Mainframe Storage Engineer

• IBM zSeries Storage Management skills
• Strong Technical Project management skills
• Experience of working in a large enterprise of scale and complexity

General Knowledge Experience For the role - not the role holder Minimum requirements of the role

Personal Experience

• zSeries Storage Management Engineering background preferred and or experience to equivalent level
• Working and partnering with vendors e g IBM DELL Broadcom
• Supporting and or leading technical management of large infrastructure deployment projects
• Experience supporting large scale enterprise IT environment and the embedded controls within change incident and problem management processes
• Experience working with Agile working practices and tooling
• Experience and awareness of security audit risk and compliance within enterprise IT environment

Hardware Technical Skills

• IBM DS8K disk hardware installation design upgrade and support skills including DSCLI scripting and familiarity with HMC GUI
• DELL DLM virtual tape VTE with Data Domain hardware installation design upgrade and support skills with knowledge of GUI NFS and Linux
• Broadcom Brocade DCX hardware skills and FICON FIBRE concepts and configuration Set up and utilising SanNav and Maps

Software Technical Skills

• IBM core knowledge z OS TSO SDSF JCL IDCAMS IWS
• IBM storage knowledge DFHSM DFDSS ICKDSF DFSMS inc OAM TDMF GDPS CSM
• Broadcom CA CA1 CA Vantage CA Disk CA Allocate CA View Endeavor
• Dino Software T rex Terradon
• Rocket CR
• Interchip RTD
• Additional skills optional
• Knowledge of zSeries Systems Programming concepts and technologies
• Awareness of Network technologies and Dark Fibre concepts
• Awareness of newer or emerging technologies
• Awareness of IBM Virtual tape solutions TS7700’s
• Experience of data centre migrations
• Knowledge of GKLM Spectrum Control and Storage insights and API exploitation
• Knowledge of Ansible Automation Platform AAP GitHub Jenkins
• Programing scripting languages Rexx Python YAML
• Role Purpose overall high level summary of the role
• The zSeries Storage Engineer is responsible for leading building and supporting the zSeries Storage hardware and software infrastructure
• This role will carry out some or all of the following activities
• Perform a Technical Project Management role for large zSeries infrastructure deployment and evergreening projects
• Setup automation to reduce manaual interventions in the Storage infrastructure
• Test new software and exploit functionality
• Consolidate and reduce infrastructure complexity
• Risk and Cost Management
• Ensure Service Quality Targets are met for offered platform services
• Business stakeholder management
• Vendor liason and management
• zSeries Storage hardware software design configuration testing implementation and support
• Principal Accountabilities Key activities and decision making areas Typical Targets and Measures
• Impact on the Business Function
• Regular qualification and testing of hardware software microcode for security and big fix new features and functionality
• Code to be certified and released within timeframe of given CSVS
• Customers Stakeholders
• Investigation and implementation of new technologies to deliver solutions with optimal TCO for the organisation whilst meeting core business requirements
• Architecture and engineering design activity to support business and domain requirements
• Production of high quality supporting documentation for all engineered solutions for operational consumption