ATTILA GALUSKA
** ********* **** ● Methuen, Massachusetts 01844 ● ******.*******@*****.*** ● 781-***-****
Summary of Qualifications:
Senior consultant of systems engineering with strong technical abilities in relational and hierarchical
Database Management Systems on both mainframe and server side technologies, proficient in all
aspects of the project development lifecycle of multiple systems in direct support of business
objectives. I am a knowledgeable team player that integrates well into group projects, but I am also
comfortable in an individual contributor role. In addition I keep myself current with IT related
industries, as well as consumer electronics and internet technologies.
Technical Knowledge:
Databases and Related Technologies: DB2, IMS, DSNAIMS, SQL Server, MS Access
Operating Systems: proficiency in both z/OS and Windows platforms
Programming/Scripting Languages: PLI, COBOL, JCL, C#, VB, Java, JavaScript, DHTML, Net.Data
Data Transfer Technologies: MQ, FTP/FTPS, NDM, MFT
IDEs: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, IBM RAD, VAJ, Eclipse
Professional Experience:
Verizon
Senior Software Engineer 1999 – Present
• Designed, implemented and provides production support for a report tool that uses z/OS and
distributed data sources. This tool is utilized by management to compare the results of the new
.NET based telecom ordering system versus the legacy z/OS based system. My role involved:
Developing effective SQLs that run on multiple mainframe DB2 subsystems
Create and configure Windows Scheduled Tasks that run the report tool on the required schedule
Configure the report tool to either create HTML reports or text reports attached to an email
Performed required IIS setup and configuration to support the report tool
• Engaged in the development of a new .NET, C#, SQL Server based application to support the
telecom ordering processes at Verizon. This long term project’s goal is to migrate a z/OS based
(IMS/PL1) legacy ordering application to the distributed server platform. My role involves:
Analyzing legacy code
Creating detailed designs and test plans
Providing code review
Helping team members in developing code using OOP concepts
• Designed, implemented and provides production support for a test tool used by developers, testers
and analysts that emulates user input to a z/OS IMS based service order negotiation system by
utilizing screen scraping techniques. My role involved:
Designing and creating the test tool using VB.NET and emulator APIs.
Implementing domain based security for authorization to production versus test environment use
Implemented functionality to create different types of skeleton orders and to stop the process on a given step in the
simulated negotiation process
• Participated in the planning, analysis, and development of an Enterprise wide .Net web based
performance monitoring tool utilizing a wide range of technologies (MQ, FTPS, NDM, XML,
SQL Server, DB2, .NET, DHTML) to audit the success of billing estimation process. My role in
this project involved:
Creating web-based custom UI elements
Setting up an FTPS server for secure file transfer between mainframe and a server cluster
Implementing SSO based authentication and authorization
• Involved in the development and production support of a z/OS based solution that utilizes IMS,
JCL, COBOL, and NDM for providing billing data to a .NET based distributed application. My
role in this project included:
Creating JCLs and providing production support to aid in the secure transfer of data using NDM and MFT
technologies
• Designed, developed and provided production support for a .NET/SQL Server based account
inventory tool used by the developer by the test organizations to easily manage test accounts. My
role involved:
Designing and loading the database
Creating the UI front end
Setting up relationships between tables
Creating a load utility that has mainframe screen scraping technology
• Provided production support of both legacy z/OS (IMS/DB2/PL1/COBOL) order processing
application and .NET based ordering application.
• Single point of contact for analysis, development, testing and production support for a z/OS based
(IMS/PL1) service order processing system used by Verizon customer service representatives.
• Participated in the development of a multi-tiered Java based testing tool that enables users to edit,
manage, and submit XML test cases for z/OS based legacy system processing using IBM MQ. My
role in this project included:
Creating user authentication and authorization modules in VB
Enhancing the UI of the test tool to enable users to effectively modify test data
• Implemented new screens and an order rating module for a z/OS based service order processing
system.
Education:
Southern New Hampshire University (1995-1999) Boston University CEC (2001–2002)
Computer Information Systems Web Application Developer