Mainframe Test Analyst Resume

SUMMARY

Over 30 years of experience in: data research and analysis, development and life - cycle maintenance, requirements analysis, and design for government and private sector information systems.
WebFOCUS and Developer Studio™ v5.3x thru 7.7.6 and Web Maintain (10 years) and FOCUS for Mainframe (27 years) and on IBM z/OS UNIX, VM/CMS and MVS/TSO platforms; PC-FOCUS, VM EXEC2, MVS CLIST and MVS JCL.
Additional experience with: JavaScript, Oracle RDBMS, Oracle PL-SQL, Oracle SQL*Plus, Oracle Forms v3.0, Crystal Reports, SQR, MySQL, and Microsoft Office products.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IBM and AMDAHL mainframes, IBM compatible PCs
VM, VM/SP, VM/XA, VM/ESA, z/VM, CP, CMS, MVS/TSO, OS/TSO, MVS/XA, DOS, Windows- Networked PCs (numerous versions), UNIX, Novell LAN
FOCUS (Mainframe VM/CMS & MVS all versions), PC-FOCUS V1.0-1.5, WebFOCUS v 7.7.3-7.7.6 ; Limited experience with: DB2v10, MySQL, ORACLE, Sybase SQL, Informix SQL
Web FOCUS and Developer Studio™, Web MAINTAIN, FOCUS Modify, FOCUS Table; FOCUS Dialog Manager, EXEC, EXEC2, REXX, HTML, CGI, TSO CLIST, MVS & OS JCL, IBM File Manager, IBM ISPF, JavaScript, ORACLE PL-SQL/SQL*Plus, ORACLE Forms 3.0, Informix SQL, Structured Query Reporting (SQR), Crystal Reports, MS Office (EXCEL, Word, etc.).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Mainframe Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

Provided technical support for all WebFOCUS enterprise architecture, data architecture and accessibility;
Installed, maintained and upgraded WebFOCUS BI systems and infrastructure supported by OEEAS;
Worked with WebFOCUS vendor support and SSA Systems Office personnel to troubleshoot and resolved software and hardware issues and upgrades;
Managed licenses, distribution and installation, and configuration of WebFOCUS Developer Studio and other Information Builders Inc. (IBI-WebFOCUS product vendor) products for developers;
Advised on use and implementation of best practices related to WebFOCUS systems;
Advised on use and implementation of best practices related to WebFOCUS systems;
Analyzed legacy FOCUS applications and determines best practices for conversion of legacy FOCUS applications to WebFOCUS or alternate BI solutions;
Worked with WebFOCUS Support and Decommissioning Team members to resolve migration issues;
Provided guidance and assistance with Decommissioning of FOCUS applications and software;
Produced FOCUS to WebFOCUS Decommissioning-related documentation (training manuals, user FAQs, white papers, etc.) for consumption by Decommissioning Team members, developers and end-users;

Confidential

Mainframe Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

Principal support analyst for the OACSIM for the Future Year’s Development Plan (FYDP) tool since 2007. FYDP supports OACSIM analysts in the preparation of the Corps’ 5-year Military Construction budgets.
Designed, developed and currently support numerous legacy CAPCES reporting and database management interfaces and launch pages using Web MAINTAIN, JavaScript, and mainframe MODIFY, TABLE, Dialog Manager utilities.
Responsible for all CAPCES FOCUS DBA duties including REBUILD, Password control and batch job management.
Provided ongoing support to OACSIM and USACE analysts including data-mining and analysis; complex ad-hoc data reporting, and data modifications to meet tight deadlines.

Confidential

Systems Integrator

Responsibilities:

Tasked with ongoing development and complete re-writes to a number of corporate: accounting, payroll, EEO-related, travel management, benefits, and deferred income tracking systems used on a daily basis by LMCO HQ officers, managers, analysts, accountants, and support personnel.
Assigned to a team tasked with converting the Legacy BES application (see above) to the Confidential Benefits Reporting System (LMBRS), written in the Oracle RDBMS v6.0, running on a UNIX platform with reports written in the Crystal Reports reporting tool;
Assigned to a contract supporting the Enterprise Information Systems branch of Confidential Corporation in Bethesda, MD.
Became a full-time Lockheed-Martin employee in July of 1998 at the request of LMCO-EIS.