Solution Architect Consultant Resume New York City, NY - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

An in depth knowledge of all of the mainframe operating systems.
I am a mainframe engineer and have been providing support through major outsourcing firms, hardware and software vendors and direct hires.
I have experience interacting and performing c - level tasks to daily tasks required to maintain and modernize the IBM Mainframe platform.
I have expanded my knowledge base to open systems and virtualization in order to promote and extend the reliability and execution of mainframe systems integrating legacy into a cloud structured platform.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Solution Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

Review designs of two products slated for release. A tier 2 NFS tape backup and multi-platform backups.
NYPD DB2 V10 to V11 upgrade across 2 Sysplex environments. SAP upgradfe along with DB2 upgrade. SLES12 upgrade for all Linux images. SAP z/OS and Netweaver on ZLinux ugrade. z/OSMF to configure SSL certificates for legacy application access.
Core individual tasked with maintain and building out the infrastructure, for the following environments to support LSPR
z/VM-Linux DBAAS environment, BLOCKCHAIN Environment, LinuxOne DBAAS Environment. OS and application installs for Linuxone and z/OS. Included are z13 z14, z/IOS, z/Vm IOCP, zLinux, KVM, DS8000 zBC, v7000 hardware and software. Websphere, DB2 Oracle, node.js, mongo-db, PostgreSQL.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Lead the design of the z-Series zEC12 to a multi model platform supporting legacy z/OS and z/VM Linux.
The inclusion of this platform into to the NY State ITS umbrella cloud offering.
Primary focus is to support a multi-focus ITS endeavor using LAMP- Drupal and executing with Linux.
Solutioning iAAS design for Websphere DB2/LUW and Webshere Oracle on twin zSeries executing under VM using Linux.
Each site shares production workloads and acts as DR.Secondary objective is to define a model of the current state of the 24 LPARs executing z/OS Support the multiple government agencies.
The goal is to centralize and maximize z/OS resource to a common standard z/OS model for future consolidation of agencies.
Solution design for legacy web enablement using Websphere Liberty as an access point with the purpose to eliminate tn3270.

Confidential, New York City, NY

Senior Lead Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

Lead on all z/Series and p/Series engagements from New Business to Legacy Application modernization.
Generated and executed solution designs for various SAP features (BI, BCP, BW,ECC, SRM, ILM, etc) basded on Confidential Cloud Infrastrucutre and assited in the planning and execution of a major utility company transition.
Set and improved standards for high availability and disaster recovery.
New Business lead for bids that include z/Series - i/Series, z/OS, z/VM and AS400
SHAREPOINT Migration Design and solution
Trouble Shoot Multiple Transition and Migration Processes for mainframe
Supported major client with SAP services in pAAS private cloud
Assist in new business endeavors for complex new business and big data deals consisting of multiplatform enterprise environments.
Created Portfolio Catalog Entries for Riverbed and Security
New Business lead for bids that include z/Series - i/Series, z/OS, z/VM and AS400
Expendable when mainframe dropped from portfolio

Confidential - New York City, NY

Solution Architect/Global Mainframe Subject Matter Expert/Product Manager

Responsibilities:

The scope included not only servers but also storage via EMC ATMOS.
Successfully launched Citrix based virtual desktop for all engineering and lab environments greatly improving on costs and meeting strict government security compliance.
New Business Solution Architect instrumental in developing virtual sizing models for x86 platform executing VMWARE Line of products.
Developed and published model with a companion cost model.
Global Subject Matter Expert for IBM z/Series providing knowledge and insight on disaster recovery.
I developed methodology option to fast track of legacy applications through Java EJB technology and/or implementation of z/Linux and Micro Focus.
Subject Matter Expert on z/Series architecture design of a Medicaid-Medicare-Drug outsource service.
Product Manager chartered with the creation of services based around the Linux OS and capable of execution on multiple platforms.
The primary driver was the Vanguard Confidential Insurance application ported from the z/OS mainframe to a multi-platform Linux or Windows architecture.

Confidential - New York City, NY

Senior Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

Designed architecture to support the merger of a major bank and Wall Street
Financial Institution providing a path to support the merger of 5 data centers into one and the introduction of a single disaster recovery sight adhering to new SEC post 9/11 legislation.
Both environments were large enterprise footprints of mainframes hosting more than 150K MIPS.
Environment included in major merger, CICS Websphere DB2 Parellel Sysplex

Confidential - Poughkeepsie, NY

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

Managed and built a multi-tiered environment in the IBM Labs to support the development, QA and testing of an E-Business GRID Workload Software (EWLM).
The enterprise included all the IBM platforms and operating systems which allowed me to experience and learn firsthand the intricacy of a building a data center facility from the ground up and provide daily support for all of the facility and infrastructure.
Included were HP, Dell and Sun servers. OS and products supported z/OS, Linux, Unix, AIX, AS400 and Windows, Websphere, DB2