Mainframe Storage Engineer

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.