Senior Mainframe Storage Administrator
Kyndryl
Mainframe Storage Administrator
Kyndryl
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Bangalore • 🇮🇳 India
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- As a System Administrator at Kyndryl, you’ll solve complex problems and identify potential future issues across the spectrum of platforms and services.
- You’ll be at the forefront of new technology and modernization, working with some of our biggest clients – which means some of the biggest in the world.
- You’ll be managing systems data for clients and providing day-to-day solutions and security compliance.
- You’ll oversee a queue of assignments and work directly with technicians, prioritizing tickets to deliver the best solutions to our clients.
- You’ll also get the chance to share your expertise by recommending modernization options, identifying new business opportunities, and cultivating relationships with other teams and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with a diverse group of talented people and gain invaluable management and organizational skills, which will come in handy as you move forward in your career.
Requirements
- 4+ Years Experience in managing DASD and tape data storage in Mainframe environment
- Storage Management related knowledge under the z/OS: including DFSMS, ISMF, NaviQuest, DFSMSHSM, DFSMSdss, DFSMSdfp, DFSMSrmm, ICF Catalog, IDCAMs, ICKDSF, VSAM and Non-VSAM Datasets (PS/PDS/PDSE/GDG)
- Practical Z/OS Operating System, TSO, ISPF, JCL, VSAM, JES2 knowledge
- Vendor Products for storage management including IBM (TACM, TAAM), CA (CA Disk, CA-allocate and CA-1), FDR products, Storage monitoring tools (Omegamon XE for storage, BMC-SRM, CA-Vantage)
- Data extraction, analysis & reporting from Dcollect/Tape Management/BVIR reports/SMF
- Working Knowledge & experience in REXX for task simplification & automation
- Replication technologies including IBM Metro Mirror, IBM Global Mirror and other IBM Multi-site replication setup.
- Disk Replication management products including CSM & GDPS.
- Expertise in Storage hardware subsystems including IBM DASD (DS8K), IBM Automated tape library and IBM Virtual tape library (TS7700/TS7720/TS7740/TS7760/TS7770)
- Configuration of DASD (carving & connecting) & Tape hardware (setting up TS7700) for mainframes
- Disk migration using TDMF, FDRPAS.
- Disk migration using Replication technologies
- Tape migration using products/tools such as T2T, Tape/Assist, CopyCat.
- Tape Migration within TS7700 Grid to new Clusters.
- Problem solving: Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives. Analyze situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes. Creativity and judgment applied to developmental work on different projects within the business environment.
Benefits
- Kyndryl cares about your well-being and prides itself on offering benefits that give you choice, reflect the diversity of our employees and support you and your family through the moments that matter – wherever you are in your life journey.
- Our employee learning programs give you access to the best learning in the industry to receive certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Skillsoft, and many more.
- Through our company-wide volunteering and giving platform, you can donate, start fundraisers, volunteer, and search over 2 million non-profit organizations.
- At Kyndryl, we invest heavily in you, we want you to succeed so that together, we will all succeed.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
DASD managementtape data storagez/OSDFSMSISMFNaviQuestREXXdisk migrationtape migrationproblem solving
Soft skills
organizational skillsmanagement skillscollaborationcommunicationcreativityjudgment