First seen by our source: 22 days ago
Mainframe Storage/Tape Engineer - Remote
@ Rubicon Path
Toronto, Ontario
Overview
Rubicon Path is hiring a Sr. Mainframe Storage/Tape Engineer for a permanent, full-time, 100% remote role with its client, a global IT services company. The work covers day-to-day mainframe storage operations, DR drills, IBM TS7700 grid monitoring and 7x24 on-call support. The posting requires 3-5 years of mainframe storage and tape experience and Canadian work authorization without visa sponsorship.
Responsibilities:
- Daily storage management, SMS routines and DASD monitoring
- Troubleshoot storage issues and JCL errors
- Monitor and manage IBM TS7700 grids across multiple clusters
- Lead DR drills and storage restoration during outages
- Provide 7x24 on-call rotation
Requirements summary:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years of mainframe storage and tape experience
- Experience with IBM, EMC/Dell and HP storage and tape
- Proficiency in storage and tape implementation and migration
- Canadian work authorization without sponsorship
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-15
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | IT |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day, evening, overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Home |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Mainframe Storage Administrator |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Information Technology |
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Rubicon Path
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| Open jobs on Jobsy | 578 |
Our client, the global IT services company is hiring for the Sr. Mainframe Storage/Tape Engineer position. This is a permanent, full-time, 100% remote position.
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily Storage management activities relating to SMS routines, DASD pools monitoring housekeeping batch jobs and on-call support
- Troubleshoot basic space issues, perform migrate and archive functions
- Implement routine storage-type changes relating to client requests to add or move volumes
- Troubleshoot JCL errors and resolve them
- Create and maintain core system backups
- Login and monitor IBM TS7700 grids
- Understand the incident, change, and problem processes and execute the processes
- Implement new storage solutions
- Perform and Lead DR drills and provide direction to other drill team members
- Create and manage SMS spools
- Configure Tape and DASD hardware devices from the device level
- Peer reviews all storage changes that the team executes
- Administration of Storage Software
- Setup and troubleshoot storage replication (Tape and DASD)
- Troubleshoot IBM grid failures and have an in-depth understanding of how to monitor and manage them across multiple clusters in multiple locations
- Lead Storage restoration efforts during outages
- Provide Oncall 7 x 24 rotation
Mandatory Qualifications
- Applicants for employment in Canada must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience
- 3-5 years of relevant work experience in Mainframe Storage and Tape projects
- Proven experience managing IBM, EMC/DELL, HP Storage and Tape HW and Software
- Proficiency in Storage and Tape implementation/migration
Other Qualifications
- Relevant certifications such as Mainframe Storage Administrator are preferred
- Experience with z/OS system programming with focus on Storage and Tape is preferred
- Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration Management
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