Mainframe Storage Engineer Resume

SUMMARY:

Secure a position with a strong company with a high growth mode that offers potential for upward mobility within the IT arena.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Mainframe Storage Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the installation, customization and testing of third party products.
Assisted in installing/upgrading and testing third party products for z/OS 2.1 environment.
One of two primary Storage engineer to assist/execute migrations/cut - over of the EMC's automated tape environment from MDL to the new DLM960 architecture.
Evaluate products and upgrades for appropriateness. Oversee and implement system upgrade strategies.
Sound understanding, work experience with IBM utility programs and products including: DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, ABARS, ISMF, RACF, ICKDSF, IDCAMS, TSO, JCL, JES2, SDSF, Flasher, ISPF, ICF Catalog, ATL/VTS, TS7700/Copy Export Recovery, and third party products: CA 1, TLMS, CA Vantage, CA Vtape, Catalog Recovery Plus (CR+), Catsol, SRM StopX37, Space Recovery System (SRS), MIM, FDR, Mainframe Storage Management Replication PPRC, XRC, FlashCopy, SRDF, BCV.
Experience in troubleshooting production issues and problem solving.
Converted TapeSaver (tape stacking software) onto OpenTech product.
Responsible for moving media from STK robotic silos onto 3592 IBM ATL/VTS
Primary mentor for offshore staff, assisting, mentoring and helping where and when needed.
Supported and participated on numerous Disaster Recovery exercises for various clients.
Provided resolution for DASD and various tape related issues such as shortages, allocation errors and JCL issues.

Mainframe Storage Management

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Installed, customized and maintained upgrades to IBM and 3rd party mainframe storage related software products and provided documentation for all software changes.
Primary support/installer of Group1 software’s, requiring numerous databases refreshes along with installation of new releases and maintenance and assisting end-users on product testing.
Implemented backup methodology for disaster recovery using 359X stacked tape media.
Provided support for security management, RACF
Created IODEFs using HCD to install a variety of hardware devices.
Assisted in the installation/configuration of ADSM backup/recovery software.
Implemented the conversion of 3480 DFHSM tape media to 3490.
Implemented the conversion media from STK Tape Silos to IBM ATL/VTS.
Participated in massive DASD upgrade with very tight constraints for time and hardware.
Participated in on-site coverage for yearly Disaster Recovery tests, solely responsible for executing, maintaining ABARS recovery.

Computer Operations Shift Supervisor

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Reworked and updated outdated Data Center technical procedures so it is viable at all times for Operation personnel.
Monitored and instructed a ten-member team personnel that reported to me.
Conducted weekly meetings pertaining to changes within the Data Center environment, such as system availability and maintenance.

Operator - Sr. Operator

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Monitor status of on-line production, development, and test regions, performing daily and weekly IPL.
Responsible for operating computer systems and performing preventive maintenance tasks on tape drives, disk units, printers and other IT related hardware.
Troubleshoot and document any hardware/software failures, manage production control processing of production jobs, detecting/correcting JCL abends, and oversee successful completion.