SEAN RAZVI

Telephone: 905-***-****

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Sean Razvi has over 20 years of experience with Production Support and Systems Analysis. His area of expertise includes running batch, testing, and fixing JCL problems. He has written three books: How to Operate MVS/JES2 Computer Systems, How to Use TSO/ISPF and JCL for All. He is skilled in all phases of the testing process.

CAREER SUMMARY

04/2013 to current Writing third book 'JCL FOR ALL PART 2' in progress.

06/11 to 03/2013 Batch testing Services Operation Analyst at TIAA-CREF (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Worked with IBM Mainframe Systems and MVS/OS/390 family of productions

Run batch jobs and fix abend jobs.

Work with third party provider IBM and other venders.

Utilized TSO/ISPF, MOBIUS, CA7, CA1, MVS/JCL, TLMS, DATABASE, Lotus Notes, DFSMS and IDCAMS.

Backed up data on tapes and sending off-site

Worked on MEOW (Month End On Weekend )

Copied several jobs from ST2 environment to ST1 environment

Checked all JCL errors including defining data sets and defining GDG base files by IDCAMS.

Completed project before deadline and worked almost 18 hours a day several times to finish cycle

Attended daily conference meetings and discussed resolutions to problems

Defined Mobius reports and changed dates in CICS

Received tapes from off-site and logged them into the system

Analyzed and researched Abended jobs

Resolved JCL errors

Built GDG’s as required; updated/deleted data sets

Utilized several IBM utilities

Utilized DFDSS

Performed product and regression testing in multiple environments

Wrote CLIST online for other operations staff

Opened and closed CICS files

Used Sysview to monitor jobs

10/2009 to 12/2010 Wrote Book ‘JCL for ALL’ and published.

(This book include 220 questions and answers)

11/04 to 06/09 Batch testing Services Operation Analyst at TIAA-CREF (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Working with IBM Mainframe Systems and MVS/OS/390 family of productions

Utilizing TSO/ISPF, MOBIUS, CA7, CA1, MVS/JCL, TLMS, DATABASE, Lotus Notes, DFSMS

Backed up data on tapes and sent off-site

Run batch jobs and fix abend jobs.

Work with third party provider IBM and other venders

Received tapes from off-site and logged them into the system

Analyzing and researching Abended jobs

Resolved JCL errors

Built GDG’s as required; updated/deleted data sets

Utilizing several IBM utilities

Utilized DFDSS

Performed product and regression testing in multiple environments

Wrote CLIST online for other operations staff

Opened and closed CICS files

Using Sysview to monitor jobs

Mobius reports in charge

Provided on-call support to maintain batch jobs processing

Attended change meetings and coordinated changes with other staff and/or departments

07/03 to 06/04 Prod support at Kraft Foods (Chicago, Illinois)

Utilized ZEKE/ZEPP and Control M to run production batch

Utilized TSO/ISPF, IAO, IOF, MVCS/JCL, SDSF, ROSCOE, UNIX Systems, OS/390, System IPL, XCOM, FTP, SARS, DB2 backups, MVS/JES2 operations utilities, Omegamon, NDM, CA1, VTAM, TLMS and Jobtrac.

Used DFSMS and DFDSS

Monitored all operation changes

Restarted jobs with and without overrides

Utilized several IBM utilities

Wrote CLIST online for other operations staff

Worked with multiple systems

Utilized Control M to manage job schedule

Lotus Notes for documentation purposes

Executed request jobs with and without overrides

Resolved JCL errors

Built GDG’s as required; updated/deleted data sets

Open problem ticket and follow up

10/00 to 08/02 Prod support at Visa International (McLean, Virginia)

Utilized Control/M (updating schedule), TSO/ISPF, IOA, IOF, MVS/JCL, ROSCOE, SDSF, DFDSS, UNIX Systems, OS/390, System IPL, MVS/JES2 operation duties, Omegamon, NDM, VTAM, CA7 and CA1 (tape librarian), and Jobtrac

Restarted jobs with an without overrides

Utilized several IBM utilities

Wrote CLIST online for other operations staff

Utilized Control M to manage job schedule

Lotus Notes used for documentation purpose

Resolved JCL errors

Built GDG’s as required; updated/deleted data sets

Open problem ticket and follow up

11/98 to 10/00 Prod support at IMI Consultant at Sprint

(Dallas, Texas)

Utilized TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, REXX, CA7, OS/390, UCC11, MVS/JCL, Netview, VTAM, TLMS, FILEAID, DB2, and PEGASYS to execute jobs

Restarted jobs with and without overrides

Opened and closed CICS files

Set HG (2000) date to test Y2K jobs

Utilized PEGASYS to track Abends for research purposes

Analyzed and researched Abended jobs

Resolved JCL errors

Built GDG’s as required; updated/ deleted data sets

Modified VSAM files; updated DB2 tables

Performed product and regression tested in multiple environments

Utilized several IBM Utilities

Utilized DYL280 data sets for overrides

Environment:

TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CICS, REXX, CA7, UCC11, Netview, VTAM, SAR, TLMS, MVS/JCL, FILEAID, DB2, PEGASYS, DYL280, VASM

1/98 to 11/98 Prod Support Analyst at IMI at Allstate Insurance Consultant Chicago, Illinois)

Responsible for testing and enhancements to their customer billing system

Responsibilities included the following:

o Creating JCL for Y@K testing and billing system; this involved using MVS/JCL, OS/390, CICS, DB2, CA7 and REXX

o Creating and writing Test cases

o Creating back-ups and restores as well as verifying results on tests

o Writing panels and CLISTs for test jobs

Environment:

JCL, MVS/JCL, CICS, DB2, REXX, Netview, CA7

8/96 to 12/97 Production Support at Ameritech Telecommunications Consultant (Chicago, Illinois)

Validated revenue reports in billing solution organization in testing environment before it goes into production. If any errors were found in testing, a defect was issued that is Ameritech error resolving system. After the defect had been solved, the defect was closed

Used different software of Ameritech to investigate errors ie. ASON, SAR, SDSF, and MVS/JCL

Maintained all revenue datasets in, SAR, and reload them accordingly

ACIS table maintenance in test and production

Wrote procedures in “S” drive for revenue integration testing

Attended daily release status meeting to discuss open defects

Travelled to Indianapolis in September 1997 and Pontiac, Michigan for training in revenue validation

Accomplished 18 months of service for Ameritech with no revenue error gone to production from test

Environment:

ASON, SAR, SDSF, MVS/JCL, ACIS, Netview, CA7, VTAM

1/96 to 4/96 Production Support at GTE Consultant (Telephone Company)

(Tampa, Florida)

In charge of CABS (Carrier Access Billing System)

Participated in running batch, fixed JCL problems and modified to satisfy client requirements

Trained less experienced operation staff for testing procedure, modified and executed jobs as required

In charge of testing jobs before they went to production

7/95 to 12/95 Production Support at CIBC Bank Consultant

Responsible for a variety of testing including defining GDG by IDCAMS, copying JCL’s and modifying them

Ran and fixed all test jobs with a programming team

Completed his testing project on time including daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual batch testing successfully

Environment:

JCL

2/90 to 3/95 Productions Support at Mackenzie Financial

TSS (Top Security System) Administrator, responsible for all security work including natural security

Wrote CLIST and REXX to help other production support staff to solve batch and problems in daily situations, which included testing procedures and check list

On-call 24 hours to solve batch and security problems

Master Scheduler, which includes changing schedules, deleting and adding jobs

Environment:

CLIST, REXX, SDSF, VTAM, MVS/JCL, CICS, IBM utilities, TSS, Omegamon

2/87 to 2/90 Computer Operator at Carlton Cards

Master console operator running IBM 4381

Ran back ups and restores

Monitored all error messages

IPL system and take stand alone dump

Ran batch, fixing JCL problems and abend problems

Initialized new tapes according to company standards

Mounted tapes on tape drives and used TLMS

5/84 to 2/87 Computer Operator at Bank of Montreal

Monitoring multiple IBM mainframes

Running back ups and restores

Solving VTAM problems

Initialized new tapes according to company standards

2/80 to 2/87 Worked on Several Different Projects As a Consultant

Held a variety of positions and responsibilities

Master console operator running IBM, CPU, 4381, AMDAHL 470, IBM 3084, and AMDAHL 5860

Was responsible for running batch, fixing JCL problems, monitoring CICS, solving VTAM problems and looking after printing

Trained less experienced operators with the help of CLIST

Environment:

IBM, CPU, 4381, AMDAHL 470, IBM 3084, AMDAHL 5860, JCL, CICS, VTAM and CLIST

EDUCATION:

Electrical Tech Diploma, Polytechnic Institute

Computer Operations Certificate, Career Learning Center

MVS/JCL data processing (DPR131), (CIS211), Seneca College

IBM advance MVS/JCL, IBM Clist and REXX, Seneca College

SKILLS INVENTORY SKILL

# OF YEARS

ACF2

8

ADABASE

10

CA1 PRODUCT

10

CA7/CA11

10

CICS

10

CONTROL M

2

DB2

10

FileAid

8

FTP

7

IBM PCs

9

INFO/MAN

9

JCL

20

Mobius

5

MSS

8

MVS

30

Netview

15

NCCF

16

Omegamon

10

OS 390

10

RACF

12

REXX

12

RS6000 System

8

SDSF

18

Sysview

10

TSO/ISPF

25

VTAM

20

WordPerfect 6.1

15

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