PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

MAINFRAME/MIDRANGE SECURITY ADMINISTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• One of only 2 Level - 3 security administrators responsible for Confidential mainframe security (lids, Confidential rules for Confidential transactions, DB2 tables & plans, datasets), AS400/ Confidential security profiles, and application group security and user security on both mainframe & midrange systems.
• Handle security requests/issues via email, instant message, SNOW incident ticket, and in-house request system.
• Responsible for resolving issues not solvable by Global Service Desk, other global support staff, outsourced security teams at various locations worldwide plus incorrect provisioning by in-house automation tool. Handle all security-related problems including workstation software errors, profile setup problems, password synch issues, incorrect authority, and wrong information on access request forms.
• Process hundreds of quarterly removal requests (no manager response equals automatic removal) in a timely fashion and work closely with Audit researching security issues & formulating responses.
• Update team procedures, identify and document provisioning errors made by both the automation tool (provide details to Engineering) and human error (provide training to and create procedures for SMEs).

Confidential

PLANNING ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Specialty Additives Business Unit - place orders with 3rd party manufacturers, review stock levels, set safety stock, verify correct MRP settings, manage expiration of material, review material ship dates, hold monthly S&OP Meetings with Product Managers & weekly planning meetings with tollers, and work closely with Customer Service.
• Used SAP GlobalOne R/3 for POs, Stock/Inventory, Shelf Life, MRP Settings, Sales Summary, etc.
• Used Infor Advanced Planning 5.1 for ordering purposes.

Confidential

ERP TECHNICAL SUPPORT & SECURITY MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Transitioned from Confidential Mainframe Programmer to Confidential Midrange (AS400/ Confidential i) Systems Programmer & then assumed more roles and responsibilities -- Confidential i Systems Administrator, System21/JBA (ERP) Administrator, Confidential i & System21 Security Administrator, Outsourcer Relationship/Account Manager.
• Managed 3 Confidential production systems and 2 development systems, originally run on 5 separate Confidential servers and then logically partitioned (LPAR) on 2 servers in 2002.
• Managed all hardware upgrades, most recently to Power5 & Power6 servers, performed by the outsourcing company. Coordinated test teams and documented results.
• Managed all Operating System software from V3R7 to V5R4 (V6R1 was put on hold) including Websphere MQ performed by the outsourcing company. Managed and/or performed all non- Confidential software such as ROBOT/Schedule, MKS Implementer, Vertex US Sales tax, MRC Reporting, OPTIO/400 , and different security software like Bsafe & PowerTech . Coordinated test teams and documented results.
• Managed and/or performed all security requests for both Confidential i server and ERP system. Developed global procedure to document ERP system security requests (both new users & changes to existing users). These request forms were stored on Sharepoint for easy access during audits.
• Developed daily/weekly/monthly backup schedule for each partition/region and reviewed daily backup reports submitted by outsourcing company for compliance.
• Responsible for change control process of moving new modules, modifications and fixes into production from test system, first manually by moving and compiling RPG and COBOL source code, and later using MKS Implementer automated software. Track DEV to QA and QA to PRD movements and debug errors as needed.
• Responsible for completing all Audit requests from internal and external auditors, using ERP reports and Query/400 reports, on quarterly and yearly basis.
• Responsible for Disaster Recovery planning & testing in conjunction with our outsourcer, starting with tape backups and finally implementing Vision Solution’s iTera High Availability software on a CBU server for real-time data replication.
• Managed relationship with outsourcing company, scheduling work requests, defining monitoring requirements, documenting issues and requesting incident reports if problems occurred, training operations personnel, establishing SLAs, updating documentation as needed, holding monthly status meetings and being on rotational call 24/7 for questions/problems. Assisted with hardware relocation due to outsourcer’s data center location change.
• Assisted Applications, PC Support, Network Services and end users with their system activities, including batch jobs, interactive sessions, work flow, documents, printer issues, network problems, DNS changes and security/authority problems.
• Assisted project teams with acquisitions and divestitures as required.
• Managed 2 direct reports, one in New Jersey and one in England.

Confidential

MAINFRAME PROGRAMMER & SECURITY ADMINSTRATOR

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for installation, maintenance & upgrades of MVS Operating System, Confidential, and 3rd party Confidential Management
• Assisted in Data Center Outsourcing project, providing critical documentation & technical support to outsourcing vendor. Contributed to development of test & migration plans, resulting in minimal disruption.
• Researched & implemented tuning project involving 3rd party software Confidential ’s $AVRS reporting & archival software, reducing time to restore tape-archived reports by 75%.
• One of 3 mainframe programmers responsible for all hardware and software (MVS/XA) plus mainframe security via CA-Top Secret and Disaster Recovery.