IBM Z Storage Manager

IBM Z Storage Manager

Initial 12-month Contract

Via Umbrella

UK - Remote - Commutable to either Edinburgh or Canary Wharf office when required.

One of Loriens Banking Clients is looking for an experience IBM Z Storage Manager to join them on an initial 12-month contract.

The role is looking for someone who comes from a Storage Management/Engineering background with the ability to work and partner with external vendors, support/lead technical management of deployment projects at enterprise-scale level.

Responsibilities

• 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 liaison and management
• zSeries Storage hardware/software design, configuration, testing, implementation and support

Essential Skills/Experience

• zSeries Storage Management/Engineering background preferred and/or experience to equivalent level
• Working and partnering with vendors (eg 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

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
• 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.

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