Location: Sheffield , UK
Type od Work: Contract
Mode of Work: 2-3 Days Onsite in a week
Responsibilities:
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 liaison and management
* zSeries Storage hardware / software design, configuration, testing, implementation and support
Specific Expertise and Experience (Technical/Business/Tool)
1. IBM zSeries Storage Management skills
2. Strong Technical Project management skills
3. Experience of working in a large enterprise of banking scale and complexity
General Knowledge & Experience (For the role – not the role holder. Minimum requirements of the role.)
Personal Experience
* zSeries Storage Management/Engineering background preferred 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
Personal Skills
* Ability to work under pressure to deadlines
* Strong work ethi, Collaborating with others and building a network
* Strong interpersonal skills
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
Salary description
£400.00 - £450.00 per day