TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Installation, deployment and support of z/OS and ISV software products for IBM clients in numerous Sysplex.
• z/OS and ISV s/w products, knowledge transfer expert for IBM clients, United states, and Europe.
• z/OS 1.13 and 1.12 operating system, installation and maintenance deployment, Smpe, ACF2, RACF, HMC, NDM, FTP, JES2, JES3, USS, WLM, SYSPROG, Solvex, Omegamon, Mainview, and Infoman software.
• Changeman, Remedy, Connect Direct, JCL, IBM system Utilities, Vtam, Rmf/Smf, TSO, ISPF and XCF, GRS, IBM Dasd, tape subsystems, Vitural Tape Subsystem, SYSRES copies and deployment, maintaining Master catalogs and User catalogs.
• User incidents s/w remedy, Changeman, and project planning.
• Knowledge Transfer of 30 Plus Lpars processes to IBM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mainframe Developer/Senior Technician

Confidential, AUSTIN,TX

Responsibilities:

• Served as teh technical authority for z/OS and UNIX System Services.
• Served as teh technical authority for all SAS Computer Software, and SAS - Internet/Intranet Software installed on teh z/OS Mainframe, Personal Computer and Client/Server Platforms environment.
• My experiences consist of Installing, testing, maintain, customizing Unix System Services software and customizing Top Secret server security, user id security, file security attributes, Installation and customization of SAS, SAS Internet and many other software Products for teh VA.
• As a Senior System programmer I resolved complex mainframe system Installation problems.
• Worked directly with vendors, clients, programmers, Statisticians, user community
• To maintain and support teh SAS system software and teh business
• Application Infrastructures under SAS and z/OS.
• Installed program fixes, documentation of system software programs, coding of Job Control Language, debugging of control modules, macros, maintain all upgrades, fix system breaks, resolved all system levels problems.
• Maintain all licensing and software updates of SAS and other z/OS system software.
• Installed, Implement, Customize and support teh SAS Infrastructure for z/OS operating system
• Environment, Servers and support teh Developers of SAS products and SAS Internet for Dynamic WEB services.
• Perform implementation, customization, benchmark testing and installation of mainframe

Operating subsystem software

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served as team member on system mainframe support Team installing and supporting numerous Software products.
• Installation, Testing and implementation of mainframe software using SMPE.
• Supported, maintained and installed UNIX System Services.
• Supported, maintained and Installed Code One products and Mainstream software product.
• Supported, maintained and installed SAS C compiler.
• Provided cost benefit analysis of system software and comparative analysis of system software,
• Provided customer support to all customers and teh VA nationwide on any type system problems.
• Provided system interfacing on Unix System Services and other System software.
• Provided support on z/OS, DASD, Tape, Virtual Tape, JCL, FTP, TCP/IP and any other System
• Software related issues relating to mainframe batch processing/Interactive processing, TSO and SAS programming.
• Experiences consist of z/OS Mainframe System Programming zOS 2.2 and 1.13, SAS Foundation System Administrator, z/OS and PC's.System Analysis and Design, Application Programming, and Telecommunications experience with Applications and Mainframe Operating Systems. Project Planning, Management and Implementation utilizing MS-PROJECT. Expert Mainframe System programmer with z/OS,Unix System Services, z/OS, MVS/ESA, MVS/XA,SAS, Metadata Servers, SMPE, and Windows XP and 7 Operating Systems. Expert experience with networks LAN/WAN,SNA and TCP/IP,SFTP/TLS.
• Expert with Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD) and TAPE CARTRIDGE Media Systems.
• Expert in Customer Support and Customer Services/ Call Center Services.
• Proficient experience with Change management and Problem management.
• Proficient experience with RACF, ACF2, and Top Secret. Proficient experience with Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and all other levels of operations interfacing from teh Mainframe to teh Internet Client Server applications.
• Proficient experience with Performance Tuning, Monitoring and Reporting using Mainview, OMEGAMON, and TMON products.
• Proficient with Computer Associates Software products.
• Proficient with all SAS software products. Proficient experience with Storage Administration and Storage problem resolution. Proficient experience with Microsoft Excel, Access, Project, Power Point,and MSword Software:
• Expert with z/OS, Unix System Services, MVS access Methods, all IBM system utilities, zOS, Jes2, Jes3, all SAS products including base SAS, SAS/INTERNET, TCP/IP, VTAM,Top Secret, ACF2, RACF, FTP, MVS/ESA, SMPE, System Data Facilities Products (SDFP), ICKDSF, ISPF/ ISMF, DFDSS, DFSMS. Expert with DFSORT, DFHSM, (DFSMS), TSO/E, JCL, ISPF, ROSCOE, COBOL, ALC,ICF, IDMS, RMF/SMF, SAS, TLMS, TMS, DISPATCH, DSP, ABEND-AID, FASTDASD, all of Computer Associates Software Products.
• Expert with CA-11, CA-1, CA-7, CA-ACF2/VAX, ACF2/MVS and DASD, INNOVATION DASD Products, FDR/ ABR,VMS operating systems, Windows NT and Script Files. As a Mainframe system programmer Team Leader and Team Player I have halp Junior and Senior Mainframe System programmers accomplish their Goals and objectives by providing technical support to them on Installation, Customization, Maintenance and Implementation of Mainframe operating system software.
• I have consulted with all VA organizations as teh SAS expert; I have installed Base SAS.
• I have advise and provide SAS programming support on SAS macros, SQL and SAS Internets.

Confidential, TLANTA,GA

Responsibilities:

• Served as teh senior technical authority on OS390, Roscoe, Omegamon, MVS
• Quickref, Top Secret security system programmer and all Computer Associates software products.
• Performed evaluation of mainframe operating subsystem software components.
• Served as team member on operating system mainframe support Team.
• Served as team member on Disaster recovery support Team.
• Installation, Testing and Implementation of mainframe software products using SMPE.
• Costs benefit analysis of mainframe software.
• Evaluation and analysis of operating system software products.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As team leader and system programmer, I was responsible for installation, maintenance, and monitoring of mainframe and mid-range computer platforms, as well as managing teh day-to-day Customer support and system management functions for 33 states 24/7.
• Planned, directed, organized, managed, evaluated and lead dis effort for four years with my team of Senior System Programmers.
• Supervise seven senior systems manager daily activities providing system support remotely.
• Performed annual appraisals on teh systems personnel that I supervised.
• Acted in capacity of Branch Chief during their absent as delegated.
• Had complete responsibility for Postal business applications, System Software, Computer
• Hardware, WAN, LAN, servers, multiplexes, daps, routers, monitors, and printers.
• Daily tasks consist of providing system administration functions and operational support for 33 Postal District sites nationwide.
• Performed hardware and software diagnostics of computer systems, computer workstations, and Communication interfaces; defined problem areas and provided problem resolution on hardware/Software.
• Evaluation and installation of hardware, software and telecommunication equipment.
• Analysis of system operations and maintenance of all system components, ensure success of Backups for Disaster recovery, software fixes, hardware fixes, network fixes, server setup and Configurations, Daps, ports, configuration and reconfiguration. I provided procedures of Implementation of Policies.
• Provided best practices and standards for complete remote system management.
• Complete system problem resolution. Acd/remedy ticket tracking system was utilized.
• Provided senior leadership to my technical staff and other support personnel on a daily basis.
• Used Remedy and teh IBM Information Management software for Customer support information and tracking problem resolution.
• Installation, maintenance, and monitoring MVS/ESA, SMPE, Data Facilities Products (DFP),
• ICKDSF, ISPF / ISMF, DFDSS, SMS, DFSORT, TSO, JCL, COBOL, VTAM, TCP/IP, ALC, ICF,
• IDMS, RMF/SMF, SAS, TLMS, TMS, Dispatch, Abend-Aid, Fastdasd, many of Computer Associates Software Products, (CA-90 series), CA-11, CA-1, CA-ACF2, Vax, ACF2/MVS, TSO/E, Roscoe, Netview, Info/System, OMEGAMON, and other third party vendor software.
• Primarily responsible for Integrity of teh Mainframe operating systems, DASDand Tape Cartridge Sub Systems.
• Ensured that all system software is at teh latest maintenance release level.
• Ensured that all mainframe DASD and tape storage sub systems hardware had teh properMaintenance applied.
• Responsible for DASD volume restoration, Installation and SMPE applied
• Maintenance to software such as MVS/ESA, Data Facilities Products JES2, SMPE, ASSEMBLER, TSO/E, SDSF, ISPF, EREP, MIMIGR, ASM2.
• Provided senior level technical support to programmers.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• DASD (Direct Access Storage Devices) System administrator, responsible for Installation, maintenance and monitoring of DFHSM, SAS, FDR/ABR and Cumulative maintenance service of IBM software products, Installation and maintenance of Computer Associates software
• Products utilizing SMPE.
• Responsible for teh maintenance and data Integrity of National Finance Centers USDA direct access storage data, operating system and system catalogs.
• Responsible for Operating System upgrades and volume restoration, additionally responsible for DASD maintenance activities using (DFP), (DFPHSM), (FDR/ABR) and IBM utilities.
• Capturing and reporting CPU and DASD performance data from SMF records, utilizing RMF data using SAS.