamentals and Storage Devices.

· Candidate will be expected to have good knowledge in the following areas: TSO, ISPF, JCL, VSAM, ISMF, JES2, Catalogs, Datasets (PS/PDS/PDSE/GDG), REXX, SAS, SDSF and Spool.

· Candidate will be expected to have good knowledge & Experience in the following (: MF - Tape & DASD Management) areas: DFSMS, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSDSS, DFSMSDFP, DFSMSRMM, ICF Catalog, VSAM, IDCAMs, CA products (CA Disk, CA allocate and CA-1), FDR products, Omegamon XE or related Storage monitoring tools, ICKDSF, Space abends and SMF/Dcollect/BVIR reports.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience:

· Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

· Provides technical support activities for a production mainframe environment of multiple LPARs, CECs, DASD and VTS controllers.

· Experience in Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication.

· Candidates must work in customer work hours- US, Europe, and Asia Pacific (weekends and holidays as on call staff).