Database Administrator Resume Profile
Little Ferry, NJ
OBJECTIVE
To enhance the ability of a business to reach its goals by utilizing over 30 years experience in Database Administration and Management.
SUMMARY
Hardware: Software: | IBM Mainframes IDMS thru 18.5 , IDMS Server, SYSGEN, SCHEMA, SUBSCHEMA, and DMCL compilers, IDMS/SQL, CA Visual DBA, CA Quick Bridge for Table Procedures, IDD, OLQ, UCF, ADS/O, ADSA, CULPRIT, IDMS Utilities, ENDEVOR, DML/O, MIGRATOR, JOURNAL ANALYZER, DBAUDIT, DBREORG, TASK ANALYZER, ADS/ALIVE,VEGASOFT VEGA90s, PREALERT, FAST ACCESS, DB2 UDB for Windows, EASYTRIEVE , TCC, TSO/ISPF, OS JCL, OS Utilities, SMP/E, SDSF, COBOL OS/VS THROUGH 370 , VSAM, CICS, TMON, FDR, LIBRARIAN, EMC TIMEFINDER, VISIO, EXCEL, WORD, etc. |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Database Administrator
- Monitored all 5 CVs.
- Performed normal maintenance and tuning functions: area expands, page expands, index rebuilds, unloads/reloads etc.
- Installed new releases and fixes via SMP/E for both IDMS and CA Common Services CCS .
- Created a SQL compatible network schema to be used by IDMS SQL to access all records in the active IDMS network database.
- Maintained the CA LMP License Management Program keys.
- Created a Production Mirror Image Database that gets refreshed and rolled forward nightly for debugging Production problems without affecting the live Production Database.
- Provided SQL access to the network schema for Java application development.
- Provided SQL access to VSAM file data using IDMS SQL, ODBC, and TCP/IP.
- Tuned SQL queries developed by application programmers.
- Provided 24 hour support.
- Implemented application requested changes.
- Supported TCP/IP access using JDBC Type 4 drivers.
- Supported ODBC access using CCI and TCP/IP.
- Wrote SQL Table Procedures for Network Database access.
- Wrote Database Procedures for asynchronous delta updating of a SQL Server database.
- Created unified COBOL compile PROC to handle all variations of COBOL programs.
- Wrote a REXX EXEC to facilitate COBOL turnovers into Production.
- Automated journal and log job submission and nightly consolidation of journals to tape.
- Created flexible backup and restore jobs for the IDMS databases to handle daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly scenarios.
- Modified Health Checker parameters to output fewer messages to the console.
- Provided guidance to programmers writing IDMS SQL programs and Table Procedures.
- Wrote and executed a REXX EXEC to find, change, and re-compile all COBOL programs that had IDMS field names longer than 31 characters which cause a C level, condition code 8, COBOL compile error.
- Renamed schemas, subschemas, files, DMCLs, segments, and DBTABLEs to conform to simple and clear naming conventions and standards. Wrote a REXX EXEC to adjust the affected programs.
- Wrote a program to summarize area utilizations and flag areas that are getting full.
- Created a Bachman diagram using Visio to be able to visualize the Production IDMS Database.
- Created refresh jobs for different databases and sections of different databases, if required and if possible.
- Moved the IDMS scratch area from disk to XA storage.
- Documented the changes I made and the parts of the system I was responsible for administering.
- Worked with the programming staff on debugging COBOL programs.
- Identified bad data on the database causing SQL to malfunction.
- Created shutdown programs to provide statistics prior to bringing down the databases.
Confidential
Database Administrator
- Monitored all 12 CVs.
- Provided 24 hour support.
- Implemented application changes in the Test environment.
- Directed the NBC process of moving changes from the Test to Production databases using CA-ENDEVOR.
- Supported Vegasoft which is used communicate between IDMS and non-mainframe, distributed databases.
Confidential
Database Administrator
- Supported DB2 programming staff.
- Managed the DBA staff overseeing the IDMS databases and the reporting DB2 database.
- Designed a methodology to manage the many discrete MS-ACCESS databases in use throughout the company.
- Redesigned parts of the IDMS network database to utilize SQL to promote platform independence.
- Installed IDMS 14.1 on all CVs and 15.0 on the tech CV.
- Upgraded the system for Y2K.
- Trained an assistant DBA.
- Gave classes on IDMS programming to staff.
- Provided 24x7x365 support for all databases under our control.
- Set up an easily maintainable IDMS environment.
Confidential
Senior Database Administrator
- Supported all IDMS CVs.
- Installed all IDMS and related software, fixes, and upgrades.
- Performed UNLOAD/RELOADS INDEX REBUILDS PAGE EXPANDS RESTRUCTURES SYSTEM GENERATIONS SCHEMA, DMCL and SUBSCHEMA COMPILES MIGRATIONS TO PRODUCTION IDMS/CICS/UCF PRINTER SUPPORT DATABASE BACKUPS/RESTORES ROLLBACKS ROLLFORWARDS etc.
- Applied database security.
- Provided 24-hour support for Production and applications programming.
- Worked with Systems Programming on DASD management.
- Developed PROCS to facilitate the use of IDMS.
- Participated in physical database design.
Confidential
Senior Database Analyst
- Supported all IDMS CVs.
- Performed logical and physical database designs and application design reviews.
- Performed a subset of all the tasks mentioned above.