Mainframe Storage Administrator Resume Columbus, OH - Hire IT People

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IBM: z/10 and z/13 Mainframes, XIV Storage

Tape Management: TS7700VTS, TS3500ATL, 3480 Drive, 3490 Drive, 3592 Drive

Hitachi: VSP, USPvm, AMS2500 Storage

EMC: VMAX, Data Domain

IBM - XIV: GUI Interface Veritas NetBackup

Cisco: Fabric Manager, Device Manager Hitachi Command Suite, Shadow Image

Microsoft: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint EMC Unisphere, Data Domain

IBM Utilities: JCL, TSO, IDCAMS, ISPF, SRDF, ICKDSF, ISMF, DFDSS, VSAM, JCL

ICF Catalog management: Creation of catalogs, connect and disconnect of catalogs.

Data allocation and management: DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, FDR/ABR

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Mainframe Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

Monitor and manage the mainframe, z/OS storage for the State of Ohio - Taxation Dept.
Monitored and rectified hardware issues, failures within the prescribed SLA.
Insure that there is adequate storage available to handle personal income tax filings.
Interface with the State of Ohio’s Computer Center.
Monitor multiple CICS regions which interface with E-Commerce feeder systems.
Install various independent vendor software products as assigned.
Prepare for the yearly Disaster Recovery exercise after Tax Season.
Perform other duties as assigned by the client.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Pre-Sales Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

Configured EMC VMAX Mainframe hardware and software for client’s using EMC Unisphere.
Prepared and delivered technical presentations detailing EMC’s hardware and software products.
Technically consulted with customers advising on the best possible EMC solutions to meet their needs.
Anticipated and proactively addressed my client’s needs for hardware and software to meet requirements.
Worked with customers to coordinate the installation of hardware and software.
Proficient in z/OS and MVS operating systems.
Proficient in DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, VSAM, JCL, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, JES2, CA-11, CA-ACF2.
Exposure to EMC Data Library for Mainframe (DLm).

Confidential, Columbus, OH

Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

Allocated new z/OS Mainframe database datasets when needed.
Provided problem resolution associated with Mainframe JCL errors, job abends, and data recovery.
Provided 1st and 2 tier support to end users. Provided 3rd tier support to programming staff.
Managed z/OS storage systems.
Conducted and documented Root Cause Analysis for Mainframe job ABENDS.
Opened and worked service tickets initiating problem escalation when needed.
Participated in Disaster Recovery testing, recovering the Mainframe and SAN environments.
Monitored DFHSM backup/recovery tasks using IBM TS7700 VTS and TS3500 ATL tape libraries.
Managed / Maintained DFSMS Control Data Sets, preforming reorganizations when needed.
Wrote and maintained DFSMS ACS Routines.
Provisioned server LUNs on IBM-XIV, Hitachi-VSP, Hitachi-USPvm, and AMS2500 storage.
Allocated new storage for Windows and Linux servers.

Confidential, Columbus, OH

SAN Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

Performed allocation and management of storage in an EMC storage environment.
Monitored and rectified hardware issues, failures within the prescribed SLA.
Practiced change management documenting all changes and problems.
Provisioned storage on EMC CLARiiON, and VMAX storage, using EMC Unisphere software.
Allocated new LUN’s to Windows and IBM AIX servers.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

SAN Storage Administrator

Responsibilities:

Served as member of a migration and steady state delivery team responsible for a large IBM account managing 4 PB’s of HP-XP24000K (Hitachi USP) storage with multiple IBM-SVC’s.
Served on an after-hours on-call rotation team troubleshooting and /resolving issues within the specified SLA.
Provided training and mentorship to other team members in identifiable technical areas.
Performed the duties of Team Scheduler, assigning work assignments and scheduling completion dates.
Responsible for tracking work requests from the assignment of work through task completion.

Confidential, Canton, OH

Sr. Technical Programmer/Analyst Sr. Computer Operator

Responsibilities:

Managed z/OS, z/VM, and MVS Mainframe storage systems, supported CICS on-line applications.
Planned and executed Disaster Recovery tests for the z/OS Mainframe on a bi-yearly basis.
Monitored DFHSM’s Backups and Volume Dumps on a daily basis.
Proficient in DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, VSAM, JCL, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, JES2, CA-11, CA-ACF2.
Modified Mainframe JCL to run under DFSMS.
Installed new versions of the z/OS operating system.
Worked with vendor support personnel during new equipment installs and upgrades.
Architected and installed the first SAN environment at Confidential .