Your Role and Responsibilities
As Mainframe Storage Admin, you are responsible to provide technical support for Storage server with high degree of Customer Happiness by meeting Service Level Agreements (SLA) and process compliance. You will perform business impact analysis and risk assessments to reduce the likelihood of significant service outage or disasters.
If you thrive in a dynamic, collaborative workplace, IBM provides an environment where you will be challenged and inspired every single day. And if you relish the freedom to bring creative, thoughtful solutions to the table, there’s no limit to what you can accomplish here.
Responsibilities:
Adopt the given technology to meet the drift of customer and business requirements
Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication
Analyze and research options for collaborates with exiting external systems
Root Cause Analysis preparation and meeting Service level agreement for submission
Develop, document, and maintain procedures for system utilities such as backup/restore, performance tuning and configuration of environments as well as incremental backups as required
Initialize / add new DASD volumes and Add new tape volumes. Perform the space management activities such as VTOC resizing, Defrag, Compress/Reclaim/Release/Cleaning of datasets
Manage and Define SMS rules and ACS routines along with reorganization of storage dataset (RMM/HSM CDS & Catalog file)
Disaster recovery planning and performing the recovery test (Tape recovery / DASD Replication / Tape Replication) and Managing the Copy services / GDPS
Problem determination and resolution within expected time frame
Assume personal responsibility for resolving problems in most effective way possible within SLA reaching root cause and preventing problems
Lead daily Operations meetings provided there are no P1 incidents running
Aid with identifying problem management trends
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Minimum 15+ years of experience in Mainframe Storage Administration environment with work management, user management, journal management and performance management
Proven knowledge on tune performance and ensure high availability of infrastructure
Expertise in Storage hardware sub systems including IBM DASD (DS8K), IBM Automated tape library and IBM Virtual tape library (TS7700/TS7720/TS7740/TS7760)
Proficient in technologies like P2V, V2V and P2P migrations
Experience in EMC’s storage (VMAX and DLM) and Replication (SRDF) technologies
Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives. Analyze situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes and proven experience on BRMS, Tape management, ATL/VTL for Tape Libraries
Validated expertise on third party tools like Robot/TATTOOL
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience
You love collaborative environments that use agile methodologies to encourage creative design thinking and find innovative ways to develop with cutting edge technologies
Ambitious individual who can work under their own direction towards agreed targets/goals and with creative approach to work
Intuitive individual with an ability to manage change and proven time management
Proven interpersonal skills while contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
Required Education Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred Education Master’s Degree
Country/Region India
State / Province MULTIPLE
City / Township / Village MULTIPLE CITIES
Being You @ Kyndryl
Kyndryl is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. Kyndryl is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
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Primary job category Technical Specialist
Role ( Job Role ) Systems Administrator
Employment Type Full-Time
Contract type Regular
Position Type Early Professional
Travel Required No Travel
Company (Y030) Kyndryl Solutions Private Limited
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position? No