Mainframe Storage Administrator

**Why Kyndryl**

Kyndryl is a market leader that thinks and acts like a start-up. We design, build, manage, and modernize the mission-critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. So why work at Kyndryl?

We are always moving forward - always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers, and our communities. We invest heavily in you - not only through learning, training, and career development, but also through the flexible working practices and stellar benefits that help you grow and progress long-term. And we give back - from planting 90,000 trees in our first 3 months as part of our One Tree Planted initiative to the Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment, Social and Governance practices embedded within everything we do, we are committed to powering human progress in an ethical, sustainable way.

**Your Role and Responsibilities**
- Professional knowledge related to mainframe storage technologies.
- Initialize/Add new DASD volumes and Add new tape volumes.
- Perform the space management activities such as VTOC resizing, Defrag, Compress/Reclaim/Release/Cleaning of datasets.
- Manage and Define SMS rules and ACS routines.
- Manage and Maintaining DFHSM & CatLog’s.
- Storage dataset (RMM/HSM CDS & CatLog file) reorganization.
- Disk and space management.
- Experience in generating all type of storage reports, SMF and Dcollect.
- Data/Volume level backup and restores.
- Disaster recovery planning and performing the recovery test (Tape recovery / DASD Replication / Tape Replication / PPRC / XRC) and Managing the Copy services / GDPS.

**Required Technical and Professional Expertise**
- Experience in set up the new DR environment.
- Experience in Storage box Configuration (DASD & Tape).
- Experience in Storage box data migration (DASD to DASD and Tape to tape) and Storage replication.
- Expertise in Storage hardware subsystems including IBM DASD (DS8K), IBM Automated tape library and IBM Virtual tape library (TS7700/TS7720/TS7740/TS7760).
- Experience in EMC’s storage (VMAX and DLM) and Replication (SRDF) technologies. Experience with DASD and tape data storage solutions (Experience on DASD/Tape Configuration and Migration) for mainframes.

**Preferred Technical and Professional Experience**
- Problem Solving: Recognize complex problems related to functional objectives.
- Analyse situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes.
- Creativity and judgment applied to developmental work on different projects within the business environment.
- US, Europe and Asia Pacific (weekends and holidays as on call staff).

**Required Education**

Bachelor's Degree

Diversity is a whole lot more than what we look like or where we come from, it’s how we think and who we are. We welcome people of all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences. But we’re not doing it single-handily: Our Kyndryl Inclusion Networks (KINs) are only one of many ways we create a workplace where all Kyndryls can find and provide support and advice. This dedication to welcoming everyone into our company means that Kyndryl gives you - and everyone next to you - the ability to bring your whole self to work, individually and collectively, and support the activation of our equitable culture. That’s the Kyndryl Way.

**Other things to know**

**Primary Job Category**

Technical Specialist

**Role (Job Role)**

Systems Administrator

**Employment Type**

Full-Time

**Contract Type**

Regular

**Position Type**

Early Professional

**Travel Required**

Some travel may be required based on business demand

**Company**

(Y030) Kyndryl Solutions Private Limited

**Is this role a commissionable / sales incentive based position**

No