I O Engineering Consultant: IBMi Storage

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together

As part of our OptumRx team, in this role you will play a significant part in supporting the IBMi infrastructure for RxClaims. This position will provide technical expertise for the storage infrastructure supporting RxClaim. The team is responsible for 24x7x365 support all IBMi storage and data protection infrastructure. This position will provide input to the Principle IO Engineer responsible for storage supporting IBMi. This position will assist in developing long range Storage and Data Protection plans supporting RxClaim running on IBMi.

Primary Responsibility:

Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years experience in design and architecture solutions
• Solid IBMi Archicture understanding demonstrated by:
  • Knowledge of IBMs support processes and structure
  • Expertise and experience implementing PowerHA in customer environments
  • Knowledge of IBM DB2Mirror
  • Driving evaluation and testing of new technologies, products, and platform
  • Develop and implement proactive performance analyses, problem detection and resolution and systems monitoring
  • Manage multiple frame / multiple lpar IBMi environment
  • Desire to expand into a storage role
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• Solid DS8K storage experience demonstrated by:
  • 8+ years experience with storage solutions for IBMi
  • Automation of storage commands including DS8000 DSCLI scripting
  • Knowledge of NPIV and storage virtualization topologies
  • Architect and engineer enterprise class storage solutions based upon business requirements
  • Knowledge of Storage Area Networks (SAN) and connectivity requirements – Brocade knowledge a plus
  • Research and develop designs, including strategic road-map for Storage infrastructure devices, associated software and tools, ensuring
  • enterprise-wide architecture consistency and reliability
  • Driving evaluation and testing of new technologies, products, and platform
  • Deep understanding of storage technologies, including replication and copy utilities
• Solid communication and personal interaction skills
• The position requires exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, and the individual must possess a structured, methodical approach to systems administration
• Exposure to IBM Flash systems and / or DS8K
• Exposure to DB2Mirror

Preferred Qualification:

• Exposure to BRMS and tape device knowledge

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone – of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income – deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.