Peter C. Miranda
Apt.#*** Cell: 704-604-
3599
Charlotte, NC 28210
************@*****.***
CAREER SUMMARY
Enthusiastic, motivated, quality-oriented iSeries Systems Administrator
with over 10 years experience in both large and medium sized IT
departments. Proficient in performance tuning, security, hardware
configuration using the HMC, TCP/IP, and FTP. Experienced in using
Operations Navigator and IBM iSeries Access for Windows. Well suited to
learn new processes quickly and effortlessly. Strong ability to multi-task
safely and efficiently. A team player that is willing to share knowledge.
Professional Experience
Black Diamond Languge Services
2011-present
Spanish/English Interpreter
World Services 2011-PRESENT
Spanish/English Interpreter
G4s Secure Solutions February 2012-
April 2012
Upscale Security Officer
Carolinas HealthCare System 2010 -
2011
Volunteer Spanish Interpreter
. Provide Spanish/English interpreter services for patients and family
members to effectively
Communicate with medical staff in both inpatient and outpatient
settings
Fly Carolina 2008
Flight Instructor
. Provided ground and aerial instruction to both private and
commercial clients
First Charter Bank
2004 - 2008
iSeries Systems Administrator
. Planned and upgraded 2 AS/400 model 820 systems from operating system
V5R1 to V5R3
. Migrated 2 AS/400 model 820 systems to a 2 LPAR iSeries model 570
. System administrator for the SoftLanding Turnover change management
application
. Made hardware changes on the iSeries model 570. IOP/IOA, DASD, tape
drives adds and moves.
. Maintained OS PTFS on the 570 and HMC.
. Upgraded and installed Net IQ security application patches.
. Monitored and tuned the iSeries system to enhance performance
utilizing BMC software's Perform and Predict for iSeries software.
. Made system security changes to the iSeries as recommended by internal
auditors
. Planned and performed the iSeries system restore for business
continuity testing.
. Technical resource to business units for various application or
connectivity issues.
. Performed disaster recovery plan at Sunguard
. Wrote CL programs to automate various operational procedures.
. Diagnosed RPG-ILE problems.
Bank of America
2001-2004
Client Support Group Team Lead
. Team Leader for the Client Support Call
Center group. I handled between 30 to 50
calls a day for the call center in English
supporting internal clients from all over
the United States.
. Maintained PTFs for the CTI application to
a current level and first level support
with the CTI application
. PC TCP/IP connectivity, printers, Client
Access ODBC, Windows 2000 and NT desktops
. Applications (Access, Excel, Word, Lotus
Notes)
. Created and maintained Access database
applications for Corporate Real Estate
. Managed project to convert over 250 PCs
operating system from Windows NT to Windows
2000
. Managed project to convert iSeries AS/400
attached PC print server printers to TCP/IP
network addressable print devices
. Technical resource for 2 iSeries AS/400s
for Corporate Real Estate application
developers
. Designed and maintained documentation used
for VM mainframe to iSeries AS/400 file
transfers
. Created RPG IV programs that are used by
the support team for interfaces
. Created ad hoc queries using SQL and
Query/400
. Migrated PC to AS400 midrange database
interfaces to RPG code on the AS400
Collins and Aikman 1999-
2001
Senior Technical Analyst
. Comprehensive problem determination and resolution responsibilities in
a networked environment comprised of ten large iSeries AS/400s
. Operating system, PTF, hardware, modem, and problem resolution,
maintenance, and upgrades
. Systems management, hardware, TCP/IP, AS/400 security, Client
Access/400, capacity planning, performance tuning
. Managed and configured third party software packages including
Robot/SCHEDULE, Robot/REPORTS, Robot/ALERT, DBU, Sequel, TLAshford,
and IBM Fax 400
. Maintained and created RPG programs
. Project Lead to improve Save / Restore process including updated
Disaster Recovery procedures
. Perform annual disaster recover process testing and process
enhancement
. Problem resolution support for customers located in the United States,
Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, and Mexico
. Planning and systems assurance of hardware rotation project involving
ten iSeries AS/400 systems
. System relocation and consolidation projects
. Extensive use of Microsoft Word and Excel products
. MIMIX and LPAR implementation planning
IBM Corporation
1979-1999
Systems Services Representative (IBM CE / SE)
. Provided comprehensive software and hardware services to iSeries
AS/400 customers including operating system upgrades, data migration,
DASD configuration, PTF installs, OptiConnect, equipment modifications
/ upgrades, hardware repairs, and equipment relocation
. Responsible for iSeries AS/400 system assurance meetings with IBM
marketing representatives and customers. Identify site preparation,
order configuration, environmental, and additional services required
for installation or upgrade of iSeries AS/400 hardware and software
. Represented the Charlotte, NC area System Services Representatives on
the IBM Service Representative Leadership Council
. Experience with an extensive variety of IBM products. Modems personal
computers, impact and laser printers, tape drives, optical drives, and
iSeries AS/400s
Education, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS
. 1979 Associate degree Electronic Engineering - Institute of Technology
of San Juan, Puerto Rico
. 2003 iSeries RPG IV Version 5 Programming Intermediate Workshop (IBM
Learning Services)
. 2001 Central Piedmont Community College - Supporting MS Windows 2000
Professional & Server
. 2001 Central Piedmont Community College - Supporting a Microsoft
Network Infrastructure using Windows 2000
. 2001 Help Desk 2000 - Certified Help Desk Professional training and
certification
. 2000 Help/Systems Robot/University training Robot/SCHEDULE, /CLIENT,
/CONSOLE, /ALERT, /REPORTS, /NETWORK
. 1999 IBM AS/400 Query Workshop
. 1999 DB2 UDB for AS/400 SQL & Query Performance Tuning
. 1995 AS/400 System Level Problem Determination and Resolution
. 1994 AS/400 Advanced System Operations Workshop
. 1989-1999 continuous iSeries AS/400 hardware certification
. Fluent in Spanish
. Certified Flight Instructor
. First Aid, CPR,AED 02/24/2012
Awards and Recognition
. 2003 Recipient of Bank of America's Customer Experience Leadership
Medallion Award
. 1999 IBM Branch Manager's Award / Outstanding Service
. 1997 IBM Service Award / Outstanding Achievement
. 1996 IBM Branch Manager's Award / Outstanding Service