Mainframe Storage Administrator

2 weeks ago


Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines Nezda Global Full time

About the Role

This is a
pure hands-on L3 Mainframe Storage Administrator role
(not a team lead position).

You'll manage BAU operations, major incidents, DR activities, performance tuning, and large-scale storage/OS upgrades across multi-vendor mainframe storage hardware.

Key Responsibilities

  • Deliver BAU support for Mainframe OS/Storage, including MI/P1 incident management
  • Work daily with client-side OS and storage SMEs
  • Perform RCA, problem tickets, and weekend change activities
  • Support OS upgrades, hardware refresh, ISV upgrades, and capacity planning
  • Manage DASD pools, performance, backups, and catalog administration
  • Handle data migration, volume initialization, placement, and space forecasting
  • Ensure 99.99% system availability and adherence to SLAs
  • Manage virtual tape libraries and multi-site storage replication
  • Participate in hardware lifecycle management and DR drills

Must-Have Qualifications

  • 10+ years
    hands-on Mainframe z/OS & Storage Administration (L3)
  • Deep experience with DASD management, cataloging, storage pooling & backups
  • Strong knowledge of z14/z15/z16 hardware and Sysplex
  • Expertise with z/OS 2.x, JES2, DFSMS, RMF/SMF, VTAM, RACF/ACF2
  • Proficiency with IODF/IOCDS, HCD/HCM, PARMLIB/PROCLIB, IPL/POR
  • Hands-on with Hitachi VSP5500, IBM DS8000, EMC VMAX/PowerMax & DLm
  • Experience with replication technologies: IBM Metro/Global Mirror, SRDF, GDDR
  • Automation and scripting: REXX, JCL, Assembler, CA-OPS/MVS
  • Disaster Recovery setup + DR drill execution
  • BAU + on-call support readiness


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