SUMMARY:

• More than 25 plus years of hands on experience as a Professional Technical Consultant or employee, working on large scale financial software applications and systems, for Fortune 500 corporations in various industries including banking and investment, government, Insurance(Auto, Fire, Home, health), retail and other areas. Experienced as a Senior Software Application Engineer, Mainframe Analyst/programmer, and Sr. Security Engineer for DB2, IMS, Confidential, Systems and applications across multiple infrastructures, Mainframe QA Tester, IBM Middleware Administrator, Lead Analyst, Support Analyst, Senior Consultant of Migrations and Conversions.
• Consulting with Senior Management, Project Managers, Clients, and Vendors on conversion, migrations, for RFI, RFP, outsourcing, and COTS applications, has been a part of my career. Understanding technical needs has been key to my success to understand day to day issues and for the successful completion of major software projects.
• Highly skilled in the installation, setup, administration, maintenance, and enhancement of Confidential E: Series and M: Series financials, and various mainframe applications, Misys Loan IQ, APW, Web Sphere, MS SQL servers. This also included mainframe testing, batch and online.
• Experienced as administrator for IBM Host on Demand HOD, HATS a Java app, WebSphere Application Server. Experienced in installing servers, setup, configuring, testing and deploying, and support and maintenance, as well as implementation and conversion of new systems to new infrastructures.
• Performed duties as a systems administrator and application security administrator, utilizing Confidential, ZSecure, Vanguard, with hands on experience with ACF2, Top Secret, and other tools, supporting over 10,000 plus users, in 200 plus LPARS, TSO, Confidential, using REXX, JCL and other utilities. Duties included, setting up new groups, users, granting and revoking access, resetting password, creating and reviewing reports, running audits.
• Excellent team member and very comfortable working and sharing knowledge to increase productivity.
• Mainframe COTS and In - House systems COBOL applications modernizations and conversation experience.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• ALL IBM Mainframes since 1985 and Client Server in multiple environments, Z/Series, AS/400, HP servers, IBM servers, IBM Drives, Silos, 33xx Series, Windows PC’s and more
• Z/OS, OS/390, MVS, Z/VM, VSE/VSE DOS, BATCH, ONLINE, JCL, COBOL, SAS, JES2, JES3, SMF, RMF, REXX, SQL, CLIST, VSAM, DB2, IMS, DATACOM, IDMS, BMC, Catalog Manager, CONTROLM , CA-7, CA-11, CA-1, TLMS, COTS, GDG, VB, JavaScript, HTML, VTAM, Confidential, LPARS, IMS/TM, TSO, ROSCOE, CMS, ISPF, SDSF, IBM Websphere, MQ, application server, Apache, Tomcat, HOD, HATS, FDR, ABARS, DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, TCP/IP,FTP, Connect: Direct (NDM), Control-M, Pan Valet, Fileaid, JCL Tools, Xpediter, Abend-AID, Microsoft (SharePoint, Word, Excel, Project, Power Point, Outlook, Access, Visio), AUTOSYS, JIL, Anthill, PAC2000, Remedy (BMC), IBM DB2 Connections, Leming, Oracle
• IBM Confidential, ZSECURE with CARLa, Vanguard Administrator, Unix System, Services, DB2 Security, ACF2, Top SecretINFOR (GEAC) E-Series Applications, GL, PS, AP, AR, BC, CC, FC, HR, DCI, IE, FA MPC, MARS/G, Active ClientM-Series Mill, GL: M, HR: M, AP: M, ZSECURE, BMC
• PeopleSoft Financial Applications (light), GL, AP, HR, AR, Payroll
• Tyler Munis GL, AP, PSLawson HR, GL, AP, AR, PS
• MailStream Plus
• Misys Loan IQ Banking software
• Mainframe COTS applications

EMPLOYMENT:

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Consultant, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Provide mainframe Security services and solutions for over 100 plus Confidential databases and over 200 batch and Confidential and IMS LPARS regions ( Confidential, IMS/TM,) that crossed multiple platforms and server environments, including Batch, Online, and Windows, UNIX, and Mobile devices.
• Troubleshoot mainframe security issues using Confidential, ZSECURE, Vanguard, REXX and other tools.
• On call 24x7 for all mainframe security issues for all of Confidential mainframe security issues.
• Assigned to multiple projects and SOW efforts for mainframe security requirements.
• Batch and online testing of Insurance and banking software, mainframe and client server applications.

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

System Support

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the support of the Misys Loan IQ Systems, in 18 different environments setting up new Batch production support
• Performing batch production support and on-call of Misys Loan IQ
• Performing code deployments: Writing SQL to extract data from the DB2 files
• Manage day to day technical support of all test servers in a UAT, SIT, TEST, and Prod environments
• Performed installations and upgrades of servers. Updated support documents for website
• Ran loads and unloads of the DB2 databases for our 18 environments.
• Participated in daily teleconference on release levels and maintenance of Misys

Confidential, Charlotte, North Carolina

SR Systems Confidential Security Administrator/Systems Administrator/Applications Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Provided All system and application support and security administration for all mainframe applications for the Confidential Finance dept.
• Responsible for all of the Confidential MARS\G) E-Series (GL, AP, PO, BC, FA, IE, DCI, Active Client, Screen customizer, HOD, APWI (Print Server Software)
• Confidential Security and System Administrator for the Confidential performing all security functions including resetting passwords, reviewing security procedures, adding users to City and state applications
• Initiated green initiative to achieve goal to reduce mainframe and move batch reports to web.
• Participated and actively involved in created RFI and RFP to host the Confidential mainframe application. I found the State of North Carolina ITS to host our applications, saving the Confidential between seven to eight hundred thousand dollars a year in services.
• Migrated Confidential mainframe applications from Mecklenburg County’s mainframe to the State of North Carolina ITS mainframe. Performed all batch and online QA testing.
• Work with Application and mainframe vendors to resolve issues as needed
• Implemented and support IBM web servers, web applications (HOD, Host Access Transformation Services (HATS), Screen Customizer, Rational Application Developer(RAD))
• Implemented and supported Confidential ’s Customized GUI screens utilizing IBM Screen customizer.
• Responsible for all mainframe and print servers related issues, including virtual print servers, APWI print server, check printing and production reports

Confidential, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in MIS as a Systems Trainer. Taught technical courses in Software Development Life Cycle for McLeod's methodology, trained employees on Lawson Financial Software (FA, GL, and AP).
• Developed training materials for McLeod tech department and other duties