Job Title: Mainframe Storage Engineer
Location: Allen Park MI 48101 / Remote
Mode : Contract (6 Months)
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7am 3pm Eastern Time Oncall/Weekend Support (As required)
Nature of Work:
Individual Contributor who can work on transformational tasks and advisor to operations team on critical issues & continuous improvement of Storage Environment
Technical Skills:
- Review approve and coordinate Storage related changes.
- Ensure that procedures are properly documented and followed.
- Provide expertise analysis and recommendations.
- Drive initiatives and assist with new implementations.
- Report on ongoing issues and ensure that they are prioritized correctly.
- Escalate problems when needed.
- Ensure the team members are trained and conduct training session as needed.
- Ensure that emergency procedures such as catalog forward recovery alternate master catalog and HSM CDS recovery are tested at regular basis and known by all team members.
- Investigate and compare new technologies such as cloud storage and make recommendations. Act as an advisor to management on technological direction.
- Understand TS7700 DS8900 architecture and features. Provide review and recommendation about new features and capabilities. Report what should be implement or not.
- Prepare and submit storage related I/O gen request to the Hardware team review I/O gen report for accuracy.
- Lead storage (tape and DASD) tech refresh projects including plan (design and preparation) to move to new devices with minimum disruption to the business back out procedure and execution coordination.
- Responsible for critical problem solving process and procedure development for Mainframe Storage related changes.
- Researching new technologies and providing recommendations for Ford to evaluate
- Being on top of industry/segment trends. Development and Recommending Storage Management Strategies
- Supporting Cloud Migrations
- Mainframe application modernization efforts
- Planning/Implement Storage tool conversions as required
- Leading/implementing Proof of Concepts (POCs) as required
- Focal point for system audits and process improvements.