Role: IBM Z Storage Manager Location: Sheffield, UK( Hybrid) Job Type: Contract Job Description: Role Specific Expertise and Experience : IBM zSeries Storage Management skills Strong Technical Project management skills Experience of working in a large enterprise of client's scale and complexity General Knowledge & Experience: Personal Experience zSeries Storage Management / Engineering background preferred and / or experience to equivalent level Working and partnering with vendors (e.g. IBM, DELL, Broadcom) Supporting and / or leading technical management of large infrastructure deployment projects Experience supporting large-scale enterprise IT environment and the embedded controls within change, incident, and problem management processes Experience working with Agile working practices and tooling Experience and awareness of security, audit, risk and compliance within enterprise IT environment Personal Skills Ability to work under pressure to deadlines Strong work ethic Collaborating with others and building a network Strong interpersonal skills Ability to pitch communications to a variety of stakeholders Hardware Technical Skills IBM DS8K disk hardware installation design, upgrade and support skills including DSCLI scripting and familiarity with HMC GUI DELL DLM virtual tape (VTE with Data Domain) hardware installation design, upgrade and support skills with knowledge of GUI, NFS and Linux Broadcom (Brocade) DCX hardware skills and FICON / FIBRE concepts and configuration. Set-up and utilising SanNav and Maps Software Technical Skills IBM core knowledge: z/OS, TSO, SDSF, JCL, IDCAMS, IWS IBM storage knowledge: DFHSM, DFDSS, ICKDSF, DFSMS (inc OAM), TDMF, GDPS, CSM Broadcom (CA): CA1, CA Vantage, CA Disk, CA Allocate, CA View, Endeavor Dino Software: T-rex, Terradon Rocket: CR Interchip: RTD Additional skills (optional) Knowledge of zSeries Systems Programming concepts and technologies Awareness of Network technologies and Dark Fibre concepts Awareness of newer or emerging technologies Awareness of IBM Virtual tape solutions (TS7700’s) Experience of data centre migrations Knowledge of: GKLM, Spectrum Control and Storage insights and API exploitation Knowledge of Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), GitHub, Jenkins Programing / scripting languages: Rexx, Python, YAML