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Computer Operator Data Entry

Location:
Fort Washington, MD
Salary:
$45
Posted:
October 07, 2022

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Resume:

NORMAN TURNER

301-***-****

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

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

U.S. Navy Veteran with 15+ years’ experience working Information Technology. Federal Contractor, working with the Department of Defense, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Duties entailed: Production Support Analyst, performing quality assurance and technical reviews, system testing, and prepared Software Change Requests (SCRs) for Change Control Board (CCB). Supported on call and after hours release requirements. Helpdesk Supervisor, leading a team of help desk personnel on the Control Files Subsystem/Tenant Rental Assistance Certification (CFS/TRACS) help desk, where they recorded user problems into the Problem Tracking and Reporting System (PTARS) for HUD. Mission focused, flexible, team player, with the ability to conquer any task.

KEY EXPERTISE:

Help Desk Supervisor

Computer Operator IV

Production Support/Analyst

PC Support

TRACS Technical Coordinator

System Analyst/Tester

Computer Console Operator

CDL Truck Driver

WORK EXPERIENCE

Na Al i’I LLC 01/21 to present

Operate 16’ Class 6 truck in high traffic areas in the National Capitol.

Pick-up and deliver mail and parcels from the United States Postal Service office

location in Washington, D.C. to the Pentagon and Mark Center in

Northern Virginia.

Assume custody of large volumes of mail and parcels, including Certified, Priority,

and Registered.

Inspect mail and parcels for suspicious characteristics and appropriately react

to suspected hazardous items.

Assist security personnel and mail screening personnel with x-ray operations.

National Coach Works of Virginia 07/15 – 11//2019

Motor Coach Operator: CDL Truck Driver – Outstanding driving record – accident free, driving Computer Bus for National Coach Works of Virginia, driving approximately 200 miles daily, while ensuring the safety and security of riders by conducting pre and post trip inspections of vehicle, and maintained cleanliness. Transported mostly government personnel working in the Washington, DC area. Operates MCI J4500 and MCI E4500 series Motor Coaches.

HeiTech Services, Inc. (FDA)

Computer Operator IV – Electronic Document Room 04/08 – 01/15

Responsible for the timely processing, archival, and reviewing of electronic media submissions from pharmaceutical industry while maintaining an overall quality level of 98.5%. Submission processing requires subject matter knowledge and judgment to complete assignments such as document classification and identification, understands multiple data entry systems, selecting and identifying relevant data, labeling, jackets, logging, assignments and all associated data processing. Provides customer support to FDA Division personnel via email or telephone. Additional responsibilities include preparing standard reports; retrieving documents or information in response to users’ requests; collecting information for inclusion in database tracking system.

2PI Solutions

Shredder Truck Driver and Operator 07/07 – 04/08

Drove and operated Shredder Truck (CDL). Participated in job scheduling, maintainened truck log, and provided a high level of customer support on contracts to which I was assigned. (Interim position while seeking employment back in the IT field).

ActioNet, Housing and Urban Development (HUD)/ Financial Assessment Subsystem (FASS)

Production Support/Analyst 10/87 – 11/06

Note: Continuation of previous assignment. Contract was awarded to a new vendor. Perform quality assurance and technical review activities. Assists in the resolution of end-user software problems. Participates in system testing, environment deployment, preparation of release notes and other release documentation. In addition, prepares Software Change Requests “SCRs” for Change Control Board “CCB”. Support on call and after hours release requirements.

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD Financial Assessment – FHA (FASS)

Production Support/Analyst

Servicing on the Financial Assessment Subsystem (FASS) team providing production support to field employees. Responsible for participating in system testing as well as answering questions and solving usage problems for the Annual Financial Statement (AFS) System from industry users and clients accomplished through the use of Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer, Sybase queries, Excel, and an in-depth knowledge of the system. Generated daily and monthly statistical reports and delivered them to the client, using Sybase queries and Excel. Satisfied on-demand queries updating the daily and monthly reports to meet the clients’ needs. In addition, daily duties included answering industry user questions that were received through the Help Desk Tier I and also offering assistance to the other FASS-MF (Multi-Family) Production Support Technicians and Real Estate Assessment Center (REAC) Analysts. Maintaining a knowledge base document which contained the problem/resolution of each issue was resolved by Production Support. The AFS system is expected to receive and assess over 20,000 submissions every year.

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD Single Family Premium Collection Subsystem – Periodic

Production Support/Analyst

Assigned to the Single Family Premium Collection Subsystem – Periodic (SFPCS-P) maintenance team as a Senior Production Support Specialist. SFPCS-P is a large, complex system designed to control the collection of mortgage insurance premiums and all other charges associated with periodic premium collections for six million accounts. The system technology includes COBOL II, Power Builder, MDI Gateway, RSP, DB2, IMS, JCL, TSO, SPUFI, QMF, BMC, MVS/CICS, Cold Fusion, Sybase Open Client and Platinum products. Responsible for ensuring Production jobs run smoothly on a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis. Monitored the jobs to identify any problems with production batch cycles. Prepared daily production status reports for management utilizing Microsoft Excel. Also responsible for tracking and responding to user assistance requests through a number of mediums including email correspondence and telephone inquiries. Collected information concerning the problem from the user; researched the cause by analyzing screens, data and programs from multiple systems; and identified and communicated the problem resolution to the user. This is accomplished through the use of database queries and in-depth knowledge of the system. Heavily involved in Configuration Management, converting SFPCS-P under the configuration management tool Endevor, attending Endevor user group meetings and worked closely with the HUD Endevor Administrators to create packages, resolve errors and promote the software development lifecycle.

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD, Basic Physical Inspection

Senior Help Desk Specialist

Assigned as a Senior Help Desk Specialist in support on a contract for the HUD Basic Physical Inspection System (BPI), and backup for the Risk Assessment Management System (RAMS). BPI and RAMS were client-server systems utilizing PowerBuilder, HTML, JavaScript, and Sybase. Responsible for answering all questions from the public and HUD internal staff by being available for in-person consultation, by telephone and by email.

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD

PC Support/ Facilities Temporary Assignments

Serviced Facilities when not deployed on temporary assignments. During this time I set up new hires PCs and was heavily involved in upgrading approximately 200 PCs when HQ changed from the Windows 3.1 platform to the Windows 95 platform. This involved uploading data on the network, removing the old PC, setting up the new PCs, and downloading the previously uploaded data on the new PC and trouble-shooting the new PC set up. During this time temporarily assigned to the Walter Reed Armed Forces Institute of Pathology contract to upgrade 450 PCs from the Windows 3.1 platform to the Windows 95 platform. Once again this involved removing the old PC, setting up the new PCs and downloading the previously uploaded data on the new PC and troubleshooting the new PC set up. On occasion assigned to work on the Dairy Foods Industry Associations network, adding users and peripherals to their network.

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD

TRACS Technical Implementation Coordinator

As a Technical Implementation Coordinator for the HUD Tenant Rental Assistance Certification (TRACS) team, I was responsible for coordinating with developers and the LAN Branch, writing installation packages, and distributing software and documentation for the implementation of the latest version of TRACS software on PCs in 58 HUD field offices. I maintained the in-house PC inventory and set up the 50 PC training rooms in support of user training. I also resolved user PC and TRACS problems reported via the Problem Tracking and Reporting System (PTARS).

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD

CFS/TRACS Help Desk Supervisor

Served as Help Desk Supervisor leading a team of five help desk personnel on the Control Files Subsystem/Tenant Rental Assistance Certification (CFS/TRACS) help desk where they recorded user problems into the Problem Tracking and Reporting System (PTARS) for HUD. I also provided management status, reports and trained help desk personnel. Technologies utilized include COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel.

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD

Jr. Programmer /Analyst – HUD

Served as a Jr. Analyst for HUD, on the Chief Housing Underwriting Management System (CHUMS), coded, tested, debugged, and documented COBOL programs using DMS-1100 and DPS-1100. I also updated the CHUMS database using Query Language Processor (QLP).

Advanced Technology Systems, HUD

Helpdesk

Performed in-house Software Quality Evaluation (SQE) on large-scale data management system, using (QLP) to validate and verify system parameters. Designed and conducted module tests in the simulated user environment to verify that displays and reports conformed both to contract task specifications and to generally accepted standards of user friendliness. Maintained logs for trouble reports and change requests.

Advanced Technology Systems -DOD

Analyst/Tester

Responsible for the testing and evaluation of major software components of Honeywell’s GCOS3 and GCOS8 operating systems. Analyzed software problems and prepared reports for software corrections, often having to assist in the editing of Technical Release Notes and making entries to the knowledge database used to minimize system down times.

Dynamac Corporation -DOD

Computer Operator 01/86 – 03/87

Responsible for the computer operation in the various computer labs. Operated the Honeywell 6000, CP901 compiler. Shore Targeting System, and the Wang VS 70 computer systems. Ran nightly, weekly, and monthly Backups on all systems.

Computer Data Systems Inc – GAO

Computer Operator 10/84 – 03/86

Responsible for the operation of the Motorola Four Phase system in the OIRM computer room, provided user assistance, maintained operational logs, and performed preventative maintenance.

US Navy 09/79 – 09/84

Naval Telecommunications Center CP6

Computer Console Operator 02/80 – 03/82

Primary responsibilities were to assure the continuous operation of the Univac 70/45 LDMX system, respond to alarms, and operated of electronic courier circuits. In addition I performed common source routing file updates, and ran daily, weekly and monthly reports. I also maintained a daily log, system trouble logs, and monitored console run sheets for system status and checking for procedural and processing errors. I also performed system dumps as required by the system engineers, and placed system in fall back mode for preventive maintenance and emergency outages, I was also responsible for training junior personnel and enforcing ADP security requirements.

USS VULCAN AR5

Computer Operator 03/82 – 09/84

Primary responsibilities included: operating the Univac 1500, and Honeywell DPS-6 System and supervision of all data entry, maintaining data library records, interpreting operational flow charts, analyzing and correcting operational procedures. In addition performed preventive maintenance on all equipment and the training of other technicians.

TECHNICAL & SPECIAL SKILLS HIGHLIGHTS

Operating Systems:

Windows 3.1; Windows XP; MVS/CICS

Database Tools:

Sybase, Sybase Open Client and Platinum products, MDI Gateway, DB2, IMS, SPUFI, MVS/CICS

Hardware:

Univac 70/45, Univac 70/35, Univac series 70 disk drives, Univac series 80 tape drives, Honeywell DPS6, Honeywell 6000, Wang vs70, CP901 Compiler and all associated peripherals.

Languages:

COBOL, COBOL II, JCL, SQL, PowerBuilder, HTML, RSP, TSO, SQL Endevor

Office Tools:

DMS-1100 and DPS-1100, Query Language Processor (QLP); Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel; Netscape Communicator, Internet Explorer; QMF, BMC

SPECIAL SKILLS

System Testing; Software Life Cycle Design and Development; Quality Assurance; Technical Reviews; End User Technical Support; Configuration Management; 24/7 On-Call Support; Release Notes Preparation; Help Desk; PC Support & Maintenance

EDUCATION & TRAINING

1979 High School Diploma, Princeton High School

02/80 Navy Data Processing Class "A" School

03/84 Honeywell H048S Operators Training Course (NAVY)

03/85 Motorola Four Phase Vision Format Programming

09/87 Basic, COBOL, Advanced COBOL - Prince George Community College

03/92 Introduction to Local Area Networks - USDA Graduate School

01/94 Job Control Language - USDA Graduate School

12/94 Novell 3.12 Netware Administration (CNA) Certified 1/20/95

06/99 CA-Endevor for MVS for Application Developers

10/99 FastTrack to Cold Fusion

06/07 CDL Driver training

09/16 Professional Driving Course for Motorcoach Operators

NCW Defensive Driver Training Course

Safe Wheelchair Lift Training

CERTIFICATIONS

CNA Certified 1/20/1995

CLEARANCES

Previously held secret – Disco

Public Trust level 5 clearance for the FDA



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