System Administrator Management
Resume:
Palmer Goodwin
Wheaton, IL 60187
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SUMMARY
Experienced IT Professional supporting mainframe systems, technical systems
management, systems programming, performance tuning, capacity planning,
storage management, system security, and system administration.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
John Drake & Associates / Blue Cross & Blue Shield, Chicago, IL
Dec. 2013 - Feb. 2014
Consultant
? Perform CPU assessment
? Provide recommendation to eliminate bottlenecks and high CPU
consumption
? Monitored CICS and z/OS performance
Apex Systems / Kohl's Department Stores, Menomonee Falls, WI
Nov. 2012 - March 2013
Consultant / Storage Administrator
? Planned DASD replacement project with 325 Terabytes on the floor
reducing overall operating costs
? Monitored system and DASD performance
Apex Systems / Kohl's Department Stores, Menomonee Falls, WI
Nov. 2011 - May 2012
Consultant / Storage Administrator
? Analyzed and documented three lpar parallel sysplex (ICF) for
performance
? Installed third party software products
? Analyzed job performance and capacity issues using SAS/ITRM and MXG
? Solved network performance problems on DASD and virtual tape PPRC
Hudson Consulting / Newell Rubbermaid, Freeport, IL
Sept. 2010 - April 2013
Consultant / System Administrator
? Assisted in the down sizing a five lpar two sysplex (ICF) configuration
into a three lpar monoplex environment
? Installed z/OS release 1.12 and z/OS release 1.13
? Installed third party software products for Newell
? Customized Mainview software products to monitor CICS and DB2 regions
? Supported the Oracle (STK) VTSS (VSM) and SL8500 tape environment
Trident / Integrys, Chicago, IL
Sept. 2010 - March 2011
Contract System Administrator
? Converted client from CA-Allocate and Serena Start IOO to DFSMS
environment on a z/OS release 1.11 system
? Converted five DB2 sub-systems to DFSMS management
Lawson Products, Inc., Des Plaines, IL
March 2007 - Sept. 2009
Senior System Administrator
? Reduced DASD storage from 53 Terabytes to 33 terabytes resulting in a
saving of $12,000 per month.
? Converted DASD sub-systems to 3390 mod 9 and mod 54 reducing the number
of volumes to manage.
? Implemented DFSMS rules to control and manage DASD growth.
? Planned and supervised the upgrade of IBM 890 to IBM z9 processor.
? Supervised the installation and configuration of two IBM 2106 (DS8100)
DASD sub-systems for the VSE to MVS conversion.
? Converted from IBM DFrmm tape management to CA-1 tape management.
? Managed a group of four individuals
Management Associates of America, Inc. / Lawson Products, Des Plaines, IL
June 2004 - March 2007
Consultant / System Administrator
? Implemented RACF security for Sarbaines-Oxley compliance.
? Performed RACF security administrator duties.
? Created three additional MVS lpars.
? Installed and migrated DB2 release 7.1 across all lpars.
? Installed z/OS rel. 1.6, CEC configuration changes using HCD,
configured an IBM 2105 model 800 shark subsystem.
EDUCATION
Master's Degree Economics Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL
Master's Degree Computer Science & Electrical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Bachelor's Degree Electrical Engineering Southern Illinois
University, Carbondale, IL
MCSE & MCTS certified MicroTrain, Lombard IL
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE
MAINFRAME
HARDWARE: 70,000 MIP IBM zEC12 processor
3390, 3590, 2105, and DS8100 & DS8870 DASD subsystems &
PPRC
TS 7740 TAPE subsystems & PPRC
SOFTWARE: ACF2, Automate, BAL, BMC products, CA-90s, CA-1, CA-7,
CA-11, CATALOG SOLUTION, CICS, COBOL, DB2, DCF,
DELIVER, DFDSS, DFHSM, DFP, DMS, Endevor, ENF, EREP,
EXPRESS, FDR, FILEAID, HCD, IBM Utilities, ICF
Catalogs, ICKDSF, IDCAMS, ISMF, INFO/SYS, INFO/MGMT,
INFO/MVS, ISPF, JCL, JES2, LE/370, L-Serv, Mainview,
Megacryption tape encryption, Mimm, Mobius ViewDirect,
MQSeries, MVS/ESA, NCP, NetPass, NETview, ODDS,
Omegamon, OS/390, Panvalet, PDS, PR/SM, PRO/Jcl,
QUICKFETCH, QUICKREF, RACF, RMF, SAR, SAS, SDSF,
SHOWMVS, SMF, SMP/e, SMS, STOP-X37, SWICTH, Syncsort,
Tasid, TCP/IP, TLMS, TMON/MVS, TMON/CICS, TMON/DB2,
TMON/VTAM, TMS, TOP Secret, TPX, TSO/E, TSOMON,
VPS/TCPIP, VTAM, WSF2, z/OS release 1.13, z/VM
MICROCOMPUTER
HARDWARE: IBM PCs and compatibles, Client server LAN/WAN
SOFTWARE: Cisco IOS, DynaComm/Elite, DynaComm/TN3270, Excel,
Internet Explorer, Java, Jolly Giant qFTP file
transfer, SuSe Linux, Lotus Notes, MS Project, Outlook,
PowerPoint, Visio, Visual Basic, Visual C++, Windows
XP, 7 & Server 2012, Word
MCSE & MCTS Certified
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