Mainframe Senior Storage Architect

Responsibilities

• Works across the business, operations and technology to create the solution intent and architectural vision for complex solutions and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements into a technology backlog to enable the technology roadmap and functionality to support evolving capabilities and services
• Contributes to the creation of the architecture roadmap of defined domains (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) in support of the product roadmap and the development of best practices including standardized templates
• Clarifies the architecture, assists with system design to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments
• Facilitates solution driven discussions, leads the design of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through knowledge of domain, practical experiments, and proof of concepts while ensuring architecture is flexible, modular, and adaptable
• Edutes team members on the technology practices, standardization strategies, and best practices to create innovative solutions
• Supports the team as needed to select the technology stack required for solutions and helps select preferred technology products
• Performs design and code reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements are sufficiently met (for example, security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)

Qualifications

• 10 + Years experience leading and managing multiple competing and dynamic deliverables with Mainframe Storage
• 10 + Years experience and skills to include: Storage Architecture, Encryption, Fiber protocols and configuration, FICON, HCD/IOCPI/O Performance (DASD, Switches, Virtual Tape), Refreshes/upgrades (inclusive of Brocade directors/switches, Hitachi DASD, and IBM Virtual Tape (TS7700s)), Storage Area Network (SAN) replication design and configuration, Capacity (inclusive of network/switches), Cost benefit analysis/consolidation/reduction, Design and Planning of Data Center Moves, Inclusive of data center role swaps (prod to contingency/disaster recovery and back), Disaster Recovery Exercises
• Ability to lead and set direction under minimal supervision
• Ability to exercise judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results