Management Maintenance

Location:

Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

Posted:

April 13, 2017

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Personal Particulars

Name : Ahmed Rawy Baghdady

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Phone : 002**-********

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

Nationality : Egyptian

Gender : Male

Marital Status : Married

Summary

Total Years of Experience

25+ years

28+ years z/OS Systems Programmer

20+ years z/OS CICS Systems Programmer

9+ years TCP/IP, VTAM and DB2

8+ years IMS/DC DB

Current Position

G.M Systems Programmer

Education

Bachelor of Computer and System Engineering, University of Al-Azhar.

Technical Skill set

Hardware:

IBM Z Intreprize BC12(2828) model H06, IBM Z114(2818) M05, IBM Z900 2064 Model 104, H/W IBM MP/2003-216, Hardware processor IBM ES/9000, IBM DS8100 Model(2107) STK9840, Amdahl Spectris 400 & 200, IBM Communications Controller 3174, IBM 3590_1 Tape.

IBM Magstar 3494 Tape Subsystem( 3494 Automatic Tape Library l10, B18 Virtual Tape …), hardware (channels, ESCON & FICON channels and director, control units …) and Software (networking, Data/Transaction/Systems’ Management software)..

IBM products:

MVS-OS/390-Z/OS Installation by using ServerPac, OSA, I/O Configuration, PR/SM, LPAR, HCD, IODF, IOCDS, DMS, SMP/E, JES2, SDSF, RMF, SMF, DFSMS, DFHSM, DFSMSDSS, WLM, RACF, ICKDSF, JCL, TSO/E, MVS UTILITY, ICF catalog, VSAM, RMM, TLMS, DITTO, JES/328SX, IPCS, PSF Print, ISMF, SLR, INFO/MVS, INFO/SYS, GDDM, OMEGAMON/MVS, SORT/MERGE, Assembler Language, CICS, TCP/IP, FTP, VTAM, GRS, VTAM, SQL, DB2, IMS DB/DC, DLI, Capacity planning, OMEGAMON/ MVS, Tape Subsystem( 3494 Automatic Tape Library, B18 Virtual Tape, Tape 3590_1), HMC, OMVS, PDS/E, ISV .

Non IBM products:

CA BrightStor(TM) CA-1(R) Tape Management 5.2 OS/390 .

CA-Datacom(R)/AD r10 SP4 .

CA Unicenter(R) CA-Scheduler(R) Job Management Version 9.0.

CA Unicenter(R) CA-View(R) Output Archival and Viewing Version 2

Compuware Strobe.

Compuware ESY_trieve for CICS, TSO & BATCH. V4.1.3.

ADABAS.

Languages

English (Foreign) & Arabic (Native)

EDUCATION

B.SC degree in Computer & Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,El- AZHAR University, Cairo, Egypt

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Main function:(Z/OS Consultant of Systems Programmer on IBM mainframe)

Installation, administration and maintenance of mainframe operating systems and other systems software programs.

Training other colleagues on Systems programming.

RELEVANT & TOTAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Jun. 2016 IT CONSULTANT AT EGYPTAIR

March 2016- 3 month Work Visit Visa to Saudi Arabia, General Authority of Civil Aviation(GACA) by agent(SAUDI ARABIC COMPUTER SYSTEMS LTD)

Z/OS V2.1 on IBM ZseriesZ114(2818) M05

Storage Management, Backup and disaster recovery for Z/OS V2.1 DASD management

HSM, SMS, DFDSS, Rmm.

ICKDSF H/W Utility

ACF2 administration.

May 2015 to Feb 2016 IT CONSULT AT EGYPTAIR

Role:

Evaluation of current operation

Identifying current issues and suggesting resolution options.

Brainstorming and giving recommendations

Periodical high level IT systems audit and re-evaluation

Setting strategy to meet future goals

Monitoring progress and development of strategic plan

Feb. 2014- Feb. 2015 Kuwait

The Public Authority for Applied Education & Training (PAAET).

Senior Systems Programmer by agent(Enhanced Engineering & Multi-TechnologiesCo.)

Z/OS V1R10 on IBM Zseries 890 2086 model A04 (hardware)

Z/OS Systems Programmer V1R10

Storage Management (SMS, HSM, DFDSS, Rmm), DFHDSF for H/W DASD management.

DFDSS Utility S/W DASD management and ICKDSF H/W utility .

Write SMS routine for DATA CLASS, MANAGENMENT CLASS, STORGE CLASS, STORGE GROUP and validate this class to translate the system (ACS), update HSM parameter, relationship between HSM and MAGEMENT CLASS.

Disaster Recovery

DB2 Administration, SQL

ATL

The basic building of the 3494 is the L10 Control Unit frame. The control unit frame consists of the components: -

The Library manager

The Cartridge Accessor

4 Tape Drives

Cartridge Storage Slots

CICS System Programmer V3.1

Oct. 2004- Oct 2013 EgyptAir Egypt

Current Job: Senior Systems Programmer & TS General Manager.

Managing the IBM Z/OS projects as project manager. In this role, I prepare the project plan to meet the target dates, quantify and identify the needed resources, assure enough timely qualified resources availability, conduct progress reviews, monitor through pre-defined checkpoints, take corrective actions and follow-up on the action plans to assure smooth operation, transitions, and migration; if any. Prepare periodical reports and conduct meetings with higher management to brief them on the project progress, any unanticipated delays beyond the plan, issues resolution options comparison and the benefits and possible losses associated with each option, and the cost associated for recovery. Continuous risk assessment and management is taken into account to reduce any negative impact on the project such as delay

Team Leader for Z/OS Systems Programmers.

I am leading a team of 8 systems programmers: 2 for MVS, 2 for DB2, 2 for IMS and 2, 2 for CICS communications. I am providing them with the proper guidance. I distribute and balance the workload amongst them. I am reviewing their work plans. I am assessing their performance. I am also engaged with them in solving problems, if required. I am monitoring their performance and coaching them. I also discuss with them ideas on enhancing our processes and operation. I am also working with them for capacity planning to identify future requirements and upgrades. On problem determination and source identification, I might also get involved with them and the support functions from IBM.

Installed base:

Z/OS V2.1 on IBM B12 model H06, Z/OS V1.11 on IBM ZseriesZ114(2818) M05, Z/OS V1R8 on IBM Zseries Z-900 2064 model 104 (hardware), IBM Magstar 3494 Tape Subsystem( 3494 Automatic Tape Library l10, B18 Virtual Tape …), hardware (channels, Escon channels and director, Ficon channels, control units …) and Software (networking, Data/Transaction/Systems’ Management software)..

Tasks and activities:

Preparing the design of EgyptAir OS/390, z/OS Installation requirements & the online network

planning For mainframe architect.

• Capacity planning (understanding the current environment, characterizing workload, estimating storage requirements, performing benchmark measurements, forecasting future workload and system performance

Installation, customization, maintain, Tuning and performance of Z/OS V2R1 & tailor JES2, OSA.

SMP/E installation & maintenance of Z/OS V2R1 .

Coefficient of PR/SM_ LPAR, activate IOCDS, IPL etc. by using HMC for Z Enterprise BC12 .

Definition & Update I/O configuration through HCD (IODF built table for I/O in HSA without IPL, IOCP program create I/O in IOCDS and built I/O table in HSA during IPL POR) for Z/OS V2.1 migration from Z/OS V1R11 to Z/OS V2.1.

Run ISV after installation.

Tuning & performance Z/OS V2.1 by using WORKLOAD MANAGMENET (WLM ).

Migration from Z/OS V1R11 to Z/OS V2R1.

Storage Management: Defined & customization for ( SMS, HSM, Rmm for Z/OS V2.1 ), DFDSS, DSF.

Tape management (RMM), customized & using VRS to backup & disaster recovery.

Disaster Recovery planning and implementation.

The z/OS Parallel Sysplex combine two critical capabilities: The first is parallel processing (CF and The Server Time Protocol feature), and the second is enabling read/write data sharing across multiple systems with full data integrity.

Clustering technology for the Mainframe to share access to data resources and a cloned instance

Of an application might run on every server.

GDPS is an extension of Parallel Sysplex, disaster recovery (automatically mirrors critical data and efficiently balances workload between the sites).

Share data clustering technique that permits multi-System data sharing with high performance

READ/WRITE integrity.

GDPS/PPRC: It is based on synchronous data mirroring technology (PPRC).

GDPS/XRC: It is based on asynchronous Extended Remote Copy (XRC) technology with no restrictions on distance

Define, update, customization & Maintenance TCP/IP, FTP profiles, procedures & parameters, VTAM, Cisco and S witches.

Installation, definition & create CICSPLex V5.1 regions Under Z/OS V2.1

Migration from CICS V3.1 to CICSPLex V5.1.

Define & update CICS system definition & resource definition.

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Solved CICS problems for users' applications, Define and implement CICS RACF interface.

Performance, tuning & priority CICS Transactions through WLM.

Measurement online of CICS Transactions by Compuware Strobe

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Interface with DB2, CICS, VTAM

Installation IMS DB/DC V12.R1 by SMP/E, IMS backup .

Update IMS system parameter, Define & update IMS security.

Migration from IMS V10R1 DB/DC to IMS V12R1 DB/DC

Performance, tuning IMS & IMS transactions through WLM.

Recovery DB by Image DB & IMS log using IMS utility

Run DBD & PSB job, run ACB job to merge both for IMS online.

Coefficient of PR/SM_ LPAR, activate IOCDS, IPL etc. by using HMC on IBM Z114(2818) M05.

Installation Z/OS V1R11 on IBM Z114 by Z/OS V1.10 as driver system.

Run ISV after installation.

Customization, maintain, Tuning and performance of Z/OS V1R11 & tailor JES2, OSA

SMP/E installation & maintenance of Z/OS V1R11.

Definition & Update I/O configuration through HCD for Z/OS V1.11.

Migration from Z/OS V1R8 to Z/OS V1R11.

Tuning & performance Z/OS V1R11 by using WORKLOAD MANAGMENET (WLM ).

Defined & customization for (RACF, SMS, HSM, JES2, Rmm for Z/OS V1R11 ).

Define & update CICS system definition & resource definition.

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Solved CICS problems for users' applications, Define and implement CICS RACF interface.

Performance, tuning & priority CICS Transactions through WLM.

Measurement online of CICS Transactions by Compuware Strobe

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Interface with DB2, CICS, VTAM

Install, customization, maintain, Tuning and performance of Z/OS V1R8 & tailor JES2, OSA on IBM Z900 2064 Model 104.

SMP/E installation& maintenance of Z/OS V1R8.

Definition & Update I/O configuration through HCD.

Coefficient of PR/SM_ LPAR, activate IOCDS, IPL etc. by using HMC on IBM Z900 2064 Model 104.

HCD to Build & maintenance IOCDS, IOCP & IODF.

Migration from Z/OS V1R7 to Z/OS V1R8.

UNIX Implementation subsystem on Z/OS (OMVS).

RACF security administration, RACF command, Reports by RACFRW command and subcommand using SMF utility, ICHDSM00 utility Data Security Monitor (DSMON), IRRMIN00 Utility to initialize RACF restructured DATA BASE, IRRUT200 Utility to copy & internal organization INDEX, MAP for RACF data base, IRRUT400 utility to merging & copy RACF data base, RACF diagnosis, etc.

Tuning & performance Z/OS V1R8 by using WORKLOAD MANAGMENET (WLM ).

RMF MONITOR to measuring performance &capacity planning.

Implementation, maintenance & update of STORAGE MANAGEMENT(SMS, HSM, DSS, RMM).

Resolve system problems and establish recovery procedures.

Tape management (RMM), customized & using VRS to backup & disaster recovery.

VSAM catalog, performance, design and implementing, ICF catalog backup, recovery & diagnosis.

Write REXX/CLIST & create ISPF dialog.

Write Exit Routines & some required programs using Assembler Language.

Install & generate CICS region & running CICS Transaction Server V3.1

Define & update CICS system definition & resource definition.

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Solved CICS problems for users' applications, Define and implement CICS RACF interface.

Performance, tuning & priority CICS Transactions through WLM.

Measurement online of CICS Transactions by Compuware Strobe.

Interface with DB2, CICS, VTAM.

Database Administration (DBA) for DB2 V7, Install and Tune DB2, Responsible for maintenance & Recovery of DB2.

Structure Query Language (SQL) includes Data Control Language, Data Manipulation, & Data Definition Language.

Define, update & customization VTAM.

Manage & maintain ACF/VTAM.

Maintenance, Define, update & customization TCP/IP, FTP profile, procedures & parameters.

Installation, customization, maintenance & performance Tuning of Z/OS V1R7, and JES2 on IBM Z900 2064 Model 104 by Z/OS V1R7 as driver system.

Designed & Coded the I/O configuration.

Definition & Update I/O configuration through (HCD).

Coefficient of PR/SM_ LPAR, activate IOCDS, IPL etc. by using HMC on IBM Z900 2064 Model 104.

Implementation & customization OSA.

Migration from Z/OS V1R4 to Z/OS V1R7.

Implementation, maintenance & update of STORAGE MANAGEMENT(SMS, HSM, DSS, RMM).

RMF MONITOR to measure performance & capacity planning.

Tuning & performance Z/OS V1R7 by using WORKLOAD MANAGMENET (WLM ).

VSAM catalog, performance, design and implementing, ICF catalog backup, recovery & diagnosis.

Resolve system problems and establish recovery procedures.

Write REXX/CLIST & create ISPF dialog.

Maintenance and administration of TCP/IP, FTP, VTAM.

Install & generate CICS region & running CICS Transaction Server V2.1

Define & update CICS system definition & resource definition.

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Solved CICS problems for users' applications, Define and implement CICS RACF interface.

Performance, tuning & priority CICS Transaction through WLM.

Interface with DB2, CICS, VTAM.

Write Exit Routines & some required programs using Assembler Language.

Oct. 2000- - 2004 May Saudi Arabia

King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia

Consultant Systems Programmer

H/W IBM MP/2003-216. S/W OS/390 V2.7, OS/390 V2R10, CICS Transaction Server V1.3, TCP/IP, VTAM & OSA.

SMP/E Command to Install & Maintain Software.

Designed & Code the I/O configuration for LPAR.

Definition & Update I/O configuration by Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD).

Coefficient of PR/SM_ LPAR, activate IOCDS, IPL,POR etc by using HMC on IBM MP/2003-216 .

Migration form OS/390 V2R7 to OS/390 V2R10, Implementation & Customization OSA.

UNIX Implementation subsystem on Z/OS (OMVS).

Maintained & followed up (RACF) security system (Resource Access Control Facility).

RMF MONITOR to measuring performance &capacity planning.

Tuning, performance by WORKLOAD MANAGEMENT (WLM).

Customized and maintenance of performance and updates of ISMF (DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, SORT & RACF), IPCS.

VSAM catalog, performance, design and implementing, ICF catalog backup, recovery & diagnosis.

Write REXX/CLIST & ISPF dialog.

Maintenance, Define, update & customization TCP/IP, FTP profile, procedures & parameters, VTAM.

Resolve system problems and establish recovery procedures.

Tape management (RMM), customized & using VRS to backup & disaster recovery.

Installed, generated, Migration & running CICS Transaction Server V1.3, & CICS SOCKET Interface.

Performance Define & update CICS system definition & resource definition.

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

& tuning CICS Transaction through WLM.

Solved CICS problems for users' applications, Define and implement CICS RACF interface.

Interface with DB2, CICS, VTAM.

Database Administration (DBA) for DB2 V5, Install and Tune DB2, Responsible for maintenance & Recovery of DB2.

Structured Query Language (SQL) include Data Control Language, Data Manipulation, & Data Definition Language.

Write Exit Routine by using Assembler Language.

Nov 1991 – 2000 Jul

King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Consultant Systems Programmer

Installed base:

IBM 9121-490 running MVS/ESA.MP

Tasks and activities:

RMF MONITOR to measure performance & capacity planning.

Tune MVS/SP R3.8 for SRM.

Redistribute application's files through disk packs., Create MVS system pack for disaster recovery.

VSAM catalog, performance tuning, design and implementing, ICF catalog backup, recovery & problems diagnosis.

Planning for King Abdul-Aziz university MVS/ESA installation.

Coefficient of PR/SM_ LPAR, activate IOCDS, IPL,POR,..etc by using HMC on IBM 9000/ 9121-490.

Installation MVS/ESA V4R3 on 9000/9121 by MVS/ESA V3R3 as driver systems.

Install, customize and run the enterprise systems connection manager (ESCON/9033-1)

Designed & coded the I/O configuration, Customized & run Hardware Configuration Definition (HCD).

Installed, generated and ran MVS/ESA V4R3 and tuned JES2.

Performed the migration from physical partition (PP) to single-image (SI) and migration from Basic I/O to LPAR I/O.

Apply PTF’s or product by using SMP/E dialog or using SMP/E commands.

Maintained & followed up (RACF) security system (Resource Access Control Facility).

Install NCP V6R2 and installed netview access services R3M0 (Network communications and management).

Migration form MVS/SP to MVS/ESA V4.3.

Installed information/system (InfoSYS) and information/MVS.

Customize, tuned & performance MVS/ESA V4R3.

Write an Exit Routine by using Assembler Language.

ICF catalog Backup, recovery, diagnosis, design, implementing & performance tuning.

Customized and maintenance of performance and updates of ISMF (DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, SORT & RACF), IPCS.

Training/Preparing the MVS support and operation teams by conducting courses.

Prepared the necessary procedures that help the MVS support team achieving their activities.

Tune SRM MVS/ESA V4R3 & MVS/ESA V5R1.

Monitoring the system Performance, workload performance activity, paging performance activity.

Installed and run CICS V1R2, define & update CICS system definition & resource definition.

Used CICS utility for maintenance, performing & statistics. Create new CICS region.

Solved CICS problems for users' applications, Define and implement CICS RACF interface.

Interface with DB2, CICS, VTAM.

Install & customize BOOKMNGER V 1.2.0

Customize & code PSF printer v 2.2.0

Install and Tune DB2 & Responsible for maintenance & Recovery of DB2.

Nov.1983- Oct.1991

Egypt Air, Cairo, Egypt

Senior Systems Programmer

Preparing the design of Egypt-Air MVS/SP, MVS/XA & MVS/ESA Installation requirements & the online network planning on IBM 4341 & MG2 which were upgraded to IBM 4381 MGI, 3090/120E & 3090/150S.

Installing, generate & running MVS/SP, MG2 upgraded to IBM 4381 MGI & tuning JES2

Installing, generate & running IMS/VS & tuning, performance IMS/VS & responsible for maintenance the IMS/VS DB/DC

Applying PTF’s or product by using SMP/E dialog or using SMP/E commands.

Preparing the MVS team by giving courses, preparing the MVS operating staff by giving courses,

Preparing backup procedures for MVS.

Design & Implementing sample APPL. (On-line) running under IMS/VS as a guide for programmers & sing

Using IMS/ADF

Installing, establishing, maintaining & follow up (RACF) security system (Resource Access Control

Facility)

Installing NCP V2R1 & V3R1.

RMF MONITOR to measuring performance & capacity planning.

Preparing the design of Egypt-Air MVS/XA JES2 installation requirements & installing MVS/XA & IMS/VS VIR3. On 3090/120E machine.

Tuning JES2 MVS/XA, performance MVS/XA & IMS/VS.

Migration from MVS/SP to MVS/XA.& IMS/VS V2R2 on 3090/150s machine.

Tuning JES2 MVS/ESA V3., Migration from MVS/XA to MVS/ESA V3.

Tuning, performance IMS/VS V2R2.

RACF security administration.

ICF catalog backup, recovery, diagnosis, implementing & performance.

Customized and maintenance of performance and updates of ISMF (DFSMS, DFHSM, DFDSS, SORT & RACF), IPCS.

Tuning, performance MVS/ESA V3 by using RMF report for SRM .

TSO performance activity, paging & swap performance activity, workload performance activity, channel performance activity & direct access device performance activity.

Distribute application's files through disk packs to improve performance.

Training:

IBM Courses, Cairo, Egypt

Introduction to programming, Assembler language, Introduction to MVS, OS/VS JCL Job control language.

MVS utilities, MVS utilities, Creating procedures, OS/VS VSAM design & Implementation.

IMS information system, IMS/DC self study, DL/I self study/.

Message format services, MVS/ESA Installed RACF, DFSMS implementation, RACF administration

SMPE fundamentals.

IBM Courses---London, UK

MVS implementation, MVS structure & design, Advances ISPF and, ISPF/PDF, MVS customization.

DASD storage subsystem management.

MVS/ESA migration, MVS tools and procedures for problem determination.

IBM Courses---Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

1991 King Abdul Aziz University in-house Courses, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Software quality assurance and testing.

MOBILISATI MOBILISATION PEN PERIOD

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