Mainframe System Administrator Jobs

Position: Intermediate System Administrator - Mainframe Storage

Client: Federal Government client

Location: Remote

Duration: October 1st 2023 - March 2024 (With extensions)

Security Clearance: Reliability

Language: English

Background:

Kyndryl’s Government client requires the support of an Intermediate System Administrator specializing in Mainframe Storage. The client has been experiencing and shortage of resources to manage mainframe systems within their environment and thus is supplementing with contractors for the foreseeable future.

Qualifications:

• Valid Reliability Clearance for work with the federal government
• 4 years experience with IBM IDCAMS utility and catalog management.
• 4 years experience implementing and supporting mainframe disaster recovery solutions, including PPRC-based solutions; using z/OS Global Mirroring (XRC), and/or GDPS (Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex) and storage controller-based replication solutions.
• 4 years experience with the IBM TS7700 VTS tape systems and/or Oracle VSM7 VTS tape systems.
• 4 years experience in the configuration and administration of the IBM and HDS enterprise class storage systems.
• 4 years experience in standard z/OS analysis tools such as: SMF, RMF and GTF
• 4 years experience with ITIL
• 4 years experience with mainframe backup and recovery solutions similar to FDR and DFDSS.

Responsibilities:

• Systems Programming on IBM mainframes with experience with TSO, ISPF, JCL, and z/OS utilities;

• Implementing and supporting mainframe disaster recovery solutions (including PPRC-based solutions) using z/OS Global Mirroring (XRC), and/or GDPS (Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex); and storage controller-based replication solutions;

• Troubleshooting performance issues using standard z/OS analysis tools such as: SMF, RMF, and GTF;

• Administration and configuration of IBM TS7700 or Oracle VSM7 VTS tape systems;

• Data migration (including TDMF);

• Configuration and administration of the IBM and HDS enterprise class storage systems;

• Catalog management;

• Support, maintenance and installation of z/OS storage software products;

• Provide support for backup and recovery facilities for mainframe storage;

• Maintain storage definitions and hardware configuration definitions for mainframe storage devices;

• Fulfill storage allocation requirements for clients and SSC systems personnel;

• Providing support to multiple partners, clients (including application development teams) onsite and on an “on-call” basis;

• Monitoring of the service management ticketing systems and respond to Incident Requests (IR), Request for Changes (RFC) and Solution Requests (SR);

• Installing and configuring storage monitoring or management tools;

• Maintaining and recommending enhancements to the storage security environment;

• Making technical and procedural recommendations and enhancements;

• Maintaining and developing product and procedure documentation ;

• Creating and implementing mainframe storage administration procedures, standards, guidelines, tools, services and training;

• Analysis, determination and resolution of mainframe storage problems and issues;

• Ensuring a highly-available mainframe storage environment;