Infrastructure Engineer II - (Mainframe Storage)
Bank of America
Job Description:
Job Title: Infrastructure Engineer II
Corporate Title: VP
Location: Bromley
Company Overview:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Location Overview:
Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.
Role Description:
This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced Analyst to join the Mainframe Storage Engineering team at Bank of America.
This is a key role needed for storage support and planning. The Storage Engineering team is currently engaged on storage projects that are quite lengthy and involve items such as: Director refreshes, Development replication, Data Assurance, Numerous DR and related tests to support new CECs, Brocade monitoring replacement, and audit-related activities.
Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will span systems engineering activities supporting Mainframe (System z) Storage projects with varying degrees of complexity – includes system design, build, development, implementation, maintenance, operations, and client support across infrastructure and software. We are looking for someone who can work under minimal supervision from more seasoned consultants or managers and support senior personnel and project managers on technical projects; you will be supporting and help train junior analysts, including guiding and providing technical peer reviews. We are looking for someone who can work on complex problems, analysis of situations or data that requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors; exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods, techniques, and evaluation criterion for obtaining results.
This is a fast-paced environment, you will need to be able to swop between projects as well as supporting the wider teams.
What we are looking for:
• Extensive experience as a Mainframe Storage administrator
• Considerable technical documentation writing skills
• Considerable experience with Hitachi Vantara DASD synchronous and asynchronous replication
• Considerable experience with IBM TAPE GRID configurations
• Considerable experience with Broadcom (Brocade) FICON directors and channel extension
• Involved with implementation of new MF Storage technologies.
• In-depth knowledge of ACC/SRS, ACS, DFHSM, ICKDSF, CA1, User Catalogs, ABARS, TDMF, and DFDSS
• Provide 24x7 on-call rotation support with weekend and evening work required
Skills that will help:
• Proficient with SAS, VISIO, MS Office, and REXX
• Project management skills
• Assembler, CLIST, and REXX knowledge
• Conceptual understanding of Mainframe Operations
Benefits of working at Bank of America:
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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.
Bank of America:
Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.
We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience
We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.