Infrastructure Architect in Healthcare, Commercial Banking, Insurance (Health, Life, Property and Casualty), Retail, and Credit industries. Demonstrated abilites to effectively communicate, build strong, sustainable relationships with internal and external individuals, perform effectively in high-pressure situations and successfully manage multiple duties across multiple projects.
Core Knowledge and Skill Areas
SOA Infrastructure Systems development
Requirements Documentation MS Project
Project Management Use Case diagrams
SDLC Data analysis
Quality assurance testing
Technical Experience
Hardware IBM z/OS, OS 390, 309X, 308X, 43XX
Operating Systems: Linux (SUSE and RHEL), AIX, Microsoft IIS, VMWare, OS/390, MVS/ESA/XA, JES2/JES3
Knowledge Base: HP Open View, Dynatrace, BMC Configuration Optimization and Atrium Discovery tools, NMON, Wily Introscope v8/v9, WebSphere, SiteMinder, F5 load balancing, CICS, BMS/SDF, MQ Series, DB2/SQL/QMF/SPUFI/Stored Procedures, DB2 Connect, OS JCL & Utilities, XML, TSO/ISPF, EZTRIEVE Plus, FILEAID, IDCAMS, MS Office suite (VISIO, Word, Excel, Power Point), Lotus Notes, SharePoint, Advanced Query Tool, ESP job scheduler
Languages: COBOL / COBOL II / COBOL 370
Testing Management: Expediter, InterTest
Change Mgmt Tools: PANVALET, ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN 5.5.
Related Experience
Health Care Services Corp / BCBS Illinois, Chicago, IL 07/2012 – 09/2016
Infrastructure Architect
Health Insurance
Worked closely with technology SMEs to architect enterprise technology shift from a SUSE Linux / Websphere model to Red Hat Linux / Tomcat / TomEE.
Closely worked with solution architects to create conceptual designs.
Ensured the seamless integration of vendor software solutions into the enterprise’s environments.
Architected the migration of DB2 databases from AIX to a Linux platform.
Advised application groups and DBAs on performance issues raised in the Windows / SQL 2003 to Windows / SQL 2012 migration project.
Architected Windows 2008 to Windows 2012 conversion project.
Worked with application groups to create infrastructure designs for both new and existing applications for multiple environments based upon stakeholder requirements.
Provided architecture solutions to address project budget constraints.
Performed risk analysis of solutions to ensure client fully understands benefits/repercussions of chosen solution.
Involved in designing “Disaster Recovery” solutions for existing applications.
Reverse engineered existing applications’ infrastructure to provide application documentation when not available.
Experienced with designing solutions utilizing virtualization technologies.
Health Care Services Corp / BCBS Illinois, Chicago, IL (cont’d)
Assisted the configuration management team in addressing server performance issues as identified through the BMC Configuration Optimization and Atrium Discovery tools and suggested courses of action.
Provided the basic documentation necessary for entry into the Design & Infrastructure Control Commissions.
Facilitated design review meetings with application groups and the various Subject Matter Experts from each of the technologies incorporated within the proposed design solutions.
Provided project managers with highly accurate project cost estimates for hardware, software, and storage.
Presented complex designs to audiences of either technicians or senior executives.
Walgreens, Lincolnshire, IL 12/2009 – 06/2012
Infrastructure Lead
Pharmacy
Transitioned Disaster Recovery disk volume back-up function from Systems Programming to Job Scheduling.
Created business and functional requirements documentation, use-case process flow process flow, and project plan for Disaster Recovery transition project.
Facilitated JAD sessions between System programming, Disaster Recovery group, and Job Scheduling.
Trained Job Scheduling personnel on Disaster Recovery process.
Updated processes and documentation for Job Deletion and Dataset recovery.
Participated in a SOX initiative that segregated access to open systems servers’ access into development, test, and production environments.
Identified and verified needed firewall rules for connection from the mainframe to the remote database servers were functional.
Facilitated design meetings between the Application managers, Source development managers, and ID Security group for ID assignments.
Created use-case diagrams and business requirement documentation for assigning ID and system access rights for consultants.
Tracked and assigned project defect incidents.
Assisted Systems programmers in evaluating an automated inventory system’s JCL and COBOL programs for relevancy.
As part of a Security waiver created a VISIO diagram that depicted the data flows between remote servers and the mainframe for a Security department waiver.
CME Group, Chicago, IL 10/2008 – 04/2009
Senior Consultant
Commodities Exchange
Worked on the integration of NYMEX/DME exchanges into the daily and monthly job cycles.
Created COBOL/DB2 programs, procedures, and run JCL to process monthly job cycles.
Provided documentation, test plan, and DB2 SQL statements to populate test data.
Chase Bank, Chicago, IL 08/2006 – 03/2008
Senior Consultant
Commercial Banking
Conducted GAP analysis for replacement of existing data feed to Treasury Securities System.
Created business and functional requirement documentation for replacement of existing data feed.
Tracked and resolved defect incidents during UAT
Created requirements traceability matrix.
Created user acceptance test plan for enterprise release.
Assisted in creation of implementation schedule for enterprise release.
Working closely with business users developed a transaction conversion matrix that allowed for minimal changes to existing COBOL/DB2 CICS/Batch reporting system saving two man-months of work.
Designed DB2 stored-procedures and supplied testing support for ISIS an e-commerce Billing System that allowed a Java based system with a GUI front-end to trigger DB2stored procedures that queried the mainframe based DB2 tables and returned the results back to the open system via a global DB2 table.
Modified real-time commercial COBOL/DB2 based transaction processing system due to the deactivation of the current data input system.
BCBS of Illinois, Chicago, IL 11/2004 - 03/2006
Project Lead / Senior Consultant
Health Insurance
Created project management plan the Consumer Driven Health Product project.
Created detailed program specifications for CDHP project ensuring HIPAA compliance.
Provided technical team support as needed for COBOL/DB2 systems.
SBC, Hoffman Estates, IL 08/2004 -11/2004
Senior Consultant
Telecommunications
Developed High Level Application Design for Wholesale Complete project.
Developed program specifications and created Selection Edit program.
Developed program specifications for Changed USOC Audit report.
Conseco/Bankers Life, Chicago, IL 10/2003 – 07/2004
Senior Consultant
Health and Life Insurance
Created CICS/COBOL program specifications and coded marketing reports for new cancer claims product.
Analyzed current procedures and made recommendation for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Assisted in analysis and transition from Panvalet to Endeavor.
Caremark, Deerfield, IL 02/2003 – 05/2003
Systems Analyst
Healthcare Retailer
Designed COBOL/DB2 system to report a change in drug manufacturer.
Developed HIPAA compliant batch reports.
Created SQL and JCL to create DB2 extract files using Platinum.
Participated in DB2 tuning project
Kemper Insurance, Long Grove, IL 07/2002 – 12/2002
Senior Consultant
Property and Casualty Insurance
Set up and maintained test mainframe environments for claim work station project.
Ran claim system regression tests.
Assist in de-bugging MQ Series based COBOL programs.
Participated in JAD sessions for the central claim check print project and created entity relationship models.
Worked with DBA to create the physical model.
Interstate Insurance, Chicago, IL 04/2000 – 06/2002
Lead Technical Consultant
Property and Casualty Insurance
Project Lead for a premium interface integration project.
Lead analyst for the creation of new premium interfaces.
Participated in the due diligence process for premium interfaces.
Created Cobol II/DB2 batch interface programs for Policy/Claims Management system.
Modified existing CICS/COBOL/DB2 programs for the Policy and Claim Payment systems.
Education
Project Management Core Concepts (GPA 4.00), 2007: DePaul University
A.A.S. Computer Technology (GPA 5.72), 1982: Purdue University