Manager Maintenance

Danny R. Kile

**** ** ****** ***.

Lincoln, NE **522

Phone: 402-***-****

Email: *****@****.***

OBJECTIVE: To execute PS Admin contract work in a manner which leaves every client in a better

position to self-manage, and have greater insight into, their systems so that each customer

adamantly feels the time purchased was a long-term value to their organization.

EDUCATION:

May 2007 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

Degree: Bachelor of Science

Major: Computer Science

Minor: Mathematics

QUALIFICATIONS:

o 5+ years of PS Admin experience installing, integrating, upgrading, performance tuning,

monitoring, automation, patching and maintaining PeopleSoft 9.0-9.2 applications and

PeopleTools 8.49/8.50/8.51/8.52/8.53

o Specializing in Integration Broker architecture design for App Messaging and Web

Services

o Excellent load testing and performance tuning methodology

o Development background makes me a go-to PS Admin for any developer needing help

with design or to understand the impacts of their modifications

o Strong knowledge of AIX/Linux (Unix) and Windows operating systems including

administration

o Advanced troubleshooting, logical thinking, problem resolution, organization, resource

planning, accountability, verbal and written communication skills

EMPLOYMENT:

PS Delta Knowledge, Inc. July 2012 - Present

Lincoln, Nebraska

Position: PeopleSoft Systems Administrator CEO

Clients:

Florida State University – Tallahassee, Florida July 2012 - Present

Successful Campus Solutions implementation and go-live and multiple successful peak registration

and drop/add periods

Assisted and participated in HR 9.1 PT8.52 upgrade and CRM 9.2 PT8.53 upgrade

Implementation of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) for CRM 9.2 on PT 8.53

Mentored and trained 4 junior to mid-level PS Admins on Integration Broker, PeopleSoft Upgrades

and Maintenance, PeopleTools Upgrades and Patching, networking, and much more

Led transition of Campus Solutions to a new set of servers and new network infrastructure

accomplished by a combination of VM cloning, config file adjustment, dual PIA stacks and

accompanying PS config to allow parallel access until final cutover

Led migration of HR, Financials, Portal (IH), CRM, & EPM to a new network infrastructure

accomplished by a combination of server NIC adjustments, DNS changes, and firewall changes

Load testing and benchmarking using Oracle Application Testing Suite under various

configurations with analysis to provide hardware purchase suggestion

Florida State University – Tallahassee, Florida …continued July 2012 - Present

Performance monitoring and metric gathering scripts for:

WebLogic domains (Java heap usage, thread pools, connections, sessions, request queueing)

Tuxedo app domains (clients, JSH usage, queue statuses, memory, recycling, cpu)

Design, proposal, and implementation of standalone Integration Broker Gateway and dedicated

App Messaging domain infrastructure for isolation of asynchronous message processing from

online transaction processing (and subsequent upgrade from PT 8.52 to PT 8.53)

Application of Campus Solutions maintenance: CS 9.0 Bundle 26 & 27; HR 9.0 Bundle 20;

PTU 12C – 12E, including assistance with subsequent CS 9.0 Bundles 28 through 32

Participated in implementation and training of the Phire change control product for PeopleSoft

Research for app domain cache preload and proliferation, Tools and Application and Config

location split on NFS file systems so PS_HOME can be shared across servers

SSL certificate update and configuration of SSL offload to F5 BigIP load balancer

Web and App domain performance tuning and sizing recommendations and adjustments

Instituted ‘Boomerang’ fix for reciprocal Person Data messaging between HR & CS

Configuration tips to ease future maintenance and upgrades

Updates to existing unix shell scripts used for PeopleSoft startup and shutdown automation

Day to day PS Admin tasks, e.g. instance refreshes, DMS execution, COBOL compilation, SQR

migration, cache clears, etc.

University of Nebraska Central Administration – Lincoln, Nebraska May 2013 - June 2013

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) research and recommendation

PIA domain creations for PT 8.52 upgrade

File Attachment issue resolution: static route for passive FTP traffic from a server with multiple

outbound NICs

Application of Campus Solutions maintenance: CS 9.0 Bundle 29

Unified Navigation looping issue detection and mitigation automation

Researched and identified production DNS name server problem

Oracle Admissions Application troubleshooting and error correction

Installation of a PeopleSoft Test Framework instance

Training of a new PS Admin Team Lead

University of Central Florida – Orlando, Florida October 2013

Review of the current PeopleSoft software and hardware architecture to ensure certification at all

versions and tiers

Review of the current Integration Broker architecture and proposed changes to increase traffic

isolation and performance

Review of the current app and web server cache management procedures with proposed

improvements including preload cache instructions and elimination of unnecessary domains

University of Nebraska Central Administration January 2009 - July 2012

Lincoln, Nebraska

Position: PeopleSoft Systems Administrator

Responsibilities: Install, maintain, apply patches (bundles, maintenance packs), perform PeopleTools

upgrades and patches, troubleshoot, integrate (Portal, CS, EPM). Provide 24x7 on-call support.

Achievements & Expertise:

Installed and went through a 2 year full-cycle implementation of 3 PeopleSoft products (Campus

Solutions, Applications Portal, & EPM) for 4 University of Nebraska institutions and 3 Nebraska

State Colleges

During implementation, presided over 56 separate instances of PeopleSoft

Executed all PeopleSoft project migrations until development coordinators were selected and

trained and currently execute all migrations to production

Performed 2 major PeopleTools Upgrades on 3 products: 8.49 to 8.50 on CS, Portal, & EPM;

8.50 to 8.51 on CS & Portal

Utilize multiple system monitoring channels including Oracle EM, WhatsUp, WebLogic Console,

customized shell scripts executing tmadmin and WebLogic Scripting Tool commands, PeopleSoft

Performance Monitor, PS Ping

Experience with Integration Broker handling PeopleSoft to PeopleSoft messaging and external

interfaces

Wrote shell scripts to automate tasks such as cache clears and XMLP cleanup

Researched application code to write DMS scripts for exporting instance-specific settings and

security to be retained during refreshes

Designed strategies for load balancing and failover of web, app, and process scheduler servers

Installed, helped implement policy decisions, and maintain the Phire change management software

Maintain and troubleshoot a purchased admissions application running on WebLogic and Oracle

SOASuite

University of Nebraska Central Administration May 2007 - January 2009

Lincoln, Nebraska

Position: Programmer / Analyst

Responsibilities: Fully develop robust applications from project proposal and requirements gathering

through production level implementation, user training, and maintenance. Responsible for a minimal

amount of on-call support. I work on a variety of web applications ranging from university-wide

immunization to course equivalency. I converted our web apps to perform LDAP authentication against

Sun’s Identity Manager. I developed a load program for our portfolio management solution (ProSight)

connecting our time entry system with payroll and benefits data from SAP stored in our data warehouse to

provide project time and cost analysis. I have also assisted in algorithm development pertaining to

strategic project alignment.

Obtain requirement specifications for new Maintain and update legacy software

Demonstrations to customers/users

projects

Develop program and database design 24/7 Production environment

University of Nebraska Central Administration April 2006 - May 2007

Lincoln, Nebraska

Position: Programming Assistant

Responsibilities: Assist in designing, coding, testing, and implementing desktop and web applications.

Bring legacy production web applications into a .NET environment. Test for and fix bugs in current web

forms. I participated on projects including university-wide web applications utilized by students and staff

to apply for cross-campus services and a help website for the ERP solution (SAP). I was the primary

developer of a hybrid data warehouse and reporting environment used by staff to perform student

reporting.

Maintain and update legacy software Demonstrations to customers/users

Involved in all phases of the software Code for a variety of applications of varying

lifecycle size and complexity

University of Nebraska Central Administration October 2003 - April 2006

Lincoln, Nebraska

Position: Helpdesk Support Technician

Responsibilities: Answer questions from University of Nebraska faculty and staff about a broad range of

IT topics. Support provided for systems including SAP, University of Nebraska Data Warehouse, Student

Information System, Cisco Systems VPN Client, Lotus Notes, MS Office, Windows XP/Vista, Wireless

and LAN networking, Palm and other mobile devices, PolyCom video solutions, Qmaster print queue

manager, as well as in-house solutions developed at the University of Nebraska.

Maintain procedural documentation Black box software testing

Field technical IT questions Video conferencing setup and support

Hardware and software installation and setup Network troubleshooting

References are available upon request.

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