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# Mainframe Storage Consultant

- **Company:** NTT DATA Corporation
- **Location:** Buffalo, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $95,918.0 - $177,625.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Disaster Recovery, IBM Parallel Sysplex, Job Control Language (JCL), Tivoli Management Framework, Job Scheduling, Mainframes, Software Engineering, Virtual Storage Access Methods, Virtual Tape Library, Z/OS, Data Storage Management, Storage Technologies
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers-inc.nttdata.com/talentcommunity/apply/1426313300/?locale=en_US

## About the Role

* Candidates must live in the United States
 * 10+ years of related experience with a combination of the following:

 * IBM - DS8K disk hardware installation and upgrade, DSCLI knowledge, GDPS, PPRC Metro, DFHSM / DFDSS / ICKDSF, and/or zOS IODF
 * EMC DLM virtual tape hardware installation and upgrade, and/or DLM configuration
 * CA1, Vantage, and/or Disk skill set
 * TS7720 and DS8870 storage support, Grid and PPRC, SMS, and/or RMM customization

Preferred Experience:

 * Broadcomm (Brocade) DCX or FICON
 * zOS JCL / Job scheduling
 * TDMFS skill set

## Description

The Mainframe Storage Consultant role involves managing the disk space on the mainframe, including all facets of storage management - install/ remove/ upgrade/ update/ restore/ provision/ etc., * Day to day support of the environment, such as daily health checks, checking the incident queue and resolving any problems,

 * Raising changes and implementing addition capacity
 * Configure storage, install and maintain software, monitor, and sustain the storage in databases, VSAM files, work and sort space to allow the proper processing. CA Disk Sysprog and disk space management activities - install, test, evaluate storage space and manage additional requests for disk space

 * z/OS hardware planning, IODF, LPAR, HMC configuration & management and associated activities
 * Administer and execute all backup, recovery, disaster recovery, and related capabilities.
 * Install, maintain, and upgrade any product in a mainframe z/OS environment using mainframe SMP/E and zOSMF
 * Volume space and capacity management and performing disaster recovery drills as needed
 * Coordinate across support teams to quickly resolve disruptions, performs root cause analysis, and takes preventative measures
 * Use mainframe automation tools for management of disk and storage space e.g. Netview, SA, CA-OPs etc. or any other relevant tools
 * Automate manual interventions in the Storage infrastructure
 * Provide zSeries storage hardware/software design, configuration, implementation and support

Required Skill:

 * Mainframe storage monitoring tool expertise
 * Strong z/OS concepts


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