Chris Sorenson
Oracle,AZ
Summary
Mainframe Storage Admin with a strong background in monitoring, supporting, maintaining, and enhancing associated storage, backups, and data replication. Quick learner and highly adaptable to change
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Analyst IT Systems
Salt River Project
01.2019 - Current
- Solely Provided daily support for TAPE/DASD storage management, including data set backup and recovery, storage pool monitoring, scratch tape availability, and reporting.
- Successfully converted tape solution from CA-1 to DFRMM.
- Migrated all Disk data from EMC to IBM DS8000 solution using TDMF
- Migrated all tape date from Luminex ro IBM TS7700 Solution using TAPE/ASSIST.
- Implemented IBM Global Mirror solution to replicate to the new colo locations as well as implemented secure copy to allow for enhanced data recovery .
Operations Systems Engineer
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Responsible for support of a multi-site, multi-grid mainframe tape infrastructure, which consists of IBM VTS devices as well as EMC DLM
- Evaluated, tested, and recommended storage solutions as part of ongoing process improvement efforts
- Responsible for configuration management for tape environment
- Ensuring all hardware is up to date and that systems are compliant
- Responsible for maintaining disaster recovery plan and associated procedures for the tape environment
Infrastructure Specialist II
APS
02.2014 - 01.2017
- Solely Provided daily support for TAPE/DASD storage management, including data set backup and recovery, storage pool monitoring, scratch tape availability, and reporting
- Evaluated, tested, and installed 3rd party storage products as part of ongoing cost cutting efforts
- Responsible for maintaining disaster recovery plan and associated procedures, including semiannual failover and testing at remote site
Systems Software Specialist II
Department of Technology Services
01.2009 - 02.2014
- Performed storage administrator duties making use of Systems Managed Storage concepts with IBM DFSMS, DFSMShsm and DFSMSrmm for the state of California datacenter
- Performed as technical lead for the conversion of multiple CA-1 environments to DFSMSrmm
- Member of disaster recovery team, providing support for multiple disaster recovery tests across multiple large-scale Sysplex environments
- Developed and executed data migration plans, TDMF/ZDMF/DFDSS migrate critical customer data to newer DASD technology
Education
City College San Francisco
Certificate - mainframe operations
Computer Learning Center
01.1990
Skills
- DFHSM, DFDSS, DFRMM, DFSMS
- JCL and associated utilities
- Global Mirror
- Secure Copy
- TDMF
Timeline
Senior Analyst IT Systems
Salt River Project
01.2019 - Current
Operations Systems Engineer
Wells Fargo Bank
01.2017 - 01.2019
Infrastructure Specialist II
APS
02.2014 - 01.2017
Systems Software Specialist II
Department of Technology Services
01.2009 - 02.2014
Certificate - mainframe operations
Computer Learning Center
City College San Francisco
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