SUMMARY:

A Programmer Analyst or related position where I will utilize my AS400 RPG Programming experience and skills to develop and maintain software applications on time, and on budget.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

AS/400 Operations, RPG IV, ILE (bind by reference, bind by copy, binding directories, service programs, modules, subprocedures), RPG Free, RPG III, RPG II, CL, DDS, SDA, Display/Update/Entry Subfiles, Subfile selection, subfile windows, subfile fold/drop, Message subfiles, Interactive Display files, Display File Sharing Open Data Path, Printer files, CGIDEV2, Embedded SQL, SQL/400, Query/400, OPNQRYF, Rational LPEX Editor, WDSC, PDM, SEU, AFP, Overlays, HTML, CSS, Javascript, Java SE 6.0, Manhattan WM/PKMS, TE, Mark Magic, Turnover, Hawkeye, XML, PHP, Ajax, JQuery, ASNA Visual RPG, FTP, DFU, DBU, Data Queues, Data Areas, IFS

EXPERIENCE:

Contract Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Camp Hill, PA

Environment: RPG Free Format, RPG IV, CL, DDS, Embedded SQL, Abstract, Turnover, ITERA HA, IBM I Agent. IBM I Advanced Job Scheduler, AS400 FTP, TCP/IP, IBM I Rational RDI formerly Websphere Development Studio Client (WDSC)

Responsibilities:

• Studied Confidential and Confidential documentation in order to provide support for Confidential.
• Diagnose and correct any errors in Credit feed and rerun credit feed when errors occur.
• Created Confidential and Confidential Book Induction Reports.
• Analyzed and documented Confidential and Confidential processes in preparation for conversion from AS400 DB2 to Microsoft SQL Server.
• Troubleshoot Tangent to AS400 Book Cover Processing programs.
• Analyze AS400 to Confidential and Confidential FTP Processing programs and provide information to Confidential and Shuster personnel.
• Provide System Administration Support i.e. Monitoring Subsystems, Jobs, Printers. Etc.
• Create new user profiles, purge and reorg files, restore and backup files, Analyze disk usage reports, add users to AS400 security authorization lists.

Contract Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Hanover, PA

Environment: RPG IV, RPG III, RPG II, ILE, CL, DDS, Abstract, Aldon, Region Field Expansion Project.

Responsibilities:

• Add new fields to files to increase size of several old fields.
• Modified programs and logical files that use the old fields to use the new fields.
• Run Abstract File usage reports to identify programs where fields are used.
• Create Aldon Tasks to install changed files and programs in production.
• Advised client on File Level Checking and that turning off level checking is an option to prevent Level Check errors while changes are being installed.
• Advised client on ISeries Journaling, Commitment Control and Security concepts.

Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Lancaster, PA

Environment: RPG IV, RPG III, RPG II, ILE, CL, DDS, Subfiles, IFS, FTP, RPGLE XML Parser XML - SAX

Responsibilities:

• Designed B2B Integration programs to enable automated exchange of order files with client’s customers.
• Created custom automated B2B web order entry application written in RPG that gets XML Order files from FTP site and puts them in an IFS directory folder then parses the XML Order data into DB2 Order files for processing of New Orders and Order Changes and sends an XML Order Acknowledgement back to customer ‘s FTP site.
• Advised client on performance issues to help resolve poor response time.
• Modified customers Inventory program to rebuild inventory dynamically for B2B application.

Developer, Application Support

Confidential, Mechanicsburg, PA

Environment: RPG Free, RPG IV, RPG III, RPG II, ILE, SQLRPGLE, CL, DSPF, Subfiles, Manhattan WM/PKMS, TE MarkMagic, Turnover, Hawkeye, XML

Responsibilities:

• Utilized Turnover change management to promote software received from vendor into test and production environments. Interpreted Installation Guide to install new releases of Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management Software WM/PKMS.
• Created and changed Custom Label Printing programs. Resolved assigned Help Desk Tickets.
• Configured AS400 WM/PKMS environment and customized EDI inbound and outbound processing programs for new customers. Modified Batch Order Entry programs to process XML web orders and bridge Pick Tickets to WM. Debugged errors in processing web orders.
• Analyzed problems in Credit Card Processing programs and proposed solutions which were implemented.
• Worked on Order Management System programs that bridge Purchase Orders (ASNs), PickTickets (Orders), and Item Masters to Warehouse Management System.
• Analyzed Interactive Subfile Inventory Transfer program to create a Batch Inventory Transfer program to transfer inventory to customer locations in warehouse and fill back orders automatically.
• Reviewed scheduled jobs and programs in WM Receiving, Replenishment, Putaway,
• Wave Processing, Inventory Allocation, Work Order programs to answer management’s questions and determine changes needed to add second shift for customer.
• Reviewed and Changed RPG stored procedures called by Web Services, providing new functionality and answer user questions.
• Reduced carton costs by changing cubing configuration.
• Developed RPG interactive subfile program to allow programmers to log into remote systems.
• Fixed RPG interactive subfile program that was exceeding 9999 records and aborting abnormally.
• Changed RPG interactive subfile program to load one page at a time instead of entire subfile.
• Modified RPG interactive subfile program to load a page when rollup/rolldown key is pressed.
• Provided On-Call Application Support