Arthur R. Schaff

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Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

727-***-****

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OBJECTIVE: To apply my computer experience, skills and business insight towards a career in Information Technology

QUALITIES: Ability to identify problems and implement long-term solutions

Willingness and ability to learn new technologies

Effective communicator at all technical levels and processing platforms

Ability to work in high-pressure /critical situations

Available to provide weekend/off-hour/on call support

Received above average reviews consistently throughout career

EXPERIENCE: 25 years progressive mainframe data processing roles including:

• Audit Focal

• Logical Security

• Logical Access

• Data Security Analyst

• Senior Operations Analyst

• Senior Scheduling Analyst

• Operations Manager

• Disaster Recovery Analyst

Extensive use and knowledge of:

Progressive IBM & HDS mainframe processors

Sysplex environments

z/OS/OS/VS1, VM SYSTEMS

MVS/ESA & OS390 JES2, OS/JCL, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, RACF, ACF2, CICS, IMS, IDMS, DFSORT, IBM Utilities, VSAM file structures and backups, BMP Processing, CA1, CA7, CA11, ZEKE, ZEBB, ZARA, JOBTRAC, AutoSys/Jobvision FILEAID, VPS Client server support (Arbiter, Reflections AutoSys scheduling system for UNIX/HP agent systems)

Win 3.1/95/98/2000/XP/NT,MS Exchange, Novell, MSOffice Products

WORK HISTORY

3/10-7/10 RACF Engineer – Syntel, Inc,. Contractor for American Express

Member of an RACF re-engineering team responsible for reporting on auditing issues.

Responsible for creating JCL in a z/OS RACF environment and scheduling jobs to run using

JOBTRAC.

Monitor RACF groups, Resource Classes and Dataset Profiles for Obsolescence across 9 RACF

And IMS Systems.

Work with offshore remediation team to clean up RACF databases with unused or stale

Profiles, groups and resource classes.

Responsible for monitoring problem tickets via MANAGENOW tool that came in as result of

any RACF remediation actions.

9/08-11/09 Security Administrator - IBM

• Ensure audit compliance across multiple accounts, correcting any integrity issues.

• Responsible for user accounts inducing password resets, disabling accounts for terminated employees, new account creation, Obsolescence reporting.

• Maintain reports tracking access administration performance

8/00-9/08 Logical Access/Security - IBM

• Create/Modify mainframe accounts and dataset access in z/OS RACF environment

• Monitor and support multiple accounts remotely

• Responsible for problem and change management

• Provide data to customers when requested

• Provide seamless support, training and transition of job function to India support

• Provide access to CICS and IMS

7/99-7/00 Data Security Analyst - Allied Signal/IBM

• Create/Modify Exchange account and data access for employee startups, transfers, terminations.

• Authorization, firewall, and login/password management

• Resolve access related issues

• Create/Modify Unix/AS400 accounts for employee start-ups, transfers and terminations

• Monitor CICS and IMS

1/99-7/99 Sr. Scheduling Analyst - Allied Signal

• Monitor, support and development of multi-image mainframe processing schedule

• Monitor and support scheduling of mid-range batch cycle

• Responsible for problem management resolution and inventory

• Provide primary on call support for batch and Unix environments

• Develop and implement the consolidation of multi-LPAR Applications

• Coordinate consolidation of associated business units

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11/96-1/99 Sr. Production Support Analyst - Allied Signal

• Monitor and support IMS environment

• Analyze and resolve batch abends in multi-range environment

• Perform file allocations, checkpoint restarts and IMS region open and closing of transactions and programs

• Monitor ZEKE/ZEBB scheduling and work centers

• Support application and system programmers as required

11/94-10/96 Operations Manager - Arrow Electronics Corp

• Supervise subordinates and render performance evaluations

• Direct system and operations support relative to the maintenance and enhancement of all operating systems

• Select, guide and train personnel in their assigned functions

• Coordinate communications between senior management and staff

• Integrate and support newly acquired companies and related personnel

• Data Warehousing

8/93-10/94 Technical Support Analyst - Arrow Electronics Corp

• Supervise operators

• Schedule all batch jobs

• Maintain RMDS database

• Coordinate scheduling of staff

10/87-7/93 Lead Operator - Arrow Electronics Corp

• Supervisor of computer room

• Train Operators, turnover logs, equipment logs and JCL modifications

• Disaster Recovery Planning

• Accountable for all IPLS, CICS, IMS activation and deactivation

• Resolve JCL errors and space abends

• Perform network dial trouble-shooting and backups

5/85-9/87 Production Control Analyst - CDP Marketing Information Corp, NY

• Supervisor of OS/VS1 JCL in an MVS/TSO environment

• Reviewed and altered JCL for better resource allocation

• Coordinated production scheduling with operations and programming department

• Modification of internal financial institution files to meet customer specifications

10/84-5/85 Computer Operator - TSR, Inc, NY

 Sole operator of OS/VS1 system during business hours

 Monitor and control submission of batch jobs

 Assisted online customers regarding problems and inquiries on the VM System

EDUCATION/TRAINING

5/08 IBM Training Services QMX Database Records training

2/07 IBM Training Services URT training

2/06 IBM Training Services Audit and Revalidations Tools

7/05 IBM Training Services Audit and Revalidation Basics

5/04 IBM Training Services Diversified Work/Lift Balance

1/03 IBM Training Services Six Sigma Seminar

6/02 IBM Training Services Active Directory Windows

2/01 IBM Training Services Train the Trainer Seminar

5/00 IBM Training Services RACF JCL and Commands

1/00 IBM Training Services ACF JCL and Commands

5/99 Allied Signal Training Services Unix Trouble-shooting Series

11/98 Allied Signal Training Services 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

8/98 Allied Signal Training Services TQL (Total Quality Leadership)

5/94 Skill Dynamics Seminar AIZ/6000 System Administration

8/93 ALTAI Software Seminar Systems Scheduling

6/92 GDC Training Network Equipment

1 /92-5/92 Suffolk Community College COBOL programming language

1/87-5/87 Suffolk Community College Pascal programming language

9/83-6/84 Control Data Institute Computer Technology

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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