EMC Technical Consultant

SYNOVA INC.  is an Information technology "professional services" organization, specializing in staffing services, projects & solutions, offshore capabilities-both onsite and offsite, and consulting services.  SYNOVA is a Corporate Plus member from the NMSDC which indicates that SYNOVA is among an elite of Minority Business Enterprises (MBE's) with international capabilities.  SYNOVA has over 1100 technical employees and staff worldwide, over 35 locations nationally as well as offshore operations.  SYNOVA offers excellent paid benefits, which include medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as a 401K and the opportunity to be part of a growing and winning team.









 

RESPONSIBILITIES:  Senior Enterprise Storage Architect - Research, plan, install, test, evaluate and maintain mainframe storage environments. Responsible for research and planning for the implementation of new mainframe hardware and software. Capacity planning and performance tuning of mainframe storage hardware. Direct and coordinate installation, testing and maintenance activities for mainframe storage hardware. Create and maintain project plans and reports status on projects to manager weekly. Solve mainframe storage systems problems. Mentor and supervise junior staff members. Participate in new implementations (off shift) as required. Create and document new storage management processes and configuration diagrams

REQUIREMENTS:  Solid understanding of MVS principles, subsystem, concepts and commands. MVS System Programmer experience with understanding of storage management concepts and tools, SMS and the principles of coding ACS routines. Experience and strong understanding of Storage Management products such as CA-Disk, HSM, DFDSS, FDR, CA-Vantage, ASTEX, Omegamon, RMF, HSC, EXLM, TMS, PAI/O, TDMF. Demonstrated experience in the principles of DASD performance, including Channel and Directors, both ESCON and FICON characteristics and attributes, LCU, DEVICE, HDA, SRDF write impacts and CACHE. Strong understanding of data types and access method such as ISAM, VSAM, QSAM, etc. Strong understanding of EMC Storage Subsystem architecture, such as, interfaces, limits and performance characteristics, internal HDA layouts, PAV, Dynamic PAV and WLM interface and device types. Experience with Configuration Management. Understanding of Tape and Virtual Tape subsystems, mainly STK hardware, performance thresholds, configuration and characteristics. Strong skills with MXG, MICS, SMF and RMF especially, Types 73, 74, and 42. Strong SAS programming skills, understanding the concept of SAS datasets and data elements. Determine what elements are important from a storage perspective and the ability to recommend changes based on statistical analysis Experience with Capacity Planning and how it applies to storage components. Strong skills with trending performance data on storage subsystems, measuring performance on new subsystems and forecasting.

 

If you are interested in this opportunity, contact Wendy Golla at wgolla@synovainc.com with a resume in the response.