SUMMARY:

Securing a position with a progressive firm that provides growth opportunities based upon my performance and abilities. I would like the opportunity to use my leadership and technical skills to achieve corporate goals, raise productivity, and support employee development.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technical Capabilities and Software list: z/OS, DS8000 Storage Manager, TS7720 Tape Library Manager, EMC, EMC VMAX, z/VM, VSE, JCL, Confidential Utilities, ISPF, JES2, TSO, REXX, Clist, DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, ACS routines, Netview/AOC, File - Aid, PDSMAN, RACF, Vanguard, DB2, SQL, CICS, Changeman ZMF, Panvalet, SCLM, ISPW, PRO/JCL, INFO/X, Jobscan, Syncsort, DR/VFI, CA-ESP, ZEKE, ZEBB, CA-Jobtrac, OPC/ESA, COBOL, Assembler, RMM, CA-1, TMON MVS, TMON CICS, Omegamon, QuickRef, BVIR, DFP, Catalog Recovery plus, TAPECOPY, CA-OPS MVS, Platinum & BMC DB2 tools, CA-View and Deliver, MS Office suite of tools, Visio, Crystal Reports XI, PowerPoint, Remedy, SharePoint, Service Now, Info-man and Clear Quest

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, St. Paul, Minnesota

z/OS Mainframe Architect

Responsibilities:

• Upgrading z/OS Systems to 2.4
• Installing and migrating all ISV software to z/15
• Migrating Confidential Storage to EMC Storage and upgrading CPU to z/15

Confidential, St. Louis, Missouri

z/OS Technical Advisor

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing business processes to identify Gap analysis for senior management

Confidential, Freeport, Maine

z/OS Systems Engineer & Storage Manager

Responsibilities:

• Supported Confidential in TDMF process by removing extraneous pools and deleting uncatalogued datasets to expedite migration to z/cloud
• Automated new hire process from taking about 35 steps, per new hire, consuming almost 40 hours to being less than 5 minutes.
• They can now add as many as desired 24/7, no more typos and have an audit trail of changes
• Assisted in new z/14 and IODF changes
• OPS/MVS automation changes
• Updated software to current levels for CA-IDEAL & Datacom
• Removed obsolete ACS code, redefining Storage pools to expedite TDMF migration.

Confidential, Frederick, Maryland

Storage Manager

Responsibilities:

• Identified storage pools space problem, recoded ACS routines to remove the constant maintenance caused by the broken logic
• Established application tracking process using REXX to manage storage pool usage
• Created REXX DASD initialization process to manage spares and reserve devices

Confidential, Olympia, Washington

Storage Manager & Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Data Center migration to new Z13 CPU, upgraded TS7720 and setup data duplication with Boulder TS7720 as DR recovery site.
• Automated DR backup and recovery process for VM, Linux and Z/OS systems
• Responsible for managing Confidential DS8000 storage, using Flashcopy, Mirroring, VTS, DFSMS, HSM, RMM and Confidential utilities
• Reduced DR recovery times from taking 12+ hours to about 5 hours.
• VTS restore JCL was automatically created after each weekly volume backup to trap the volser number used, thus saving many hours during recovery
• Established REXX automation to manage storage reporting application for z/OS, z/VM and z/Linux storage to provide status visibility for each group

Confidential, Medford, Oregon

z/OS Systems & Storage Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Installed and acted as Administrator for Changeman and Job scheduler(s) automation
• Installed multiple ISV products as required to current software levels
• Responsible for all storage management of tape and DASD using DFSMS and CA-1
• Establish storage reporting using REXX and Quickref
• Reconfigured infrastructure development paths to support z/OS, WEB and Unix migration changes improving productivity and reduce production installation errors.
• Converted Jobtrac Scheduling to CA-ESP in less than a month, saving $75K, using REXX
• Automated disaster recovery backup procedure to resolve JCL problems when moving volume(s) in and out of storage pool reserve to guarantee all volumes are processed
• Automated problem reporting to create Remedy ticket and notify applications staff immediately after an abend.
• Acted as Security Administrator using Ca Vantage
• QA and Production Support Analyst
• Automated end-user DB2 data update procedure from being a “weekly paper process” to being paperless, synching all test environments at the same time and could be run by the end user 24/7.
• Eliminated change control paper work process to being automated and allow Developers to work at the speed of business and not waiting on QA staff.
• Established complete migration automation for all developer changes.
• This includes elimination of JCL syntax errors, DB2 BIND failures and CICS new copy errors during backout or promotions
• Established JCL standards enforcement procedures
• Trained 20+ IT staff automation using REXX and ISPF

Confidential, Portland, Oregon

Operations Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Staff management of Operations and Production Support group
• Installing and administration of Changeman ZMF, Schedulers and SAR
• Responsible for tape and disk storage software support using Confidential tools and Rexx
• Established automated JCL enforcement for standards, reducing production errors
• Managed scheduler conversions Jobtrac to OPC, then a year later from OPC to ZEKE
• Trained 300+ IT development staff automation using Rexx and ISPF
• Rotating shifts
• Promoted to Computer Operations Specialist due to performance
• Converted from VSE to MVS
• Implemented Tape Management system
• Established automated Job scheduler ZEKE and eliminated JCL “cards”