IMS Database Administrator Resume

SUMMARY

Have both Health Insurance, and Manufacturing Industry experience, via Confidential Blue Cross Blue Shield, Confidential Services (Medicare Part A), Humana, and General Motors.
Proficient in a broad range of mainframe and server - based disciplines, to include IMS Database Management, DB2, COBOL II, PL/1, JCL, VSAM, EASYTRIEVE, SQL, with some HTML, and Java.
Strong background in system wide disaster recovery procedures.
Experience in ISO/ITIL, BPM, and Agile environments.
Keen ability to quickly grasp business and technical issues involved in the implementation of complex business applications.
Clear and concise communication skills, in both written and verbal formats.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work well independently or as a member of a team.
Independent skills allow me to work from home as part of a virtual team of IMS DBA’s located at various sites across the country.
Able to think clearly, act decisively, and keep cool even when working against a tight deadline or in a high-stress situation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IMS Database Administration, ICCF, BMC Mainview, IMS Catalog, IMS Explorer, DB2, COBOL, COBOL II, JCL
SQL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, Z/OS, SQL, SQLServer, PL/1, EZTRIEVE Plus, CLIST, REXX, FTP, SMTP, TCPIP
VSAM/OSAM, QMF, CICS, CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, Xpediter, INFOPAC-RDS, Endevor
CHANGEMAN, JAVA 2, HTML, MS Windows, MS Office Suite, MS Visio, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

IMS Database Administrator

Responsibilities:

Administer and maintain IMS mainframe databases across all of Confidential ’s corporate mainframe platforms for the Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, and California Blue Cross and Blue Shield systems.
Served as the IMS DBMS resource for the in-house and contracted IMS application programmers while performing the traditional functions of defining/maintaining and generation of the IMS DB control blocks (PSB, ACB) the IMS database definitions (DBD) as well as creation and maintenance of both online and batch transactions.
Worked on several successful database migration projects to move the Confidential East, New York, and Georgia Blue Cross/Blue Shield IMS databases to the National based systems maintained on the California platform.
Provided tech support to the application staff regarding IMS and DB2 issues and problems.
Performed IMS installations, upgrades, and testing along with IBM IMS System programmers up to IMS v15 in both Test and Production regions.
Developed and maintained the Confidential Database Mainframe Systems Standard Operating Procedures documentation.
Successfully converted IMS Full Function databases to IMS High Availability Large Databases (HALDB) on the Connecticut and California platforms, to include conversion of BMC Neon portioned databases to HALDB.
Successfully converted several IMS databases from using BMC Data Packer to IBM Hardware Compression.
Used IBM Fast Path and High Performance tools to maintain primary databases and secondary indexes.

Confidential

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

Developed system to merge Medicare Part A Summary Notices with Medicare Part-B Summary Notices based on zip code range that saved Confidential Services approximately $1 million dollars in postal costs per year. This system was adopted by CMS (Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services) for use across the National Medicare Financial System.
Ensured programs and output complied with HIPAA regulations for Medicare Part A.
Performed production support on call functions in a 24/7 environment to ensure that Medicare Part A processes completed with the time dictated by the Service Level Agreement.
Project Lead for the United Government Services Coordination of Benefits Transition to the Confidential Services Data Center.
Member of the Change Control Board
Member of the Disaster Recovery Team.

Confidential

Computer Consultant

Responsibilities:

Actively involved in seven major development releases over a three-year period for mission-critical COOL-Gen, PL/1, and COBOL-based business applications at General Motors, to include Parts Scheduling and Inventory Control. Applied both analytical and technical skills to these applications, to assure success in the effort to convert these applications and corresponding processes from a regional system to a global, international system.
Used PL/1, COBOL II, and COOL-Gen to define and maintain business rules.
Used PL/1 and COOL-Gen to program a series of on-line screens to access data residing in both DB2 and IMS databases.
Modified existing PL/1 programs, changing them to sub-programs to handle existing IMS databases, as needed, because of COOL-Gen’s inability to work directly with hierarchical data structures. The sub-program accessed the databases and returned the data to COOL-Gen via a COBOL linkage section.
Instrumental in assisting the EDS Atlanta Solution Center in achieving CMM Level 2 certification, by serving on the Software Quality Assurance team.

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