Senior Storage Mainframe Systems Programmer

September 15, 2024

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Ensono

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Ensono is a managed service provider and expert technology advisor focused on enabling clients to navigate complex IT environments. Ensono offers services including mainframe-as-a-service, cloud migration, and IT infrastructure management, with a strong emphasis on modernizing legacy systems and optimizing IT operations. The company is recognized for its flexibility and allyship, providing businesses with the ability to adapt and evolve through solutions like Ensono Flex®. It specializes in both mainframe and cloud solutions, holding competency in AWS mainframe modernization and is a global Azure Expert MSP. Ensono acts as an ally, helping companies achieve better business outcomes through IT innovation and strategic technology advisement.

Support mission critical workloads • Reduce total cost of ownership • Modernize your infrastructure • Manage and migrate between systems • Managing business complexity

1001 - 5000 employees

📋 Description

• Responsible for making Tape and DASD ready for Disaster Recovery testing of mainframe environments. • FLASH storage or pause replication prior to DR testing. • Respond to issues during testing such as inability to reach storage devices or missing data. • Document issues or lessons learned for future tests. • Engage with new client migrations to become familiar with new clients and position them for future DR testing. • Serve as an escalation point for DR storage issues where the testing team is unable to find resolution.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years senior level experience working within a z/OS environment supporting Tape and DASD functions. • Senior level knowledge of mainframe storage management environments like DFSMS, FDR/ABR, CA-1, DFRMM or equivalent. • Experience supporting Disaster Recovery within a mainframe environment. • Understanding of migration of data from one subsystem to another for both Tape and DASD. • Experience opening tickets with vendors such as IBM. • Must be self-motivated and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously. • Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel to a level of creating documents which can be shared with clients. • Must be familiar with the concept of data replication. • Familiar with CSM (Copy Services Manager) and IBM GRID technology. • Experience with DELL PMAX, VMAX, and DLM also helpful.