IBM Z Storage Manager - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Vallum Associates

    Vallum Associates
    Vallum Associates Sheffield, United Kingdom

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    Job Description

    Job: IBM Z Storage Manager

    Location: Sheffiled,UK

    Job Type: Contract

    Job Description

    • 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

    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 toolingExperience and awareness of security, audit, risk and compliance within enterprise IT environmen

    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

    • 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