Position: Mainframe Storage Engineer
Location: Allen ParkMI/Remote
Duration: 1Years
Support Hours:
7am3pm Eastern Time Oncall/Weekend Support (As required)
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Nature of Work:
Individual Contributor who can work on transformationaltasks and advisor to operations team on critical issues &continuous improvement of Storage Environment
Technical Skills:
* Review approve and coordinate Storage relatedchanges.
* Ensure that procedures are properlydocumented and followed.
* Provide expertiseanalysis and recommendations.
* Driveinitiatives and assist with new implementations.
* Report on ongoing issues and ensure that they areprioritized correctly.
* Escalate problems whenneeded.
* Ensure the team members are trainedand conduct training session as needed.
* Ensurethat emergency procedures such as catalog forward recoveryalternate master catalog and HSM CDS recovery are tested at regularbasis and known by all team members.
* Investigate and compare new technologies such as cloudstorage and make recommendations. Act as an advisor to managementon technological direction.
* Understand TS7700DS8900 architecture and features. Provide review and recommendationabout new features and capabilities. Report what should beimplement or not.
* Prepare and submit storagerelated I/O gen request to the Hardware team review I/O gen reportfor accuracy.
* Lead storage (tape and DASD)tech refresh projects including plan (design and preparation) tomove to new devices with minimum disruption to the business backout procedure and execution coordination.
* Responsible for critical problem solving process andprocedure development for Mainframe Storage relatedchanges.
* Researching new technologies andproviding recommendations for Ford to evaluate
* Being on top of industry/segment trends. Development andRecommending Storage Management Strategies
* Supporting Cloud Migrations
* Mainframe application modernization efforts
* Planning/Implement Storage tool conversions asrequired
* Leading/implementing Proof ofConcepts (POCs) as required
* Focal point forsystem audits and process improvements.