JOHN GORDON

ac8di0@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

To secure employment utilizing my formal training, education and technical expertise in a progressive organization that provides an atmosphere conducive

to continued career growth.

TRAINING

Websphere 6.0 Administration

J.D. Edwards - Technical Foundation

J.D. Edwards Advanced Programming Concepts and Skills

J.D. Edwards World Software Security Setup

CERTIFICATIONS:

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist – SQL 2008 Implementation and Maintenance

IBM Certified Specialist -- iSeries System Command Operations V5R2

IBM Certified Specialist -- eServer i5 iSeries Single System Administration V5R3

IBM Certified Specialist -- eServer i5 iSeries Multiple System Administrator V5R3

Microsoft Office 2007 & 2010 Master Specialist

EDUCATION

Mt. San Antonio College, Walnut, CA, 1991-1992, Courses completed: RPG/400, ISERIES Operations, VM/CMS, CICS, Advanced C/C++, SQL/DS, and Novell 3.11 System Manager.

Associate of Applied Science, Computer Science, Robotics Manufacturing

ITT Technical Institute, Phoenix, AZ., December 1989

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

March 2009 to 10/18

Bank of America / SkillStorm Consultant

I was the lead technician in the Data Center Migration from Simi Valley to Wyndham Data Center and HA systems in Richmond Virginia. Visions HA products was used extensively to achieve this Data Center Migration which I believe was the largest ever attempted. Between all the Production and HA systems at B of A running OMS400 there is approximately over 300 replication links which I think is also the largest installation Visions has in the U.S..

Responsibilities - work closely with vendors, Enterprise Infrastructure Architect and Enterprise Software Architect in managing High availability and disaster recovery solutions. Perform Vision Solution administration duties that are required to maintain high availability of the platform. Participate in high availability role swaps and support

disaster recovery tests. Maintain iSeries based high availability software and associated documentation. Participate as a Subject Matter Expert, SME, for design reviews, technology and tool selection. Reviews business solutions, design, test and implementation plans created by team and ensures adherence to standards and best practices. Provides support for Vision HA solution including monitoring, troubleshooting and optimizing performance. Supported MQ Team in regards to adds, moves and changes as it pertained to MQ replication via OMS400 over 70 MQ links replicated in the environment. Performed DB2 Database Administration duties which involved enforcing best practices per IBM upon all new database objects created in the environment this included explanation of the new SQL standards to developers. Maintain Third Party Software present on the ISeries. Participate in two Data Center Disaster Recovery exercises annually as lead Iseries Engineer.

July 2008 to December 2008

RSI Home Products, Anaheim, California

Iseries Technical Consultant Iseries System Administrator

While performing all the duties of the Iseries System Administrator who was out on medical leave trained the existing staff in the following Iseries disciplines, Security, Backup & Recovery, Database Performance Tuning, Job Scheduling, System Work Management, Disaster Recovery and PTF maintenance. Created documents to support day to day operations and maintenance of the Iseries 570 and 550, dedicated disaster recovery system. Provided documentation and created scripts to assist in the manual refresh of offsite Iseries 550 DR systems, this was due to the absence of 3rd party replication software. When needed performed application tuning utilizing DB Planned Cache to create needed DB indexes for JDE application. Monitored and trouble shoot Replicate1, Iseries to SQL Server Replication product in a WAN environment. Explained and demonstrated new features of V6R1 operating system. Planned new system resource capacity for LPAR’d environment for JDE conversion to Enterprise 9.0 and future conversion to double character.

January 2005 to December 2007

Countrywide Home Mortgage, Simi Valley, California

Senior Systems Engineer

Began on contract and became an employee in November, 2005. Primary responsibility is configuration and maintenance of test environments which includes 2 i595-iSeries and 2 i890’s partitioned into several systems. These systems must mirror configuration, performance and functionality of forty different production machines without access to production entities. The position requires extensive knowledge of the following: TCP/IP needed to “wrap the systems” to insure no communications escapes to the production and/or outside world; System performance and tuning for setup of environments to match production and for use in performance and scalability testing; RPG IV/ILE coupled with OS/400 Stored Procedures to troubleshoot and assist developers in environments issues. Other duties require knowledge and experience in Iseries partitioning, iASP (used to refresh the test systems), external DASD, Java fundamentals, knowledge of the Java environment in the Iseries, WebSphere Application Server, MQ Series, BRMS, Windows Active Directory and ODBC access, Web Services, .Net environments and Vision Solutions/Mimix setup and monitoring. As technical lead participated in a project to replace the current “in house” job scheduler with Help Systems – Robot Technologies.

August 2002 to January 2005

Mgr. Information Systems/System Administrator

ACM Technologies, Inc., Corona, CA.

As the Manager of Information Services, one of the many roles I assumed was that of Information Security Engineer those responsibilities included multiple day-to-day security tasks in addition to various short and medium term information security projects as part of supporting the entire ACM community's information security needs.

Day-to-day tasks include evaluation of requests for security changes, and monitoring of various security devices and audit logs. This also involves providing ongoing support and advice to executive staff and end users on a variety of security issues, and ensuring that ACM's security policy and procedures are adhered to.

One of my major accomplishments was to implement a system wide security plan for all platforms, Network, ISERIES, Internet Commerce Server, and Email and draft the policies and procedures that governed that plan. Project activities included attending meetings and working with others to determine requirements and deploy appropriate solutions. Project activities also included developing and implementing new security policies and procedures, and recommending strategies to prevent security exposures and intrusions.

I am also the sole person in charge of application support, development and security for J.D. Edwards World software modules include; General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchase Order Management, Sales Order Management and Inventory Management. I perform maintenance programming for J.D. Edwards World environment as needed which also included the creation of one hundred and fifty new World Writer Reports and another 50 RPG programs to support the Distribution module.. I have implemented numerous enhancements to the current shipping software PFASTSHIP 2000. Data communications to our remote locations is also one of my responsibilities in the last 1.5 years I have migrated both voice and data communications from many providers to one provider improving manageability and uptime while saving the company more than 15K annually. I was the Project Manager of successful XP O/S and XP Office rollout to user community. The entire NT Server Farm (8 in total) were migrated to Dell Servers running Windows 2000 Active Directory and Most recently, I served as the Project Manager and sole implementer/integrator of a successful web based Sales Force Automation application (www.netledger.com). The remainder of my time is dedicated to developing a disaster recovery plan, researching new technologies to improve the workforce efficiency, support users and management team in day-to-day operations. Installed a new Pix Firewall version 6 and configured it for use. Maintained Cisco 2600 routers and 3COM Switches.

September 2001 to August 2002

Contractor - AS400 System Administrator Technical Consultant

Hyundai Motors America, Fountain Valley, CA.

Provided technical assistance in the migration from a Mainframe environment to ISERIES production LPAR environment. Designed the rollout plan for QMF Query to the new ISERIES user population and later provided technical support and training for this new query product, which, included performance tuning and query design. After the Mainframe to ISERIES migration completed, I was assigned the project of Event Notification in case of a hardware or application failure. To complete this project I implemented a paging software package this involved the analysis and evaluation of software packages and later the install and configuration and testing of Messenger Plus and lastly the training of Help Desk Support Team, Technical Support Team, Application and Development teams.

Performed the role of Project Manager for all ISERIES upgrades which, included but was not limited to the rollout of Client Access 5.1 to 700 users, numerous hardware and OS/400 upgrades, migration to a LPAR system and upgrades and maintenance to Lotus Domino production server. One of my first projects was to create the hardware and software environment to support Hyundai America's Parts Extranet. To complete this project I installed and configured eight IBM Integrated Netfinity Servers, Websphere 3.5 Application Server, Windows 2000 Enterprise Server, SQL Server 2000 and IBM Host Publisher. Once this project was completed, I was assigned the duties of sole administration and technical support and documentation of this new environment.

Another one of my roles was to share responsibilities as the Security Officer on the ISERIES and one of those duties included management of the migration of application changes from the development server to the production server this was done via change management software, Turnover 5.3.. As the acting Security Officer I also implemented Powerlock Network security (exit point security) software for the ISERIES along with Alliance FTP Manager and PGP Encryption software for encrypted FTP file transfer via the Internet. Participate in application related projects, involving upgrades and implementations, representing the data security interests of the company with minimal guidance from management.

The remainder of my time was dedicated to day-to-day tasks included but not limited to assisting the J.D. Edwards OneWorld technical support team in day-to-day operations and troubleshooting connectivity issues. Documentation and training of technical support staff as well as the end user community. Installed Crystal Reports client version 4.6 for users DB2/400 database access also recreated existing AS400 queries in Crystal Reports for specific power users.

July 2000 to August 2001

Senior Technical Consultant

Arthur Andersen LLP, Irvine, CA.

OneWorldXe ISERIES,NT and AIX environment manage data sources and Object Configuration Manager, performed CNC Design, schedule jobs, manage printers and queues, server administration, manage security environment management, Maintain Environment Synchronization, Build and Deploy Packages Manage Replication, Install and Deploy Service Packs, Perform Installations, Upgrades, and Cumulative updates, Assist in planning Installations, Upgrades, and Cumulative updates, Perform Data Dictionary Maintenance as needed. Installed and configured OneWorldXe JAS server on ISERIES. Responsible for Lotus Domino for ISERIES Configuration and System Administration. Designed and implemented a Citrix Metraframe Server farm for OneWorldXe remote access. Evaluated E.D.I. software packages (Premenos) for clients.

Installed and configured ten NT Servers which included SQL 2000, Citrix Server and Exchange 2000 etc... Maintained Cisco 2600 Routers and Switches and programmed Pix Firewall. Created simple reports for clients using Report Design Aid.

April 1996 to July 2000

Senior Systems Analyst

Southern California Water Company, San Dimas, CA.

Monitor, control, diagnose, and tune the ISERIES system and assigned databases for optimal performance, security, and integrity and provide programming services for reports and applications. Stay abreast of information technology that could be incorporated in systems administration that will benefit SCWC s business users. Install and maintain 14 NT 4.0 Servers local and remote. Support and serve as backup to Network Administrator.

Perform the roll of ISERIES and J.D. Edwards Application Security Officer duties included the development, management and monitoring of security systems and procedures to safeguard information systems integrity. Researched and recommend changes to business and technology that enhanced the overall security to mitigate risk associated with unauthorized changes to data, theft, destruction, alteration and/or denial of access to information. Establishment of the overall Security Management and Administration strategy, Identify, designed and documented processes & procedures for user administration, account creation, role maintenance and security management for J.D. Edward’s application that will be enforced by the Security Administrators.

Implement and maintain Microsoft SNA 4.0 Server for over 400 users. Upgrade PC connectivity to ISERIES using Windows 95 SNA. Support ISERIES and LAN hardware, software and related matters. Enhance existing Network and ISERIES to reflect changes in the industry. Provided development of LAN Internet and remote access services. Programmed and implemented interface for Wells Fargo Purchase Card

Program with J. D. Edwards accounting application.

Create electronic laser forms using Create Print for J.D. Edwards Payroll, Human Resources, Purchasing and Contract Management modules. Implement TCP/IP Services on ISERIES V3R2. Using TCP/IP and NSA Report Web software Publish Reports from Legacy system to NT based Corporate Intranet.

April 1995 to March 1996

Network Technician - LAN Administration

Glendale Adventist Medical Center, Glendale, CA.

Install, configure, troubleshoot and repair computers in a 250 node Token Ring topology Local Area Network running Novell 4.1 N.O.S.. Maintain and administer ISERIES Imaging Optical storage and retrieval system while providing user training and support. Supported a plethora of standalone databases ranging from Microsoft Access to FoxPro.

November 1991 to April 1995

Manager of Voice & Data Communications

Banner Holdings, Inc. Los Angeles, CA.

Maintain voice and data communications technology in a multi-company organization. Responsible for the support and maintenance of 129 Point of Sales outlet stores for two nation-wide companies.

System Administrator for two Local Area Networks running Novell 3.12 and 4.1 respectively. Plan and coordinate the consolidation and relocation of two entities corporate and point of sales systems to LA corporate headquarters.

September 1990 to October 1991

Operations Supervisor - ISERIES

Create, configure and trouble-shoot communication lines, remote and local devices and controllers. Apply PTF s, upgrade operating system, and evaluate software & hardware products. Establish remote locations. Act as liaison with vendors. Store support for over 500 real-time users of the JDA retail software system.

PBX System Administrator G3I

Plan, manage, purchase, program and install both remotely and locally AT&T G3I and G3VS systems. Evaluate current and future software and hardware needs and make company wide recommendations. Achieve business and technical goals acting as liaison with local vendors and carriers.

January 1989 to September 1990

Computer Operator

Strouds, City of Industry, CA.

Perform system maintenance of IBM ISERIES Model D70; system software upgrades and applies PTFs, backups. Installed Point of Sales systems, IBM 4680 retail systems at numerous store locations. Staffed Help Desk assisted in troubleshooting hardware and software problems over the phone for the end user. Other duties include create and distribute SKU update diskettes to stores, report distribution, data entry, manually poll stores that were missed, and general office administration duties.

HARDWARE ENVIRONMENTS

Cisco 2610, 1750 Routers and Pix Firewall, IBM 9402-Y10 Optical Controller, IBM Iseries 620, 640, 830-2400, i890, i595, i570, AT&T Definity Series, IBM Pseries H08, RS6000, Cygnet 1802 Optical Jukebox, Compaq Proliant Servers, HP LaserJet Printers, IBM Integrated Netfinity Server, IBM Netfinity X-Series Server, EMC External Storage

SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS

Windows Terminal Server 4.0, Windows Active Directory, NetSuite, Visio 2003, Microsoft Project 2003, IBM AIX 4.33, Novell 2.X, 3.X, 4.X, Medical Records 2.3, WAF 2.4, OS/400 V3R1M0 – V7R2M0, IBM Client Access Express, RUMBA

Netsoft 3.12 Portfolio, MS FoxPro, MS Access 2000-2007, SNA Server 4.0 SP3, Microsoft NT Server 2003, 2000, 4.0, NS Report Web 2.5, Visual Basic 6.0

SQL SERVER 6.5, 7.0, 2000, Create Print 5.5, Crystal Reports 4.6,

Showcase Strategy 2.5-3.1, JD Edward's version 6.2, 7.3, OneWorldXe SP16

Data Mirror Data Replication (CDC/Infosphere Data Replication), Vision Solutions – OMS400 Version 9.1 and ODS400 Version 5.1, Mimix 8.1, Lotus Domino R5 for the Iseries, Websphere Application Server 3.5 – 6.02, IBM Host Publisher, Spyview 7.0.4, Turnover 5.3, Softmenu 6.0, Powerlock Network Security, Alliance FTP Manager and PGP Encryption, Citrix Server and Client in a Enterprise Environment, Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition, BRMS Backup Recovery, Arcserve 9.0, HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript, RPG III, RPG/IV, RPG/ILE. Connect Direct 3.80/NDM and ZMOD 4.1. Robot Job Scheduler R12M12.

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