Mainframe Storage Admin

**About us**:
**About XPT**
- XPT Software Australia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software Services company
- XPT works with top clients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom, Retail, Energy, Mining and Manufacturing domains.
- We have 120+ technocrats in Australia working at our client locations.
- XPT Software Australia is part of group companies which has global presence across India & Europe.
- We have served 100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshore needs.

**Detailed JD *(Roles and Responsibilities)**:
Perform Storage health checks
- Storage report generation and documentation
- Monitor and maintenance of Storage & backup jobs
- Monitor and maintenance of Control data sets
- Monitoring & maintenance of SMS, non-SMS, pools
- DASD management using DFSMShsm, CA-allocate, CA-Disk,etc.
- DASD Administration (Data backup, restore/recovery,Archive/recall)
- Restoration of User and system data from archives
- DASD reclaim from unused datasets in the system
- DASD Initialization
- DASD reclaim stragegy and procedures development
- Catalog & ACS routine management
- Capacity planning and Performance management
- DASD replication setup and monitoring
- DASD reorganization, device connections and decommission
- Monitor and change backup strategies as needed
- Monitor and change Archive strategies as needed
- DR planning and implementation
- Define and create Data sharing environments
- Tape management
- Establish Storage connectivity between Enterprise storage stack
- Plan & perform Storage migrations
- Plan and perform Storage upgrades
- Research and recommend solutions to improve business performance and/or reduce cost.
- Configure, test, debug and document device and software configurations, as appropriate.
- Maintain compliance to all IT policies and procedures.
- Maintain 24x7 availability to address critical business and/or IT issue

**Mandatory skills**

5+ years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage (DASD & Tape).
- Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication
- Good knowledge of IBM z/OS operating systems and systems administration concepts
- Experience with IBM z/OS, DFSMS, IBM DS8000 DASD, IBM TS77xx and VTS is required

**Desired skills**
- 5+ years of experience supporting IBM Mainframe Storage (DASD & Tape).
- Experience in IBM Mainframe Storage Management, Communications, and Storage Based Replication
- Good knowledge of IBM z/OS operating systems and systems administration concepts
- Experience with IBM z/OS, DFSMS, IBM DS8000 DASD, IBM TS77xx and VTS is required

**About XPT**:

- XPT Software Australia PTY Ltd, incorporated in 2016, is a Software services company catering to a vast variety of clients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom, Mining and Manufacturing etc domains.
- We have 100+ technocrats in Australia working at our client project locations at Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide etc.
- We engage with our clients for their IT services, R&D, Staff augmentation and Permanent hiring needs for Australia
- XPT Software Australia is part of group companies which has global presence across India (Bengaluru, Chandigarh), Europe ( Berlin, Sweden, Poland)
- We have served 100+ clients globally fulfilling their onsite-offshore needs through local hiring or sponsored work visas
- With our strengths and capabilities, we aspire to support GLOBAL OEMs, Tier 1, Tier 2 companies in Automotive, Aerospace, BFSI, Consumer/Healthcare and Telecom space

Industry

IT Services

Work Experience

4-8 years

City

Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth, Adelaide

State/Province

New South Wales

Country

Australia

Zip/Postal Code

1002