Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PSG Global Solutions is recruiting for a Fortune 100 financial services organization serving people in academic, research, medical, and cultural fields. The Storage Administrator will manage mainframe DASD and backup operations, support storage allocation and catalog management, and resolve JCL, job abend, data retrieval, and recovery issues in a z/OS environment.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for day-to-day DASD and Backup management on mainframe
- Perform trending reports related to DASD management
- Define new alias to appropriate catalogs, and update tables when required
- Knowledge on how catalogs are created
- Provide problem resolution associated with JCL, job abends, data retrieval/ recovery and perform root cause analysis
- Day-to-day support activities include: volume backup & recovery, data movement, catalog management & maintenance. These activities accomplished through the use of DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, FDR/ABR, CA-Vantage, CA1 or CA-TLMS software
Skills
- 4+ years of overall IT experience
- Understanding of Tape Stacking and Virtualization concepts
- Extensive knowledge in controlling, monitoring and maintaining system storage space allocation and availability in Z/OS environment
- Experience in testing new or revised system storage related hardware and software products (i.e. DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, FDR/ABR, Open Tech , CA-Vantage, and TLMS software)
- Practical knowledge identifying appropriate system storage allocation alternatives to internal customers
- Extensive knowledge of mainframe base utilities (i.e. JCL, IDCAMS, IBM utilities, ISPF, DFSORT)
- Working knowledge of dataset structure and catalog management
- Experience working with internal customers in resolving problems associated with JCL, job abends, data retrieval, and recovery
- Strong DASD Management skills and working knowledge of DASD Management Tools (i.e. SMS, FAVER, and CA-Vantage)
- Experience with tape robotics hardware (3494ATL, TS3500ATL, 3480 Drive, 3490 drive, 3592 drive, TS7740VTS)
- Experience with mainframe/midrange Tape Management tools (i.e. TLMS, BRMS, and TSM) across platforms
- Knowledge of REXX programming language
- Experience using HUR replication tool
- Experience using SYSVIEW
- Experience with Data Library for mainframe (DLm)
- Must have very good communication skills
Benefits
- Remote work option
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