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Mainframe Storage Engineer

Remote • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 9 hours ago

Contract W2

12 Months

Remote

$40 - $50/hr

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IBM DS8000
Mainframe storage

Summary

Job Title: Mainframe Storage Engineer
Chicago, IL - Remote

This role provides daytoday operational ownership, runbook governance, and coordination with OEM support services.

This position is critical to protect Tier1 agency workloads (HFS, IDHS, IDOR, IDES) and ensure the State has a defensible recovery posture within months.

Key Responsibilities

24×7 Monitoring & Operations “24×7 monitoring and operations… with defined incident response SLAs.”
IBM Z DR Orchestration
Runbook & Change Management Ownership Maintain operational runbooks, coordinate firmware/microcode upgrades, and manage capacity planning through the 2028 replacement window.
Operational Stabilization
Agency Coordination Work directly with DoIT, HFS, IDHS, IDOR, and IDES technical leads to ensure DR readiness and SLA compliance.

Required Skills & Experience

10+ years in IBM Z mainframe operations, storage, or DR engineering.
Handson experience with IBM DS8000, FICON, Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, GDPS, HyperSwap, Copy Services Manager, or Hitachi VSP/TrueCopy/UR.
Deep understanding of z/OS LPAR, IMS/DB2, CICS/VTAM restart automation, and transactional consistency.
Experience running OEMaligned DR operations with strict RTO/RPO SLAs.
Ability to lead DR tests, document results, and interface with senior government stakeholders.
Strong background in runbooks, change control, and capacity planning.

Preferred Qualifications

Prior experience supporting public sector or large multiagency mainframe estates.
Familiarity with aging IBM Z hardware (z196, zEC12, z114) and migration considerations. “The z196, zEC12, and z114 estate has been past IBM end-of-service since 2019.”
Exposure to modernization programs or mainframe assessment frameworks.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: 10406960
Position Id: 8984895
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