IBM Storage Specialist - London, United Kingdom - LTIMindtree

    LTIMindtree
    LTIMindtree London, United Kingdom

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    Job Title : IBM Storage Specialist

    Job Location : London, UK.

    Job Description :

    Role Specific Expertise and Experience in Technical Business Tool

    • 5+ years of experience on the below skills
    • IBM zSeries Storage Management skills
    • Strong Technical Project management skills
    • Experience of working in a large enterprise of scale and complexity

    Personal Experience:

    • zSeries Storage Management Engineering background preferred and or experience to equivalent level
    • Working and partnering with vendors e g IBM DELL Broadcom
    • Supporting and or leading technical management of large infrastructure deployment projects
    • Experience supporting large scale enterprise IT environment and the embedded controls within change incident and problem management processes
    • Experience working with Agile working practices and tooling
    • Experience and awareness of security audit risk and compliance within enterprise IT environment

    Hardware Technical Skills:

    • IBM DS8K disk hardware installation design upgrade and support skills including DSCLI scripting and familiarity with HMC GUI
    • DELL DLM virtual tape VTE with Data Domain hardware installation design upgrade and support skills with knowledge of GUI NFS and Linux
    • Broadcom Brocade DCX hardware skills and FICON FIBRE concepts and configuration Set up and utilising SanNav and Maps
    • Software Technical Skills
    • IBM core knowledge z OS TSO SDSF JCL IDCAMS IWS
    • IBM storage knowledge DFHSM DFDSS ICKDSF DFSMS inc OAM TDMF GDPS CSM
    • Broadcom CA CA1 CA Vantage CA Disk CA Allocate CA View Endeavor
    • Dino Software T rex Terradon
    • Rocket CR
    • Interchip RTD
    • Additional skills optional
    • Knowledge of zSeries Systems Programming concepts and technologies
    • Awareness of Network technologies and Dark Fibre concepts
    • Awareness of newer or emerging technologies
    • Awareness of IBM Virtual tape solutions TS7700's
    • Experience of data centre migrations
    • Knowledge of GKLM Spectrum Control and Storage insights and API exploitation
    • Knowledge of Ansible Automation Platform AAP GitHub Jenkins
    • Programing scripting languages Rexx Python YAML
    • Role Purpose overall high level summary of the role
    • The zSeries Storage Engineer is responsible for leading building and supporting the zSeries Storage hardware and software infrastructure
    • This role will carry out some or all of the following activities
    • Perform a Technical Project Management role for large zSeries infrastructure deployment and evergreening projects
    • Setup automation to reduce manaual interventions in the Storage infrastructure
    • Test new software and exploit functionality
    • Consolidate and reduce infrastructure complexity
    • Risk and Cost Management
    • Ensure Service Quality Targets are met for offered platform services
    • Business stakeholder management
    • Vendor liason and management
    • zSeries Storage hardware software design configuration testing implementation and support
    • Principal Accountabilities Key activities and decision making areas Typical Targets and Measures
    • Impact on the Business Function
    • Regular qualification and testing of hardware software microcode for security and big fix new features and functionality
    • Code to be certified and released within timeframe of given CSVS
    • Customers Stakeholders
    • Investigation and implementation of new technologies to deliver solutions with optimal TCO for the organisation whilst meeting core business requirements
    • Architecture and engineering design activity to support business and domain requirements
    • Production of high quality supporting documentation for all engineered solutions for operational consumption