Principal Consultant, Mainframe Storage

Job overview

The Principal Consultant, Mainframe Storage role is listed as hybrid in Plano, TX, with the possibility of becoming fully onsite in the near future. Compensation is not specified. The posting describes a six-month contract duration and a 24×7 enterprise environment. The role administers and supports IBM mainframe storage infrastructure, helping maintain storage availability, performance, capacity, backup, recovery, and disaster-recovery readiness. It works with system programmers, application teams, and infrastructure teams on production support and project implementations.

What you'll do

• Administer IBM mainframe storage and Hitachi disk storage
• configure and troubleshoot virtual tape systems and physical tape environments
• perform storage allocation, provisioning, migration, and reclamation
• support DFSMS, SMS policies, and storage groups
• monitor utilization, plan capacity, and tune performance
• support backup, recovery, replication, and disaster recovery
• coordinate upgrades
• resolve storage incidents
• maintain technical documentation and operational procedures
• participate in on-call production support and maintenance as required.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal consultant

mainframe storage

plano tx

hybrid

imcs group

ibm z/os

hitachi disk storage

dasd

dfsms

virtual tape systems

capacity planning

backup and recovery

on-call production support

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The posting requires strong IBM z/OS storage-management knowledge and hands-on Hitachi storage experience. It lists 12 years of professional experience as a mainframe storage administrator and at least nine years of experience in the job details.

About the employer

IMCS Group Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Employment Placement Agencies. Sector: 56.