IBM Mainframe Engineer

Role: IBM Mainframe Engineer

Duration: 2 months

Location: REMOTE

Key Skills and Knowledge:

• EMC/Dell storage administration experience within the past five years.
• IBM Mainframe systems programming and administration experience within the past five years.
• Strong experience with DT storage.
• DLM experience is required.

Required Qualifications:

Performs daily mainframe storage operations using z/OS tools to optimize SMS/DASD utilization, verify HSM/DLM health and space, audit volumes/datasets across both plexes, and submit CRs/incidents as needed to maintain reliability. Produces required compliance/capacity reporting (SCRT/SMF), verifies reclaim/housekeeping automation, and completes operational work such as disk initialization, tape consolidations, and maintenance of core storage software (DLM, Solutions Enabler, GDDR, TapeCopy, Unisphere). Executes DR activation/teardown activities, coordinates Dell hardware patching/upgrades, and monitors PowerMax/DLM/Data Domain health and certificates at both Eagan and San Mateo.

• MF storage activity using z/OS tools/jobs/commands :
  • Check SMS pools for utilization daily and making necessary adjustments to insure the proper and efficient use of our SMS/DASD resources.
• Check the Storage environment and submitting CRs/Incidents as needed to insure storage reliability and stability.
• Check each HSM Control Datasets percentages.
• Check HSM for if any HSM functions might be in a held status.
• Check to see the HSM daily activity status.
• Check to see DLM allocate and remaining free space.
• Check FastAudit on both Plex's.
• Check Storage volumes on both Plex's.
• Check Spill volumes on both Plex's.
• Check for uncatalogued DS on SMS and non-SMS volumes on both Plex's
• Check for production DS on test volumes and test DS on production volumes
  • Create and distribute IBM and Broadcom SCRT reports (monthly)
  • Verify that the daily track reclaim jobs are doing their job
• Initialize disk volumes when needed
• Create and run tape connected pair consolidations
• Install and maintain the following products:
  • DLM Utilities
• MF Enablers
• Solutions Enabler (MF and Windows)
  • GDDR
• TapeCopy
• Unisphere (Windows)
• Disaster Recovery
• Verify Mainframe Production 'SYSDR.MNDR.* datasets before splitting the Mainframe Storage.
• Activate Eagan Mainframe Network Nodes, MNNA and MNNB in San Mateo
• MF System Housekeeping: run DR SMF/SCRT data collection jobs.
• De-activate/shutdown network mainframe LPARS MNNA and MNNB
• Storage teardown of Mainframe DR storage.

Dell Hardware Maintenance:

• Work with Dell Engineering to patch/upgrade/fix DLM, DD and PowerMax hardware
• Monitor EMC Hardware status.
• Monitor Eagan EMC PMAX8000 status using CloudIQ and Unisphere
• Monitor San Mateo EMC PMAX8000 status using CloudIQ and Unisphere
• Monitor Eagan EMC DLM9500 status using DLM Monitor
• Monitor San Mateo EMC DLM9500 status using DLM Monitor
• Monitor Eagan EMC Data Domain status using DD Systems Monitor
• Monitor San Mateo EMC Data Domain status using DD Systems Monitor
• Maintain certificates for the Unisphere, DLM and DD Systems Monitors in both Eagan and San Mateo