Manager Management
Resume:
JOSE FELIPE LORENZO
z/OS Storage Management Administrator
z/OS Systems Programmer
Hudson, OH 44236
Phone: 330-***-****
To Whom It May Concern
Dear Sir or Madam:
Enclose please find my resume, which I am forwarding you in order to apply to a position of Mainframe Tape Storage Administrator.
I have 35 years experience in the IT field with strong knowledge of installation and implementation of z/OS operating systems and related software as well as Storage Management managing close to 1400 terabytes of information in a complex SYSPLEX environment of 162 LPARs and performing every function related to storage and system administration from the creation of a non-HSM/SMS environment to Disaster and Recovery exercise; driving technology strategy and roadmaps, architecture and implementation to support business needs.
I am confident that my experience will be an asset to your Institution and it would be a pleasure to talk with you to discuss your particular requirements and to explain how I can become a valuable member of your team.
Please feel free to request any additional information you may need in order to pursue further with the application.
My anticipated thanks for your consideration for this challenging opportunity and I look forward to hear from you at your earliest.
Jose Felipe Lorenzo.
OBJECTIVE
To obtain a challenging position utilizing 35 years of experience to oversee the support, administration, implementation and monitoring of all Storage Administration functions in a large scale z/OS complex to ensure data and environment recoverability; support storage management processes and sub-systems; Disaster Recovery exercises and procedures; cost reduction, systems programming, performance and tuning; systems engineering and capacity planning.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Provided systems programming, storage management installation, cost reduction and 24-hour, on-call support in various large-scale mainframe environments for over 35 years for companies such as Social Security Administration, Allstate Insurance, State Farm, NCCI Holdings, and Canadian companies such as IBM Canada, Guardian Insurance, Canadian General Insurance Co, AT&T Global Solution Center, MVS Solutions and the institute of investigation and research of the oil industry in Venezuela INTEVEP, using diverse combinations of disk, tape, and virtual tape hardware and software from vendors such as IBM, EMC, StorageTek and Hitachi Data Systems.
• Expert level skills in conversion and consolidation of multiple terabytes of data residing on disk, tape and virtual tape systems utilizing products such as FDRPAS, TDMF, Tape/Copy, VDR, DFHSM (Hierarchical Storage Manager), DFSMS (Data Facility System Managed Storage), ABARS (Aggregate Backup and Recovery System), FDR (Fast Dump Restore), FDRABR, TDMF (Transparent Data Moving Facility), DFSS (Data Facility Data Set Services), CA-Vantage, IBM Utilities, JCL (Job Control Language) Catalog Solutions, GDPS (Geographically Dispersed Parallel Sysplex) and custom developed programs.
• Expert level skills on configuration, implementation, disaster and recovery using the IBM TS7700 Tape Virtualization Engine.
• Expert level skills on EMC Symmetrix, SRDF, and BCV replication technology in a large-scale SMSPLEX environment.
• Expert level skills in DFHSM, DFSMS, DFDSS, and FDR installation, customization and implementation across multiple LPARs.
• Expert level skills on analyzing complex SMS configuration constructs and logic in a large-scale mainframe environment.
• Expert level skills on IBM z/OS and third party software installation, implementation, performance and tuning across multiple LPARs.
• Ability to develop custom programs to assist in analyzing and solving system performance and storage issues.
• Outstanding expertise on implementation and test of disaster recovery plans and procedures.
• Assisted on driving technology strategy and roadmaps, architecture and implementation to support business needs.
• Assisted on developing relationships and coordinate simultaneous activities with vendors in multiple disciplines to ensure on-time and on-budget service delivery.
• Ability to lead and mentor team members.
• Outstanding written and oral communications skills, with experience in presentations and training.
• Ability to interface effectively with C-level executives, line management, and individual contributors; metrics definition compilation and presentation.
WORKING EXPERIENCE
Randstad Technologies
(IBM Canada)
Mainframe Storage Management Administrator
Contract/Remote
USA
Jan. 2011 to May 2013
State Farm Insurance
Mainframe Storage Management Administrator
Bloomington, IL
USA
Nov. 2010 to Dec. 2010
Koniag Services, Inc.
(Social Security Administration)
Mainframe Storage Management Administrator
Durham, NC
USA
Aug. 2009 to Oct. 2010
ALLSTATE Insurance Co.
Mainframe Storage Management Administrator
Hudson, OH
USA
Oct. 2002 to May 2009
PC Professor
Training
West Palm Beach, FL
USA
Jan. 2002 to Jul. 2002
MCSE Certified Training
NCCI Holdings, Inc
Sr. Technology Specialist
Boca Raton, FL
USA
Jan. 1998 to Nov. 2001
Guardian Insurance
Sr. Systems Programmer
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
May. 1997 to Dec. 1997
Canadian General Insurance Group
Sr. Systems Programmer
Scarborough, Ontario
Canada
Dec. 1995 to Apr. 1997
AT&T Global Information Solution
Consultant
Markham, Ontario
Canada
May. 1995 to Nov. 1995
MVS Solutions, Inc.
Sr. Systems Programmer
Markham, Ontario
Canada
Oct. 1993 to Apr. 1995
INTEVEP Corporation
Manager of Systems and Operations
Caracas,
Venezuela
Jan. 1987 to Jul. 1993
Software Installation, Customization and Maintenance
z/OS, JES2/3, SDSF, ISPF, IBM Utilities, CA-1, TLMS, RMM, CA-7, CA90's, CA-ACF2, CA-Allocate, CA-JOBTRAC, CA-ROSCOE, CA-Vtape, PPRC, SRDF, XRC, HDS TrueCopy/HUR, SMP/E, IPCS, GTF, SAS, MXG, MICS, Assembler, CLIST, REXX, COBOL, HCD, IOCDS, IODEF, DFSMS/DSS/HSM, FDR, FDRABR, IAM, CA Disk, DMS/OS, Omegamon, CA-Astex,, Tmon/MVS/CICS, SMF/RMF performance, TDMF, FDRPAS, GDPS, HyperSwap, ICF Catalogs, VSAM
EDUCATION
BA in Computer Sciences
Central University of Venezuela
Caracas, Venezuela
1976-1982
IBM Technical Education
• IBM JCL and Utilities.
• MVS Structure and Logic.
• MVS Planning and Control.
• MVS Performance and Tuning.
• MVS Problem Determination.
• VTAM Implementation.
• JES2 Logic.
• MVS System Resource Management.
• VSAM Performance and Tuning
• MVS Control Structure and Logic
• DFSMS Installation and Planning
• DFHSM Implementation and Tuning
• Workload Manager Implementation.
• DFSMS Implementation.
• DFHSM Implementation.
Other Technical Self-Education
Windows 2003/XP/Vista, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Project, VISIO, Lotus Notes
UNIX Concepts and Introduction.
Other Skills
Languages:
Fluent in English and Spanish.
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