SUMMARY:

• Systems & Applications Programmer With Architecture Experience in a wide variety of technologies.
• Extensive technology background providing application programming and architecture support for development of end - to-end computer systems requiring accurate translation of business requirements into functional and technical requirements for a variety of core business systems, including customer account management, order entry, marketing, sales commissions, contracts, invoicing, sales tax, and inventory, among others.
• Frequently selected to create process documentation and training materials based on communication skills and ability to translate between technical and non-technical stakeholders. ualifications Overview
• Adapted quickly to new and ever-changing technologies in multiple industries, including financial services, healthcare, insurance, and retail.
• Mastered mainframe high level design and relevant operating systems for mainframe applications.
• Acquired thorough understanding of integration and disaster recovery.
• Accomplished troubleshooter and problem solver throughout the development lifecycle; proactive in initiating change to improve efficiency and quality.
• Skilled organizer/coordinator capable of managing projects, people and resources in an efficient and team-oriented environment and completing projects on schedule and within scope.
• Effective liaison between third-party software/hardware vendors and IT department.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Mainframe Development: COBOL II, DB2, CICS, SQL and JCL

Systems Administration: i5 OS, z/VM, Linux, AIX, z/OS, VMware, PowerVM

Performance Monitors: TMON, Omegamon, Folglight

Testing/Debugging: InterTest/CICS, Xpediter, Strobe, GDB

RDBMS: DB2, IMS, MySQL

Source Control: Panvalet, Expediter Endevor

Code Generation: Telon, QuikWrit, EasyTrieve

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Clearwater, FL

Senior Mainframe Systems Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Recruited as Senior Level Systems Programmer providing primary support for Confidential regions for 10 hospitals running mission critical software such as patient account and patient management systems. Transitioned to AIX group to gain experience with additional types of hardware.
• As member of a 200-person Information Services department, handled a variety of roles and projects including both programming and architecture components.
• Provided AIX, i5/OS and Linux (RedHat) support and ongoing maintenance to ensure optimal uptime, performance and reliability and to meet support requirements.
• Managed software and hardware (iSeries, pSeries, xSeries) contracts with vendors including Confidential .
• Thoroughly trained replacement prior to leaving company.
• Developed coding standards for entire team. Led re-write of 200+ FTP scripts to simplify performance monitoring and provide better service to customers due to stability and efficiency.
• Standardized renewal dates of hardware/software contracts and initiated contract/inventory reviews, resulting in tens of thousands of dollars in cost savings and better tracking of inventory while ensuring all systems were supported by vendors. Aligned contract terms with company needs while reducing costs.
• Wrote documentation and backup recovery policy for all mid-range servers.
• Assisted in creating documents used by ITIL, including Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Confidential, Oakbrook, IL

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Hired on a 3-month contract to help prepare a large insurance company for Confidential through software conversion, and stayed 2 years based on results delivery.
• Specialized in Confidential software, including day-to-day troubleshooting, maintenance and a number of projects with programming and architecture components.
• Served as liaison between applications programmers, software vendors and end users on implementation of new Confidential systems and production support.
• Installed multiple third-party products, including Omegamon, IPCP, DADS/Plus, Decision Analyzer and ERI/CICS.
• Developed Assembler and COBOL programs to update 600+ mainframe batch jobs (JCL), which allowed company to discontinue support for the DADS/Plus product, saving tens of thousands of dollars.
• Led conversion from ACF2 to RACF security in all 120 Confidential regions.

Confidential, Elgin, IL

Systems Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on proprietary software that served as the foundation for company's banking system infrastructure.
• Provided production support for Confidential tables used by PL/1 based applications.
• Developed migration, testing and user acceptance plans for Confidential upgrades, and ensured all stakeholders were on the same page for roll out.
• Installed Confidential based software products, including AbendAid, InterTest, CA-Verify and Xpediter/CICS.
• Deployed several test Confidential regions using release 3.3 and 4.1.
• Developed PL/1 programs to automate data dumps and keep abent information streamlined.

Confidential, Itasca, IL

Systems Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Held a variety of programming/analyst roles frequently involving system architecture, including architecture of the company's core business system.
• Retained prior responsibilities while taking on each new position - example: continued to perform COBOL programming while learning new technologies in more advanced roles.
• Authored business impact statements, cost/benefit analyses and time estimates for new application development projects.
• Mentored junior programmer analysts.
• Senior Systems Analyst on $30M, multi-year initiative to reengineer entire mainframe-based system used for order entry, marketing and billing. Participated in the full system development lifecycle (in-house), including analysis, functional design, gathering requirements, defining scope, writing specs, unit testing, system testing, documentation, and user training.
• Developed system specifications and integration testing plans for inventory management systems, which reduced research time of customer service representatives 50%.
• Designed and coded COBOL LU6.2 APPC programs to transmit synchronous data between Confidential and AS/400 warehouse application with built-in error recovery, automatic notifications and continuous hands-free operation.