The Storage Architect works closely with the Storage Consultant (SC), Practice Lead (PL), Project Management (PM) team, and Service Delivery Manager (SDM) to meet the approved Customer requirements.
Mandatory Experience:
10+ relevant years mainframe technical experience as a z/OS Systems Programmer
3+ years working in Services or projects, preferably Customer facing in a professional consultative capacity
Expert experience in z/OS Operating System and Program Product installs, SYSPLEX, system configurations, upgrades, user mods/exits, in large complex environments. Strong experience with SMP/e, testing and deployment strategies, problem determination and resolution. Architectural skills in SYSPLEX layout, system standard naming conventions, and software distribution skills
Expert experience in storage migrations from products like CA-Disk, CA-Vantage, CA-Faver, CA-Allocate, IBM DFSMShsm, IBM DFSMSdss, IBM DFSMSacs.
Expert experience in tape migrations from storage products like CA-1, CA-TLMS, IBM DFSMSrmm.
Expert experience in BMC storage related products such as FDR/FDRABR, AMI Storage, Control-M/Tape.
Knowledge of BMC AMI Cloud solution and S3 storage offerings.
Expert experience in mainframe disk storage vendor hardware solutions (IBM/DELL etc)
Experience in developing REXX based solutions for validation and migration purposes
Consultative skills with customers, and contractors when driving deliverables and setting priorities
A self-starter, willing to work without a net with a proven ability to meet assigned timelines with high quality, complete deliverables in unsupervised, often remote, situations.
Willingness to mentor and share ideas and knowledge with other colleagues promoting best practices.
Demonstrable experience in deployment lifecycle across multiple environments (Test, Dev, QA, and Production).
Demonstrated success in building key relationships in the past with Sales, Technical Support, Application Teams, and Product Engineering.
Demonstrable experience in producing and presenting storage solutions for Pre-Sales purposes based on Customer requirements.
Desirable Experience:
Migration experience with automation, scheduling, Tape Management, Data Center, Storage and DR/BC.
Strong experience with install and configuration of OEM software products, such as BMC, IBM and CA-Broadcom products
Strengths: Great Communicator, Problem Solving, Coaching / Mentoring, Storage Subject Matter Expert (SME)