PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Tenured, highly skilled Sr. Software/Systems Engineer and Application Architect focusing on application/system analysis, design, programming and project management experience with diverse business knowledge in Manufacturing, Utilities, Distribution, Telecom, Invoicing, Accounting and Government.
• Application Architecture | Full Life Cycle Software Solutions | Design | Software Programming/Development, Implement and Support | Software & Systems Development | Configuration Management | Environment Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Mainframe: BMS, CICS (Code and system level), CICS Online Utilities (CEDA, CEMT, CEDF etc.), DB2 (Code / DBA / Utilities), IMS (Code / DBA / Utilities), MVS JCL, COBOL (VS COBOL II, IBM COBOL (370 and Higher), SQL, Omegamon, MXI, MQ Series (Admin), TMS, CA7/ESP/CAWA/CA SCHEDULER (Admin and Scheduling), Changeman (Admin / Script level development), CLIST, REXX, CA - 1 Tape Management System, CA (MVSDITTO, DISPATCH, ABENDAID, etc.), EXPEDITER, IBM Fault Analyzer, IBM File Manager, IDCAMS, ISPF/PDF, JES2/3, MVS (SP, XA, ESA, LE), OSI: (INTERTEST CICS, FILEAID, DADS, CNTL), SPUFI, DB2 QMF, SYNCSORT/DFSORT, TSO, VIASOFT(SMARTEST, INSIGHT, DOCUTEXT, JOBSCAN), FTP, SFTP

Micro/Midrange/Server: Windows Server (Admin), Microsoft Office Professional, PC DOS, SQL, WINDOWS (All Versions), Linux/Unix, IBM/Lotus, Document Direct, ClearCase (Admin/Configuration), Apache(Admin, Configuration), FTP, SFTP

Hardware: IBM MAINFRAME, Wintel Server, UNIX Server, IBM PC and Compatible

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Sr. Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Performed architectural analysis for assigned mainframe COBOL, DB2, IMS projects related to supported applications as well as new application and database design, code, test and implementation.
• Onsite DBA support with Sr. DBA for support role, unloads and reloads for DB2 and IMS Database along with SQL analysis and support for programming and test teams.
• Supported production and test environment batches utilizing CA7/ESP/CAWA schedulers including scheduling and admin/systems support for both mainframe and distributed.
• Support for multiple data warehouse job streams feeding both mainframe and distributed data warehouse applications.
• Provided, design and programming for the Computer Aided Trouble System to add interfaces for compliance with Texas electrical deregulation Senate Bill 7 (SB7), TXU Champion project. Primary role consisted of developing a methodology, per SB7 and business requirements. These enhancements created an interface via EDI with external Retail Electric Providers (REP) to maintain electrical outage notifications and communications between the Electrical Distribution Company (DisCo) and the external REP’s for electric customer outage support.
• Performed Design, Development, code and implementation for new and legacy applications, enhancements and production support using COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ Series, FTP, SFTP, EDI and Rexx.
• Customer Information System
• Billing
• Financial Management Information System
• Computer Aided Trouble System
• Reduced manual intervention by designing and developing innovative automated processes.
• Provided Configuration management and administration for Mainframe and Distributed applications using Changeman (mainframe) and ClearCase (Distributed) for production and lower environment implementations.
• Perform Environment management for lower environments, Dev, Test, PreProd, BreakFix and Market. This role includes environment configuration, setup, data refresh, problem analysis and resolution
• Successfully migrated clients production and lower environment data from shared data center mainframe to a new data center and mainframe located onsite.
• Supported and worked with the project management team to successfully implement ViewDirect and Jesmon in Oncors production and test environments to facilitate new GUI based reporting which replaced the mainframe version Infopac.
• Managed efforts to upgrade the ClearCase production server to a faster SSD storage array to enable batch to meet time SLA’s. During this process I added additional performance changes to continue a stable environment.
• After a mainframe storage failure and four week outage, managed, coordinated and supported efforts to recover the test environments and maintain back to back test batch cycles to bring them back up to current day to enable Oncor to resume normal testing cycles.
• Developed and improved audit and code management processes and deliverable requirements. One important deliverable was the Application Configuration Management Listing which inventories and documents CM components for audit and baseline as well as enabling planning for future audits.
• Added additional automation for test teams data setup needs that will remove the physical intervention of the Environment Team.

Confidential, Las Colinas, Texas

Sr. Software/Systems Architect /Technical Consultant (ECOM Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• As primary mainframe and midrange technical contact for the PMO, my responsibilities involved solving scheduling and technical issues presented by the ongoing Y2K efforts by each Long Distant Division (LDD) application group including management and implementation of Y2K Pilot. Responsibilities also included problem determination and resolution, abend support, analysis, design and programming of support software, mentoring application personnel and attending many of the PMO and application planning meetings.
• Managed, trained and mentored teams across all organizations to upgrade over 1 million program modules including COBOL, C and Assembler to version levels capable of executing under IBM Language Environment. Project was on time and on budget leaving the entire codebase of a diverse suite of languages to current levels in preparation to a major system upgrade.
• Trialed and purchased software to be used in the preparation of all code conversion and Year 2000 date efforts benefiting application and management teams with up to date tools and progress metrics for the man projects implementing concurrently.
• Investigated and resolved all Pre-Y2K processing anomalies across the U.S. onsite at external onsite locations and providing root cause analyses, recommendations and resolution to upper PMO management.
• Managed Y2K Pilot, provided design and new development for Accounts Receivables Applications, process improvements and performance optimization across applications.

Confidential

Technical Analyst (ECOM Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Designed, coded and implemented mainframe DB2 and Teradata objects for mainframe side via middleware for the Smalltalk front end. Provided code conversions from PLI to MVS Cobol.
• Worked with Department Manager and Smalltalk programmers on the development of a new Marketing Management client server system. Requirements consisted of providing Mainframe COBOL 370 / SQL objects to be called by the Smalltalk applications for information retrieval from existing DB2 and Teradata databases. Modules and objects consisted of dynamic and static SQL based programs providing a versatile information delivery system.
• Additional duties consisted of providing conversions from legacy IMS databases and applications to new DB2 systems. In addition, Support, application programming, JCL modifications and enhancements were provided for legacy systems. Included were several PL/I to COBOL 370 conversions and COBOL II to COBOL 370 upgrades.

Confidential

Technical Analyst (Independent Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Operations Control Manager and Department Manager to design, code, coordinate teams and implement all project efforts. Primary responsibility included new development and production support for legacy systems.
• Performed ongoing conversions from Macro Level CICS to Command Level CICS to allow upgrade of newer versions of CICS to be implemented. Additionally provided CICS systems assistance when requested by management.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with manufacturing, invoice and inventory personal providing analysis, design and implementation for new programming, enhancements and problem support. Supported existing and new distributorships, System database design, maintenance and operations control. Systems and database support for IMS databases relating to supported systems.
• Designed, coded and implemented new invoicing system to accommodate newly acquired distributors. Played key roll in design in of new sub applications connecting with the COPICS manufacturing package, which included automated material picking, forecasting and analysis and cost analysis.