Manager Support
Resume:
Dean Da Silva
Rockwall, Texas *5087
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TECHNICAL SKILLS:
OPERATING SYSTEMS: zOS, MVS/OS/390, DOS/VSE/ESA, OS/400,IMS, MS/Windows8, /WINDOWS10/3.1/95/98/NT OS/2, MS/DOS, light Unix V
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Expert level ALC and COBOL, PC-MASM/C/VB6, VB2010,
Also know PL1 SAS_C OS/400- C/COBOL/, .NET, C#, RPG/RPGII familiar with C++, Java, HTML, CGI and Perl
PROTOCOLS: SNA/LU6.2/APPC, BSC, ASYNC/ZMODEM/KERMIT, FTP, secureFTP, TCP/IP, x.25, IIS, familiar with Cisco IOS
DATABASE: SQL, ADODB(X), DLI (IMS/DB), DB2, MS/ACCESS, TOTAL
TOOLS/ACCESS METHODS/MISC:
MVS-JCL, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, CICS, INTERTEST, EXPEDITER, VM/CMS/XEDIT, FILEAID, DITTO, VSE-ICCF CICS, FAQS,DITTO,VSAM,LIBRARIAN,BTAM,VTAM,TCP/IPADM,DEBUG,ICF,MS/WINDOWS,MS/VStudio2013.NETFRAMEWORK,MS/ACCESS,ODBC,EXPLORER,SQL,PWB,DEBUG,MS/OFFICE,SSL Administration
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BCforward Inc. contractor
Hewlett Packard
2014 - 2015
Assigned to CATS (Crew Activity Tracking System)
Developer duties supporting the USAirways and American Airlines CATS system. The system is mostly written in COBOL,OM(Object Manager) source manager. System featured IMS/DB2 databases and MQSeries in a request/response scenario. The system also featured MPP 3270 screen programs.Wrote SQL Query for DB2 problem determination and debugging.Requests/responses were coded in XML, which we had to code to provide test requests. Also used XMLSPY to verify output responses and validate input requests.
Colabera Inc.
2011 - 2012
JPMorgan Chase
Assigned to File Transfer Services Organization.
Process improvements of scheduled triggers, jobs, datasets, and procs retiring jobs no longer needed. Sterling Commerce’s Connect: Direct (NDM) file transfer software, designed/coded exits, for LU6.2 and TCP/IP connections. Work was performed in a TSO/ISPF environment utilizing ISPF commands and batch utilities.
American Electric Power
Sr. Systems Administrator
2000 – 2010
Duties:
Maintained the PKI for the enterprise. Managed all SSL certificates Worked closely with customers(other business units) and, the Telecomm group the Middleware group in introducing SSL and also renewing all expired certificates both internal(self-signed) and external(purchased from GoDaddy and Identrust).
Installation, maintenance and support of CICS/TS1.3(MVS r10) supporting LU6.2 connections and TCP/IP sockets interfacing with DB2 v7
application programmers support for CICS/TS1.3(MVS r10) DB2 v7
Installation, maintenance and support of MQSeries v5.3(MVS,Win2000, .NET framework)
Installation, maintenance and support of DataIntegrator (CommerceQuest product)(MVS,Windows 2000,WinXP .NET framework),
Installation, maintenance and support of ASG MQEnterprise(MVS,UNIX,Win2000,WinXP)
Installation, maintenance and support of TMON for CICS and MQ
Plus(CICS DFHRPL allocation utility)
Accomplishments:
Assisted with the conversion from CICS V4.10 to CICS TS 1.3
Responsible for dynamic DB2 plan selection exit
TCP/IP sockets security exit
Assisted in conversion from CA-ACF2 to RACF security system
Coded user exit without having source code(using reverse engineering)
Installed Indus/Passport application comprised of more than 400 transactions
Comments from 2001 performance appraisal:
Dean provided CICS/TS system administration responsibilities with little or no training needed. Dean installed and supported CICS add-on products such as: DADS/PLUS and EyeSpy.
Dean played a significant role in the upgrade and implementation of CICS V4.1 to CICS/TS, which also included upgrades to ACF2, DADS/PLUS, Intertest and EyeSpy add-ons and interfaces.
Developed enough proficiency to handle off-hours/on-duty CICS system support as a primary and secondary for the AEP/West CICS regions.
Provided significant system support with the Indus V8 upgrade project by installing and assisting with problem resolutions.
Participated in the OS/390 version 2.8 upgrade by provided CICS/TS technical support.
Worked on Datacenter Consolidation project.
Assisted with the conversion from Omegamon/CICS to TMON for CICS.
Participated in the disaster recovery test in Columbus.
Sterling Commerce, Inc.
Communications Software Group
Technical Support Engineer
1996 – 1999
Duties:
Problem determination, analyzed traces, dumps, JCL, scripts and logs to determine if there was a software defect.
Designed, coded, documented, and tested bug fixes
Designed, coded, documented product enhancements when deemed necessary by product marketing.
Assisted and trained junior personnel in problem determination
Assisted customers and junior personnel with configuration issues and security issues
Assisted customers and junior personnel with system programming and setup issues for CICS, VTAM, VSAM BTAM., and OS/400 scripts and profiles
Researched issues involving IBM and other vendor software bug fixes
Provided beeper after hours support for CONNECT:DIRECT and CONNECT:MAILBOX products for the MVS,VSE,VM,NT,TANDEM,MS/DOS and UNIX platforms and protocols, BSC,ASYNC,SNA,TCP/IP,FTP.
Documented issues and bug fixes in a problem tracking system –Vantive
Converted several PL1 utility programs to ALC.
Accomplishments:
Designed,coded,tested and documented recursive abend defect in the CICS interface for CONNECT:MAILBOX(LU62/APPC).(ALC)(CICS V4 and V5)
Designed, coded, tested and documented performance enhancements to the CICS interface for CONNECT:MAILBOX.(ALC)
Designed coded, tested and documented ESA compliant version of CONNECT:MAILBOX for VSE.
Designed, coded, tested, and documented Y2K compliant version of CONNECT:MAILBOX for the VSE platform.(ALC)
Designed, coded, tested, and documented OS/400 command submission through scripting(C and COBOL)
Designed, coded, tested, and documented for the OS/400 product x.25 protocol support(C and COBOL)
Received several “above and beyond” awards for exceeding expectations.
EDUCATION
Two plus years of college- San Jacinto College, Bryant College, and Plus School of Business.
Numerous Technical (IBM, MICROSOFT, CA) and Management (U.Texas Austin) courses sponsored by previous employers.
Memberships:
Member of the North Texas Chapter of Infragard a volunteer organization sponsored by the FBI, that assists the FBI by reporting malicious or suspicious activity thru email or the web.
Member of Microsoft BizSpark
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