Principal Systems Engineer (Mainframe Storage / zOS)

U.S. Bank • Saint Paul, MN

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

At U.S. Bank, we’re on a journey to do our best. Helping the customers and businesses we serve to make better and smarter financial decisions and enabling the communities we support to grow and succeed. We believe it takes all of us to bring our shared ambition to life, and each person is unique in their potential. A career with U.S. Bank gives you a wide, ever-growing range of opportunities to discover what makes you thrive at every stage of your career. Try new things, learn new skills and discover what you excel at—all from Day One.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• At least 7 years of experience within a total information technology (IT) environment
• At least 7 years of experience with the design, development and support of technology infrastructure

Nice To Haves

• Strong expertise in IBM z/OS storage management , including DASD, tape systems, and enterprise storage architectures
• Hands-on experience with DFSMS suite (SMS, DFHSM, ICF catalogs) for storage design, automation, and lifecycle management
• Proven ability in capacity planning, performance tuning, and storage optimization across large-scale mainframe environments
• Experience managing disk/tape allocation, space management, dataset placement, and storage pool optimization
• Knowledge of data protection and resiliency solutions , including GDPS, SRDF, replication, backup, and disaster recovery strategies
• Strong troubleshooting skills with incident management, root cause analysis, and production support for storage and performance issues

Responsibilities

• Administer and support IBM z/OS storage environments, including DASD and tape.
• Design, implement, and maintain DFSMS constructs such as SMS, DFHSM, and ICF catalogs.
• Monitor storage utilization, performance, and growth trends, and perform proactive capacity planning.
• Manage disk and tape allocation, space recovery, dataset placement, and pool optimization.
• Support storage replication, backup, and disaster recovery solutions, including GDPS, SRDF, or equivalent technologies.
• Perform incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective actions for storage-related outages or performance issues.
• Participate in planned maintenance, hardware refreshes, microcode upgrades, and z/OS releases.
• Develop and maintain automation, scripts, and reporting for storage operations and monitoring.
• Collaborate with application teams, mainframe systems programmers, and infrastructure partners to meet service level objectives.
• Produce clear documentation, operational procedures, and leadership-ready status or incident summaries.
• Participate in on-call rotations and provide after-hours support as required.

Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal