Principal Systems - Mainframe Storage Engineer
U.S. Bancorp
- Location
- Saint Paul, MN
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Principal
- Posted
- Sep 17, 2026
Skills
About this role
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.
Job Description
Responsibilities Design, implement, administer, and optimize IBM z/OS storage environments , including IBM DS8000 DASD and IBM TS7700 Virtual Tape platforms. Manage storage replication , business continuity , and disaster recovery solutions, ensuring high availability and resiliency across critical mainframe environments. Administer DFSMS technologies , including SMS , DFHSM , ICF Catalogs , storage groups, and policy-based data management. Perform capacity planning , utilization forecasting, growth analysis, and storage performance optimization to support enterprise workloads. Support GDPS-enabled recovery environments through testing, validation, failover exercises, and resiliency planning. Implement and maintain backup, recovery, cyber resiliency, Safeguarded Copy , and data protection solutions to meet operational and regulatory requirements. Develop automation, scripting, monitoring, and reporting solutions that improve operational efficiency, service reliability, and risk management. Collaborate with engineering, application, infrastructure, operations, and vendor teams to troubleshoot complex storage issues, support modernization initiatives, and drive continuous improvement. Basic Qualifications - 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 Skills & Qualifications Strong expertise supporting IBM z/OS Storage Infrastructure. Experience with Enterprise Storage Arrays (IBM, Dell EMC, Hitachi, Pure, NetApp, HPE, etc.). Exposure to Storage Replication and Disaster Recovery technologies. Experience with Virtualization, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure), or Hybrid Platforms. Knowledge of Data Lifecycle Management and storage governance. ( DFSMS , including SMS , DFHSM , ICF Catalogs , storage groups, and automated data lifecycle management) Experience with GDPS , storage replication technologies , high availability architectures, and enterprise disaster recovery solutions. Strong understanding of backup, recovery, cyber resiliency, Safeguarded Copy , and data protection best practices. Proven ability to perform capacity planning , storage forecasting, utilization analysis, and performance tuning in large-scale environments. Experience developing automation, scripting, monitoring, and reporting solutions to streamline storage operations. Strong troubleshooting skills with expertise in incident management, root cause analysis, problem resolution , and production support. Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to create technical documentation , operational procedures, architecture standards, and leadership-ready updates. Location expectations This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location three (3) or more days per week. If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants .
Benefits
Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following: Healthcare