Software Developer Engineer
Resume:
Josh Hankins
Work Experience
SS&C Health (Pharmacy Solutions) October 2016 to April 2021
Senior Software Engineer/Architect
CICS Administrator - (October 2017 to April 2021)
• Monitor 24 production and 28 test CICS regions for errors and/or issues.
• Support application programmers as it relates to CICS.
• Use system dumps and application dumps to analyze issues.
• Update CICS definitions when needed.
• Create new regions when necessary.
• CICS Upgrade version 5.3 to 5.5 - March 2021
• Standardize CICS JCL - November 2020
• All current CICS system load modules added to Endevor
• Updated JCL to add new Endeavor controlled libraries removing all non- Endevor controlled libraries.
• Added new Endevor sandbox libraries to the CICS concatenation in order to roll out any changes one region at a time.
• Upgraded CICS CSDs - May 2019
• Split the test CSD from 1 version into 3 versions (Development, Non- Customer Facing, & Customer Facing).
• Split the production CSD from 1 version to 2 versions (by LPAR). Legacy Security Administrator - (October 2017 to April 2021)
• Approve all TSO access for Pharmacy Solutions.
• Set up any new web services and/or application IDs.
• Provide ad-hoc legacy security reports for internal and external customers.
• Troubleshoot any legacy security issues for users this includes Top Secret security and any issues with our in-house application security.
• Assist with external and internal audits in regards to legacy security.
• Ad-hoc updates to user IDs
System Metrics Database - (Development/DBA Role - January 2019 to April 2021)
• Created scripts to create tables for system metric data.
• Created SSIS packages to load the daily system metric files. NDM Mine Application - (Development Role - March 2017 to September 2017)
• Developed and deployed a c#.net application to query a SQL database to bring back NDM statistics.
• Created SSIS package to load the daily NDM statistics feed. The previous version load ran for an average of about 3 hours each day. The new load ran in less than a few minutes.
Mainframe Macros - (Development Role – October 2016 to June 2017)
• Lead the effort to convert macros used to scrape CICS screens written in VB version 6 to VB.net.
• Created a template to be used to convert all Macro programs to VB.net and to be used for new macro programs.
SS&C Inc (DST Systems) Feb 2000 to Oct 2016
Senior Software Engineer - (October 2014 to October 2016) Development /Support Role
• Account Onboarding
• Enhanced NASU to allow split dividend and capital gains to be set up when if FUND allows it.
• Enhanced NASU to allow initial employer contributions for SEP IRA accounts along with allowing contribution catch-up amounts for personal contributions on regular IRA accounts.
• Enhanced the NASU process to allow IRA rollovers, to allow the NASU to Education
Bachelor of Arts in
Computer Information
Systems
Ottawa University
2003
Skills
Detail oriented
Efficient
Quick Learner
Coachable
Self-motivating
Qualifications
CICS, COBOL, Microfocus
COBOL, FileManager,
FileManager for DB2, File-AID,
DB2 File-AID, File Manager, Fault
Analyzer, DeBUG, TSO, SYNC
SORT, Pro Vision, QUICKSTART,
SQL, UNIX, REXX, Easytrieve,
BMC Utilities, Endevor, SPUFI,
Abendaid,, DB2 Visual Explain,
C++, C#.net, VB.net, HTML,
JAVA, GIT, Mapper Code, SEND
Testing, G065 Testing, Eclipse,
Microsoft Word, Microsoft
Access, Excel, Assembler
Certifications
Mainframe Programmer
Certification 2001
Interskill - CICS v5.3 Operations
and Programming
2019
Contact Information
adllqs@r.postjobfree.com
Olathe, KS
process requests greater than 32k, and to allow NASU to be called in a validation mode to ensure the data being passed for the new account is correct.
• Enhanced the fund rules to return systematic ACH purchase minimum and maximum amounts to BARS.
• Enhanced the registration types to return the maximum number of roles for a registration along with the abbreviated name.
• Vision Pro
• Improve the management name display in Vision Pro by rolling up the totals to a new management level. This allows the roll up totals to be displayed in a more meaningful way for the user.
• Enhance the better data file to include the dealer, branch, and representative fields.
• Enhance the Vision Pro quarter-end batch process to allow quarter-end reports to be viewed on-line earlier
(prior to the report being printed). This allows the reports to be viewed a few days after quarter-end instead of a few weeks.
• Enhanced Vision Pro to display shell accounts prior to the accounts being funded. This allows user to see the accounts prior to their customer funding the account.
• Provide back-up support for the Vision Pro product. This includes both daily support and on-call support when it is needed.
• Assist in running quarterly reports.
Software Project Leader - (August 2007 to October 2014)
• Manage four night programmers responsible for resolving abends in a nightly batch process for around seventy platforms consisting of both production and test systems.
• Train and utilize off-shore resources to provide assistance with the nightly batch processes.
• Ensure night programmers are productive when not resolving nightly abends.
• Approve and verify all nightly abend resolutions for production systems.
• Assist the night programmers in complex abend resolutions.
• Support the nightly batch process to ensure service level agreements are met.
• Manage small projects involving abend reduction, contention, and/or tuning issues.
• A combination of the abend reduction efforts along with utilizing offshore resources allowed the night staff to go from nine nightly domestic programmers down to four.
• As well as all the responsibilities as a technical lead. Technical Lead - (February 2006 to August 2007)
• Manage the workload to ensure service level agreements are met.
• Provide technical assistance to the team as needed.
• Escalate severe nightly issues accordingly.
• Quickly resolve abends in a nightly batch process.
• Write up problem tickets in a very descriptive manner for next day follow up.
• Provide technical knowledge and support to internal and external clients.
• Work on small projects involving abend reduction, contention, and/or tuning issues.
• Assist in training new members of our nightly team.
• Cross train day associates on nightly abend resolutions. Senior Software Developer - (March 2004 – February 2006)
• Quickly resolve abends in a nightly batch process.
• Write up problem tickets in a very descriptive manner for next day follow up.
• Provide technical knowledge and support to internal and external clients.
• Work on small projects involving abend reduction, contention, and/or tuning issues.
• Assist in training new members of our nightly team.
• Cross train day associates on nightly abend resolutions. Staff Software Developer - (January 2002 to March 2004)
• Quickly resolve abends in a nightly batch process.
• Write up problem tickets in a very descriptive manner for next day follow up.
• Provide technical knowledge and support to internal and external clients. Software Developer - (February 2000 to January 2002)
• Quickly resolve abends in a nightly batch process.
• Write up problem tickets in a very descriptive manner for next day follow up. References Available Upon Request
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