Lead Mainframe Storage Engineer

In the Technology division, we leverage innovation to build the connections and capabilities that power our Firm, enabling our clients and colleagues to redefine markets and shape the future of our communities. This is a Lead Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering position at Vice President Level, which is part of the job family responsible for managing and optimizing technical infrastructure and ensuring the seamless operation of IT systems to support business needs effectively.

Morgan Stanley is an industry leader in financial services, known for mobilizing capital to help governments, corporations, institutions, and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.

Interested in joining a team that’s eager to create, innovate and make an impact on the world? Read on.

Enterprise Z is dedicated to bolstering organizational stability, security and efficiency by leveraging IBM Z technology in alignment with Morgan Stanley’s tech goals. Through advanced observability, automation and modern architectural strategies, we deliver scalable, reliable and high-performing technology solutions. These solutions ensure seamless integration while providing exceptional value. Our unwavering commitment to innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement nurtures a resilient, forward-thinking organization capable of meeting the demanding needs of our clients and adhering to global standards.

We are searching for a Lead Mainframe Storage Engineer to join the Z Infrastructure team responsible for providing a highly available Z Compute and Storage platform, resilient against infra failures, regional disasters and cyber events.

What you’ll do in the role:

• Infrastructure Management: Configure and maintain hardware including IBM DS8000 series DASD, TS7700 Virtual Tape Servers (VTS), that requires experience with the TS7700 MI and DS8K HMCs
• Data & Space Management: Utilize the DFSMS suite of products to design SMS configurations, manage data class, storage class, and management class rules.
• Backup & Disaster Recovery: Oversee data replication, disaster recovery planning, and routine backups, leveraging tools like DFHSM and DFDSS.
• Capacity Planning: Monitor storage utilization, forecast future space requirements, and plan infrastructure upgrades to prevent storage shortages.
• Automation & Scripting: Write and maintain automation scripts using REXX to streamline routine storage operations and alerts. For e.g. adding volumes to a storage group that is short on capacity.
• Incident Response: Troubleshoot storage-related outages, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and resolve dataset access issues.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• Operating Systems: Deep knowledge of the IBM z/OS environment.
• Software & Utilities: Proficiency with system utilities (ICKDSF, IDCAMS, IEBCOPY), and tape management systems (TLMS, RMM). Tivoli Advance catalog management (catalog management tool) and IBM Tivoli Advance allocation management for z/OS (allocation optimizer tool)
• Connectivity: Understanding of FICON connectivity and z/OS access methods (VSAM, QSAM).
• Analytical Thinking: Strong problem-solving abilities to execute complex storage migrations with minimal impact to production workloads Must have Skills
• Replication and PPRC protocols. Metro Mirror, Global Mirror, Global Copy
• Cyber - Safe Guarded Copy
• Experience with Copy Services Manager, ESSNI etc.
• Resiliency - Hyperswap & Hyperwrite
• Performance - Hyperlinks

Nice to have:

• Certificate deployment and management for network connections
• Python or Perl Scripting
• GDPS
• Secure Vault (Cyber) - Physical and Virtual isolation.
• Cloud Storage for tape archival

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM MORGAN STANLEY:

At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals. We do it in a way that’s differentiated – and we’ve done that for 90 years. Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to div