SUMMARY:

• Senior Programmer Analyst with experience in IT development, operations and production support on the AS400/i - Series. Areas of expertise include problem resolution, analyzing data, system fluidity, change management, working with management, users and team members to achieve the best results.
• My years of experience working on the AS400 in many different capacities allow me to resolve system issues rather quickly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software/Languages: COBOL, COBOL ILE, RPG IV, RPG AS400, RPGLE, RPG FREE CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING (CLP), STRUCTURED QUERY LANGUAGE (SQL), Embedded SQLLOTUS NOTES, QUERY 400, SCREEN DESIGN AID (SDA), TURNOVER, ALDON LIFECYCLE MANAGER, TOTAL 400, LXI, SOFTMENU, TAATOOLS, FTP, MS Office products, AS400 Security, ROBOT, DB2, REVEAL JOB SCHEDULER, MIMIX, Data Mirror.

Hardware: I-Series AS/400, RISC 6000, System 36, IBM 4300, PCs S/36/S/38, BRMS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richardson, TX

Senior Analyst/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Manage / interact with multiple AS400 environments to support all testing and validation of data as part of an overall release & certification process.
• Provide support to the client's business team to identify the root cause of production heat tickets, discrepancies identified during the claims adjudication process as regards data issues, application defects & system configuration.
• Analyze complex systems and data relationships to solve business problems.
• Create Application Architect Design Documents, Unit Test Plans and Unit Test Results and code modifications.

Confidential, Chalfont, PA

AS400 Operations Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Responsibilities include the review of the QSYSOPR message queue, monitor active jobs, disk and system status, Review Job Scheduler to confirm that jobs are executed and were successful, Provide emergency support and troubleshooting as needed, Ensure the correct BRMS tapes are rotated to Iron mountain, apply
• Program temporary fix (PTF) for system upgrades, work with IBM on system issues.

Confidential, Whippany, NJ

Change Management Analyst/AS400 SME

Responsibilities:

• Support system/application environments (approximately 25 servers), providing technical analysis as part of on-call rotation schedule during off hours.
• Interface with large development and quality assurance teams locally and remotely, paying attention to detail while interacting with all phases of business unit environments.
• Support Operations team daily with program errors and support of major outage conference calls when business critical issues arise, assisting with application batch processing for GMI, BNS AMEX, CBOE.
• Communicate with all levels of Management and Technical/Programming support staff, following set escalation instructions per policy and procedure.
• Successfully Automated “Set up, Testing & Restore Procedures” using Reveal Job scheduler.
• Create and maintain system programs using COBOL, CLP, DB2, SQL on the AS400. Additional duties included, I-Seriesperformance tuning and testing, Security administration, Disaster Recovery, HTTP Server Configuration and OS400 upgrades.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Consultant - AS400 Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Successfully performed modifications to ERP and MRP applications using RPG, CL, SQL and system commands in numeric field expansion project. Provided support during QAtesting and implementation into production for all AS400 system problems.

Confidential, New York, NY

Consultant - AS400 Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided support for GMI applications on-site and remotely, assisting mid-range operations and end users giving instruction for all AS400 system problems.
• Successfully performed program modifications and enhancements for all assigned change requests, developing process to in corporate SECURE PLUS software package into AS400 environment.
• In conjunction with vendor I-Solutions, successfully converted and archived spool file statements from the AS400 to the IVAULT system which could be accessed through the intranet.
• Modified several data feed programs using COBOL,RPG, FTP and CL commands in accordance with specifications. (GES, MGTDATA)

Confidential, Melville, NY

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Disaster Recovery Coordinator to develop application back up and recovery procedures, successfully restoring system and connectivity at remote facilities of Com Disco.
• Developed task-tracking system for North East Processing Center MIS department, allowing for the automatic logging of all jobs and activity of programmers.
• Converted project specifications into a sequence of detailed instructions and logical steps for programmers to follow including the structuring of the “Y2K” project.
• Managed the seamless takeover of the New Jersey, New England, Pennsylvania divisions, ensuring that their existing programs were compatible.
• Created a real estate tax conversion process using COBOL for all New Jersey vendors, reducing hundreds of individual programs, ensuring efficiency while reducing time.
• Developed production system adapted by the entire organization, enabling continuity in all divisions despite differences in state tax processing rules and regulations.
• Developed database load process using transmissions from mainframe, updating contract, parcel and tax information files in a timely manner.
• Automated New York State and New Jersey Registration/Cancellation forms for real estate tax processing eliminating the manual process and months of backlogs using COBOL.