EGDA NIAMA
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Senior IT operations analyst with twenty-two years experience in the
Pharmaceutical Industry working in a complex multinational company within a
data center environment. Holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Information
Systems with a working knowledge of Windows PC applications (Word, Excel,
PowerPoint), MS Office tools, Unix and NT systems. Complete understanding
of basic client/server concepts coupled with IBM Mainframe MVS experience.
Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills with a
demonstrated ability to identify and accurately resolve imperative problems
in a timely manner.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
IBM
2013
Incident Management Resource - (2/2013 to 6/2013)
Respond to queries and expeditiously fulfill service requests. Diagnose,
troubleshoot and resolve application incidents. Get inputs on root cause
analysis and develop checklists for typical problems. Escalate incidents to
the Level 2 experts when appropriate according to established procedures.
Frequently update ticket status in the Remedy Incident Manage-ment System,
ticket tracking application. Produce macro reports from Sharepoint. Alert
management of critical incidents and recurring problems or incident trends.
Serve as a liaison between end users, technical and functional support
groups and Command Center managers.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center
2012
Computer Operator - (10/2012 to 12/2012)
Responsible for monitoring and maintaining the downtime of 724 Access
System. Reacting, reporting and troubleshooting all alerts for Cerner VSF:
724 Online Reporting Tool. 724 Access is a web base monitoring tool, this
is a clinical information system consisting of electronic health records
and health information exchange system.
Hoffmann - La Roche 2007-
2011
Computer Operations Operator - (6/2007 to 7/2011)
Performing proactive monitoring and incident management for all computer
systems including but not limiting to: hardware, software,
telecommunications equipment, WAN/LAN networks, data bases and all
environmental support equipment. This includes Media management,
Monitoring, System Operating based on operational procedures, Problem
Escalation, Documentation of Incident logs and Incident Management.
Oversee tape backup procedures, vital record processing, network and
applications monitoring, and problem reporting.
Software products include NetIQ AppManager Control Center, HP OpenView
Storage Data Protector, HP OpenView Service Desk, Tivoli Job Scheduling
Console, Cronacle, Networker Management Console Legato software, EMC
Corp.), and Smarts InCharge Global Console.
Networking & Computing Services/Johnson & Johnson
2004-2006
Server Monitoring Operations Analyst - (10/2004 to 3/2006)
Responsible for monitoring all servers using the appropriate monitoring
tools, initially analyzing and troubleshooting all alerts plus handling
customer's telephone calls. Responsible for the appropriate escalation of
any issues that cannot be successfully troubleshot within the timelines
specified.
Monitoring different consoles such as Microsoft Exchange Administrator,
System Performance, HP SIM (Systems Insight Manager), Arcserve, NetIQ
AppManager, HP OpenView and Wintel Hardware Monitoring.
Providing any first level troubleshooting and escalating if necessary.
Creating daily shift turnover reports for Exchange servers, NT application
servers and Windows 2000 (SMS servers, AD servers, File & Print servers,
NetBackup servers, QIP servers). Reports included any pending issues still
being worked on, NetIQ alerts, SIM alerts and any other significant
information.
Monitoring Arcserve backups for Exchange Servers. Including/adding the
Exchange Backup report sent by the Exchange IM to the daily shift turnover
report, troubleshooting and escalating problems if necessary.
Using Picasso(REMEDY) as the tracking mechanism for any issues. Any
incident was expected to have a Picasso Ticket assigned to it. For
incidents where an alert came from either SIM or NetIQ, the alert message
should be copied into the problem description field within Picasso. Issues
that were phoned or E-mailed in to Operations also needed a Picasso ticket
assigned.
Pfizer/Warner-Lambert 1986-
2002
Senior Operations Analyst - (9/1986 to 5/2002)
Responsible for routine monitoring and maintenance of multi-server platform
(Intel, UNIX, etc.) environment and operating peripheral technologies,
subordinate consoles, and controls (input/output) for the varied computer
systems.
Additional Responsibilities:
Provide Help Desk telephone support to global and headquarters client base
CIT's (data centers).
Identify technology problems and follow-up resolutions.
Maintain accuracy of procedural/problem logs/databases regarding the
operation analyst's tasks and technology (Maestro, IT/O(OpCenter),
Peregrine, NetBackup, Veritas, ExecView, etc.).
Perform as Tape Librarian maintaining the tape library system via OmniBack.
Work with Storagetek silos, mount/eject tapes, send and receive tapes from
vault.
Maintain audit trails for all inbound / outbound media.
Assist in Disaster Recovery Testing.
Special Assignments:
Media Tape Inventory and storage.
Training
1 EDUCATION
BS Computer Information Systems 1985
Bloomfield College, Bloomfield NJ
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4 CERTIFICATION
5 Information Technology Infrastructure Library
6 SKILLS and TECHNOLOGIES
Software:
Windows PC applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Office tools, Tivoli/
MAESTRO, Cronacle, HP SIM (Systems Insight Manager), HP CIM (Compaq Insight
Manager), System Performance, Microsoft Exchange Administrator, HP
OpenView, NetIQ AppMananager Control Center, HP OpenView Storage Data
Protector, Networker Management Console Legato, Smarts InCharge Global
Console, CA Manager, TSO, IDMS, CICS, DB2, TCPIP, JCL, VTAM, NETVIEW,
OMEGAMON, JES2, IT/O (OpCenter), HP OpenView Service Desk Client, Picasso
(REMEDY), Peregrine, Heat, Veritas NetBackup, OmniBack, STK SILO Automated
Tape System, VCI, ExecView, Change Management and Incident Management.
Operating Systems:
MVS OS/390, NT, and HP/UNIX
Hardware:
IBM Mainframe, Intel, and HP 9000
References:
Upon Request.