About The Opportunity
We operate in the enterprise IT infrastructure and systems integration sector, supporting large-scale mainframe environments for banking, financial services, and mission-critical enterprise workloads. This on-site role in India supports 24x7 operations, storage lifecycle management and disaster-recovery across z / OS ecosystems.
Role & Responsibilities
- Administer and operate mainframe storage services on z / OS : manage DFSMS, DFSMShsm and DFSMSdss components to ensure reliable dataset and tape lifecycle management.
- Provision and manage DASD volumes, SMS classes, storage pools and dataset attributes; perform dataset allocation, IDCAMS catalog operations and dataset migration activities.
- Coordinate LUN provisioning, zoning and connectivity with SAN / storage teams for IBM DS8000 and enterprise arrays via FICON; validate connectivity and resolve I / O issues.
- Execute backup, restore and tape management operations; maintain HSM policies, runbooks and perform DR restores and recovery testing.
- Monitor capacity and performance, perform root-cause analysis on storage incidents, and implement tuning or corrective actions to meet SLAs.
- Automate routine tasks and change implementations using available scripting tools (REXX / CLIST / shell) and contribute to operational runbooks and change-control processes.
Skills & Qualifications
Must-Have
Proven hands-on experience administering z / OS storage subsystems (DFSMS, DFSMShsm, DFSMSdss).Operational expertise with JCL and IDCAMS for dataset and catalog management.Experience provisioning and managing DASD, SMS classes and tape management in production mainframe environments.Strong troubleshooting experience for I / O, dataset availability and performance incidents.Familiarity with enterprise storage connectivity using FICON and collaboration with SAN teams for LUN provisioning.Comfort working on-site in a 24x7 operations model and following ITIL / change-management processes.Preferred
Experience with IBM DS8000 or similar enterprise mainframe storage arrays.Knowledge of IBM Spectrum Protect (TSM) integrations for z / OS.Prior exposure to SAN administration and enterprise array platforms (EMC / VMAX, Hitachi).Benefits & Culture Highlights
On-site role with direct exposure to large-scale mainframe operations and cross-functional teams.Opportunities for certifications and skill development in enterprise storage and mainframe technologies.Fast-paced, SLA-driven environment offering career growth in core infrastructure engineering.Location & Work Type : India — On-site
If you are an experienced mainframe storage professional who enjoys hands-on operational ownership, capacity planning and storage lifecycle management in high-availability z / OS environments, we encourage you to apply.
Skills : ficon,mainframe storage administrator,administrator,z / os,storage,idcams,mainframe
Skills Required
Emc Vmax, Hitachi, Tsm, idcams , DASD, Jcl, z os , ficon