Steve Bowen

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Yukon, OK *****

405-***-****

ac8jj7@r.postjobfree.com

Experienced CICS and z/OS developer with broad exposure to web technologies looking for remote employment..

Skills

z/OS programming:Assembler, COBOL, REXX, JCL, C, Metal C, SQL, CICS, MQ, USS, TCP/IP, VSAM, SMF, ISPF, IPCS, DB2

Web technologies:JavaScript, TypeScript, XML, XSL, HTML, CSS, SOAP, JSON, REST Windows and Linux:Java, Python, PHP, VB, Lex & Yacc, Eclipse, JMeter, GIT, CVS Most of my career has been devoted to CICS ISV product development in assembler though I do have extensive experience with COBOL, REXX, JCL, C (including metal C), JavaScript and XML. I also have experience with SQL, XSL, CSS, Lex & Yacc, Python, Java, PHP and VB. I've implemented components using Web Services, SOAP, JSON, REST,

I've had much exposure to CICS internals throughout my career and I'm very comfortable doing CICS problem and performance diagnosis. During the last four years my work with the Rocket DV lab I've gained experience with z/OS programming and internals. My most recent work has been design and execution of an web frontend application using TypeScript, HTML and CSS built with the Angular web framework and a related Java backend. I've also developed a working knowledge of many z/OS components over my career including MQ Series, USS, TCP/IP, VSAM, SMF, ISPF and IPCS and have done some Eclipse plugin programming. I have experience with Git and CVS version control systems, the Apache JMeter test tool and have worked in Scrum teams in labs committed to Agile development . Education

Oklahoma Baptist University (Shawnee, OK)

B. S. Math/Computer Science September 1978 – May 1982 University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Enrolled in M. S. in Computer Science program September 1983 – December 1984 Experience

Contract Software Developer

Oklahoma City, OK

December 2018 – Current

Development of web front end application written in TypeScript using the Angular web framework and related Java server components used for presentation of z/OS and DB2 data. Senior Software Engineer at Rocket

Software Oklahoma City, OK

April 2007 – August 2018

Product development and maintenance for Rocket Software data virtualization products marketed as Rocket Data Virtualization Server, IBM Data Virtualization Manager, IBM Accelerator Loader Server, IBM z/OS Platform for Apache Spark and IBM QMF Data Service. I've also been responsible for ongoing maintenance and support of LegaSuite CICS engine.

Most recently I've built an automated process to generate over a thousand mapping, conversion and formatting routines used by Rocket data virtualization products to provide SQL access to IBM SMF data. Senior Software Engineer at Seagull

Software Oklahoma City, OK

May 2005 – April 2007

Product design, development and level 3 support for Seagull Software product LegaSuite CICS Engine

(formerly SofTouch Systems product CrossPlex).

During my time with Seagull I was involved in the implementation of a facility to execute CICS LCE application code on zIIP coprocessors, migrated the LCE source into a CVS system and managed the creation of automated regression, performance and load tests using JMeter. Senior Software Engineer at SofTouch

Systems Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma City, OK 1985 – May 2005

Design and development of various software

products.

Help-Windows - Provided a means to add contextual help and documentation to CICS 3270 applications.

CICS-Windows - CICS session manager. I contributed task switching and management functionality for CICS 3.3 and above and implemented a CUA compliant window manager for 3270 applications. CrossPlex - Expose legacy data - both 3270 applications and CICS commarea applications - to external callers via HTTP, MQ Series, EXCI and other interfaces. During this time I wrote an xml parser with a DOM-style interface and worked extensively with JavaScript and xsl to implement html, xml, REST and JSON interfaces to the product.

I also had the opportunity to build and maintain some of the corporate infrastructure including email, VPN and FTP servers, network routers, switches, wiring and network servers including P390 and Multiprise 3000 mainframes.

Programmer at Akers

Consulting Oklahoma City, OK

1983 - 1985

Contract programming for a variety of accounts including insurance companies, medical clinics and a restaurant accounting bureau. I was exposed various platforms including s/360, s/370, Wang VS, Point 4, TRS-80, CP/M and PC DOS.

Operator at Shawnee Medical

Clinic Shawnee OK

1981 – 1982

Tape backups, print statements and some

programming.

During the wait time between tapes and boxes of forms I read lots of manuals and learned about IBM VSE and CICS programming.

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