CDS – z/OS Storage Administrator
Credit Check: Required
Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Location
Columbia, SC – Strongly preferred, State College, PA, Dallas, TX
Fully remote candidates nationwide may also be considered
Typical office IT environment
Education Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- Degree equivalency: 6 years of relevant experience
Preferred:
Required Experience
- Minimum 9 years of related IT experience
- Minimum 2 years of corporate planning or strategic development
- experienceExperience may be concurrent with the IT experience.
- Preferred:11 years of related IT experience
- 4 years of corporate planning or strategic development experience
Required Technical Skills
- IBM z/OS storage environments
- z/OS Storage Administration
- Creating storage management utilization reports
- DASD initialization and configuration
- DFSMSdss full-volume and logical-dataset dump and restore
Required Software & Tools
- Strong knowledge of IBM z/OS storage administration
- SMS Client routinesCoding and maintaining SMS Client routines
- ISMFTranslate, validate, and activate Client routines
- Define and maintain SMS constructs
- HSMConfiguration and administration
- SMS Storage GroupsMonitor storage group utilization
- RMMConfiguration and administration
- Desired / Nice-to-Have Skills
- Dino Software T-REX
- Dino Software UDM
- Luminex Mainframe Virtual Tape (MVT)
- Luminex storage pools
- LSCRUP process
- Luminex GUI
- IBM TDMF for z/OS
- Dell EMC PowerMax
- SRDF replication
- zEDC exploitation
Key Responsibilities
- Administer and support IBM z/OS storage environments.
- Configure, initialize, and maintain DASD devices.
- Manage and monitor SMS storage groups and utilization.
- Develop and maintain SMS Client routines.
- Use ISMF to translate, validate, and activate SMS routines and maintain SMS constructs.
- Configure and administer HSM environments.
- Configure and administer RMM.
- Perform DFSMSdss full-volume and logical-dataset dump and restore operations.
- Create and maintain storage management utilization reports.
- Support storage-related operational activities and troubleshoot issues.
- Contribute to improvements and modernization of the storage environment.
- Work collaboratively with the broader Operations team to maintain reliable daily operations.
Team / Work Environment
- The role is part of an Operations team supporting daily technology operations and modernization initiatives.
- The immediate team consists of 3 members within a broader team of 26.
The team values:
- Technical strength
- Dependability
- Collaboration
- Operational stability
- Continuous improvement
- Modernization of existing environments
- Ideal Candidate Profile
- The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on IBM z/OS storage administration experience, particularly with SMS, ISMF, HSM, RMM, DASD, and DFSMSdss. Experience with Luminex, TDMF, PowerMax/SRDF, T-REX/UDM, or zEDC is beneficial.