GDPS Consultant || Remote role
About The Position
The GDPS Consultant will lead client engagements to implement and customize GDPS solutions. Clients are inexperienced with GDPS and will rely on the consultant as an expert in GDPS technologies, features, functionality, implementation, customization, education, and training. The consultant will guide and instruct client teams and management, operations, and other stakeholders on GDPS and how it is configured for the client’s environment. The role requires hands-on expertise with DASD and DS8K configuration and replication, z/OS and sysplex changes, NetView and System Automation setup, and GDPS policy database creation and management. The consultant will also address security and dual-control requirements, including DORA, FFIEC, and NIST compliance for the product in new LPARs.
Requirements
- Experience implementing a GDPS solution and leading GDPS engagements.
- Expertise in GDPS technologies, features, functionality, implementation, and customization.
- Understanding of DSCLI and DSCLI scripting.
- Experience carving a DS8K with pools, LSSs, and volumes; starting replication between sites; and configuring resilient replication connections.
- Experience making z/OS PARMLIB and PROCLIB changes and updating CLIST and RACF settings.
- Knowledge of DORA, FFIEC, and NIST compliance requirements in the context of deploying the product in new LPARs.
- Knowledge of sysplexing and its requirements for Metro Mirror and hyperswap capabilities.
- Experience setting up NetView from a blank slate and editing DSIPARM and STGEN members for Metro Mirror or Global Mirror.
- REXX coding skills.
- Experience creating and managing the GDPS Policy Data Base and required automation operators.
- Ability to provide extensive client training and education on GDPS.
Responsibilities
- Lead GDPS implementation engagements and guide clients through implementation and customization.
- Advise clients on GDPS technologies, features, functionality, and use in their environments.
- Configure DS8K pools, LSSs, and volumes; initiate replication between sites; and design resilient replication connectivity across IBM power devices and I/O compartments.
- Make z/OS PARMLIB and PROCLIB changes, update CLIST and RACF settings according to customer requirements, and perform minor updates throughout the sysplex.
- Support sysplex configuration needed for Metro Mirror and hyperswap capabilities.
- Set up NetView environments from a blank slate and edit environments for Metro Mirror or Global Mirror using DSIPARM and STGEN members.
- Develop REXX code to meet customer requirements.
- Create and manage the GDPS Policy Data Base (PDB), including required automation operators.
- Address dual-control and security parameters, including initial-command requirements intended to help avoid outages.
- Provide extensive GDPS training and education to client teams, management, and operations staff, tailored to the client's environment.
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