Mainframe Storage Engineer

Leidos is seeking a motivated self-starter Mainframe Storage Engineer with strong systems, software, and mainframe virtual storage experience to support a complex geographically dispersed virtual tape storage capacity exceeding 47PBs across three data centers.  SSA employs enterprise class Direct Access Storage Device (DASD) and Virtual Tape subsystems to house agency business data. Primary tasks include:

*** Selected candidate must be willing to work on-site in Lakewood, CO 5 days a week at the customer site.

• Managing and supporting the Agency’s Tape Management System, Virtual Tape Control System, and Data Storage resources.
• Providing support for disaster recovery exercises through their vaulting operations, and tape and encryption processes.
• Monitoring storage environment to ensure that storage workloads are performing as designed and planned. This includes managing and documenting the Storage Resource Management (SRM), Storage Performance Management, Control Software and error reporting software.
• Design, build/re-engineer, test, deploy, and document both Storage Management System (SMS) and non-SMS system storage space for each sysplex.
• Assist with DDMC deployment enhancements and exploration.
• Analyze the operating posture of the existing storage hardware and software.
• Use of IBM’s Job Control Language (JCL), IBM’s dataset utilities, IBM’s Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), and IBM’s Access Method Services (IDCAMS) tools to manage datasets.

• After hour change and data center swap support.

If this sounds like a mission you want to be a part of, keep reading!

TEAM CULTURE

Your passion and values might be a good fit for our teams if you answer “yes” to the following questions:

• Are you looking for a company that puts employees first, with a focus on career, flexibility, and well-being?
• Do you enjoy collaborating with colleagues and teammates and believe that the best ideas are fostered in an inclusive environment?
• Are you searching for a team with a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive for daily mission success?
• Are you comfortable with proactive outward communication and technical leadership?
• Do you enjoy being a catalyst, solving complex problems, and providing innovative solutions?
• Do you have the flexibility, creativity, and resilience to pivot the mission for success?
• Do you have the courage to make tough ethical decisions with pride, transparency, and respect?

MENTORSHIP & CAREER GROWTH

Our teams are dedicated to supporting new team members in an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Experienced team members will be assigned to new hires for one-on-one mentoring, collaborative reviews, and coaching on customer engagement to help each new hire successfully onboard and demonstrate their skills. Projects and tasks are assigned in a way that leverages your strengths and will help you further develop your skillset.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find you passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status.   Find your “Why” with us and take your place in our Leidos Family!!

• Lead efforts in developing new strategies for operational efficiencies
• Work with applications teams and stakeholders as the platform technical lead
• Work with highly experienced and technical resources
• Assist technical leads in implementing systems and software updates
• Document processes, procedures and configurations
• Perform daily operations support functions, including problem isolation and resolution
• Provide status updates of task and project updates
• Provide system administration support
• Troubleshoot platform and application issues
• All other duties as assigned or directed

FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS (Basic Qualifications)
 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field and 8 years of overall experience. Additional years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.

• 7 years of experience or more as a Mainframe Storage Engineer.
• 7 years of experience with problem monitoring and engineering problem resolutions on virtual tape architectures.
• 5 years of experience with Dell/EMC, VSM, VLE and ZFS Virtual tape Libraries.
• 5 years of experience with IBM Job Control Language (JCL).
• 4 years of experience with CA-1 Tape Management System (TMS) and CA Vantage.
• 4 years of experience supporting Disaster Recovery planning, testing, monitoring and restoration for virtual tape storage systems
• 3 years of experience designing and building Storage Management System (SMS).
• 2 years of experience using Data Domain Management Center (DDMC)
• 2 years of experience using Time Sharing Option (TSO) on mainframe systems
• 2 years of experience with Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF).
• Expertise in the Linux command-line environment

FACTORS TO HELP YOU SHINE (Required Skills)

These skills will help you succeed in this position:

• Knowledge of z/OS.
• Experience using Time Sharing Option (TSO).
• Experience with Data Domain.
• Experience with Dell EMC DLm8500 systems.
• Experience with ISPF.
• Experience with InsightIQ
• Ability to produce operational documentation using industry best practices in technical writing.
• Ability to gather process requirements to automate into Ansible playbooks
   

HOW TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD (Desired Skills)

Showcase your knowledge of modern development through the following experience or skills:

• Demonstrated experience growing, maintaining, problem monitoring and engineer problem resolutions on virtual tape architectures.
• Experience with Cyber Recovery on virtual tape systems
• Demonstrated experience designing, installing, configuring, provisioning, and deploying storage hardware used in a multi-node storage architecture.
• Experience developing best practice project plans, engineering scripts, and documentation needed to migrate workloads to virtual tape.
• Prior Federal government experience
• Self-starter, highly motivated individual who adapts and isn’t afraid to volunteer in a dynamic work environment
• Strong attention to detail with an ability to operate effectively across multiple priorities

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers’ success. We empower our teams and contribute to our communities. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business. Every position we take is more rewarding when you know the why behind it. Know your work makes a difference to support those who need it most. If your passion is enabling life changing service to those around, you this is the place for you. Find your passion in a team environment where all members are valued regardless of contractor or employee status.  We are excited for you to take your place in our Leidos Family.

Are you an US citizen, US resident, or Visa candidate and think you might fit? We recommend you apply and start the conversation today! Join us in supporting our SSA contracts in Woodlawn, Maryland.

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Original Posting:April 9, 2025

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:Pay Range $89,700.00 - $162,150.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.