Role & responsibilities

Required Technical and Skilled Experience

- 8+ Years of Experience in Mainframe Storage Administration

•Administer and manage z/OS storage environments, including EMC/Dell EMC mainframe disk subsystems
• Configure and support storage replication solutions (SRDF) for high availability and disaster recovery
• Perform disk initialization, reorganization, and space management activities
• Maintain and update SMS definitions (Storage Groups, Classes, ACS routines) across LPARs
• Manage enterprise tape library systems and tape management processes
• Monitor and automate space allocation and dataset growth to prevent storage-related outages
• Analyze and optimize I/O performance using RMF/SMF and storage performance metrics
• Maintain DFSMS components and related storage utilities and products
• Implement and support backup, archive, and DR procedures, including DR testing
• Troubleshoot and resolve high-severity storage incidents and service requests
• Coordinate with storage vendors and internal teams to resolve technical issues and escalations
• Bachelor's degree is mandatory.

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

- • Oversee daytoday operations of z/OS storage infrastructure supporting multiple LPARs
• Provision, configure,



and manage mainframe disk resources, including volume setup and lifecycle control
• Design and maintain policydriven storage allocation through SMS constructs and ACS logic
• Support data replication and resiliency solutions to meet availability and recovery objectives
• Administer tape environments, ensuring reliable media management and data retention compliance
• Proactively track space consumption trends and implement automated controls to avoid shortages
• Evaluate systemlevel metrics to identify and remediate I/O performance constraints
• Ensure operational stability of DFSMS services and associated storage utilities
• Execute backup, archive, and data movement processes aligned with enterprise standards
• Participate in disaster recovery readiness, including testing, validation, and documentation updates
• Lead investigation and resolution of critical storagerelated outages and escalations
• Coordinate with vendors and crossfunctional teams to deliver timely storage solutions and fixes
• Logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail

📌 Mainframe Storage Administrator (Bangalore Rural)
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📍 Bangalore Rural