Rashid Jiwani

Engineer, MBA (IT/Finance)

https://www.LinkedIn.com/in/RashidJiwani

Cell: (678) 480 – 9999

Email: adu7wj@r.postjobfree.com

Over 20 years’ experience as an IBMi Certified AS400 iSeries – Sr. System Engineer / Administrator

Objective:

To obtain a management position to help develop, support, security, service to the success of the company through utilizing my rich experience and technical skills in the most productive manner.

Education:

Master’s in Business Administration, MBA (IT / Finance)

Bachelor’s in Engineering (Chemical Engineering)

Bachelor’s in Accounting (Accounting / Business)

2015 - Onwards I B M / Kyndryl IBMi Certified AS400 iSeries Sr. System Engineer / Admin

IBM Certification on IBM i System Administration and Control

IBM i System Configuration, Installing LIC (Licensed Internal Code), OS (Operating System), Licensed Programs

Creating multiple LPARS (Logical Partitions), VIOS LPARS, LPM (Live Partition Mobility), Disk Parity Protection, adding disk units to ASP, License Product Keys, System Migration

HW used IBM iSeries Power 7 / 8408-E8D, Power 8 / 9119-MME, Power 9 / 9009-42A

Upgrade OS/400 Operating System, V6R1, V7R1, V7R2, V7R3 on multiple LPARS, Planning on upgrading V7R4

Managed Server and LPARS using HMC (Hardware Management Console) 7042-CR7. Upgrade Firmware V9R1

Maintaining Tape Library 3573 with multiple Magazines, High Density Tapes, Upgrade Firmware E20 to F01

Installing IBM PTF (Fixes), FTP directly from IBM Fix Central to the iSeries using Image Catalog, SNDPTFORD

Install and maintain Powertech Antivirus Tool on all LPAR’s, Updating Virus Definitions, Upgrading AV Tool

Allocating & Optimizing System Resources, DASD, CPU, Shared Pool Memory

IBM DB2 Web Query for I (Power Security Compliance), Generating & comparing reports from all LPAR’s

System Performance Tuning using iDoctor, Job Watcher, Disk Watcher, Collection Services, PEX, Plan Cache

System i Performance Navigator for GUI Interface, Performance Data Investigator (PDI)

System Networking, Line Description, Controller Description, TCP/IP, NETSTAT, Printer setup, Spooled files

System Audit, SOX, PWC, PCI, SAS70, HIPAA, etc. Remote Journaling for Security Audit Trail

System Security Values, Security Exit Points, Integrated File System (IFS) Security, Object Level Security

System Cleanup and Maintenance, Creating Indexes, Reorganizing Large Files, Archiving Files

FTP / SFTP / SSL, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) between various systems, TELNET, Control Language Pgm

Creating Sub-Systems to run jobs, other than QBATCH, QINTER, etc.

Job Scheduler, ROBOT/Schedule

Designing iSeries environments like DEV, QA, UAT, PRD, etc. for QA Testing

User Account Management, User-id, Password Security, Group Profiles, Grant / Revoke Special Authority, User’s Private Authority, User Auditing, Authorization Lists. Maintaining job description for proper user access

Multi-Factor Authentication using IBM Verify or Google Authenticator to get one-time password

MQ Series, Channels, Queues, Queue Managers, Listener Ports, SSL Cypher, Digital Certificate Manager, MQ Upgrade from v8 to v9

Maintaining DB2/400 databases, PDM (Programing Development Manager), SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), SQL/400, Query/400

BRMS System Backup and Restore, FlashCopy, DS8000, Disaster Recovery Planning, Restoring system on server

Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Virtual Tapeless Backup on Local Appliance, and Cloud

High Availability replicating software Mimix, VSP, Data Group, Application Group, Planned / Unplanned Outage

High Availability replicating software iTera, Actual / Virtual Roll Swap Readiness

Change Management Software’s, ALDON, TURNOVER, COOL:2E / SYNON:2E, PTC Implementer, etc.

Installing, Configuring, Log Collections for TEMS (Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server), TEPS (Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server), TEMA (Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent)

Use of SST (System Service Tools), DST (Dedicated Service Tools) to identify and diagnose the system issues

Installing, Configuring, Supporting, Upgrading third party applications, running on AS400 iSeries

Data Mining and extraction from different platforms across the network

Project Coordination, Analytical Skills to troubleshoot the issue, timely interact with HW/SW vendors to resolve

PC connection with AS400 using ACS (Access Client Solutions)

Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD), Helpdesk ticket using ServiceNow, etc.

Excessive use of Microsoft Office products, Excel, Access, etc.

Provide 24X7 production / system support, ensure 100% system high availability, tier-3 support, helpdesk coverage

2002 - 2015 Student Finance Company IBMi Cert. AS400 iSeries Sr. System Engineer / Admin

IBM Certification on IBM i System Administration and Control

IBM i System Configuration, Installing LIC (Licensed Internal Code), OS (Operating System), Licensed Programs

Creating multiple LPARS (Logical Partitions), VIOS LPARS, LPM (Live Partition Mobility), Disk Parity Protection, adding disk units to ASP, License Product Keys, System Migration

HW used IBM iSeries Power 7 / 8408-E8D, Power 7/8202-E4D, Power 8/9119-MME

Upgrade OS/400 Operating System, V6R1, V7R1, V7R2, V7R3 on multiple LPARS

Managed Server and LPARS using HMC (Hardware Management Console) 7042-CR7. Upgrade HMC to V9R1

Maintaining Tape Library 3573 with multiple Magazines, High Density Tapes, Upgrade Firmware E20 to F01

Installing IBM PTF (Fixes), FTP directly from IBM Fix Central to the iSeries using Image Catalog, SNDPTFORD

Install and maintain Powertech Antivirus Tool on all LPAR’s

Allocating & Optimizing System Resources, DASD, CPU, Shared Pool Memory

IBM DB2 Web Query for i (Power Security Compliance), Generating & comparing reports from all LPAR’s

System Performance Tuning using iDoctor, Job Watcher, Disk Watcher, Collection Services, PEX, Plan Cache

System i Performance Navigator for GUI Interface, Performance Data Investigator (PDI)

System Networking, Line Description, Controller Description, TCP/IP, NETSTAT, Printer setup, Spooled files

System Audit, SOX, PWC, PCI, SAS70, HIPAA, etc. Remote Journaling for Security Audit Trail

System Values for the security purpose. Security Exit Points, Integrated File System (IFS) Security

System Cleanup and Maintenance, Creating Indexes, Reorganizing Large Files, Archiving Files

FTP / SFTP / SSL, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) between various systems, TELNET, Control Language Pgm

Creating Sub-Systems to run jobs, other than QBATCH, QINTER, etc.

Job Scheduler, ROBOT/Schedule, ROBOT/Console, ROBOT/Network

Designing iSeries environments like DEV, QA, UAT, PRD, etc. for QA Testing

User Account Management, User-id, Password Security, Group Profiles, Grant / Revoke special authority, Private authority to users, User Auditing, Authorization Lists. Maintaining job description for proper user access

Multi-Factor Authentication using IBM Verify or Google Authenticator to get one-time password

MQ Series, Channels, Queues, Queue Managers, Listener Ports, SSL Cypher, Digital Certificate Manager, MQ Upgrade from v8 to v9

Maintaining DB2/400 databases, PDM (Programing Development Manager), SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), SQL/400, Query/400

BRMS System Backup and Restore, FlashCopy, DS8000, Disaster Recovery Planning, Restoring system on server

Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Virtual Tapeless Backup on Local Appliance, and Cloud

High Availability replicating software Mimix, VSP, Data Group, Application Group, Planned / Unplanned Outage

Change Management Software’s, ALDON, TURNOVER, COOL:2E / SYNON:2E, PTC Implementer, etc.

Use of SST (System Service Tools), DST (Dedicated Service Tools) to identify and diagnose the system issues

Installing, Configuring, Supporting, Upgrading third party applications, running on AS400 iSeries

Data Mining and extraction from different platforms across the network

Worked extensively on various ERP / BPCS Modules (same as JD Edwards, SAP):

Financials – Account Receivables, Account Payables, General Ledger, Financial Retrieval System, Payroll

Distribution – Inventory, Purchasing, Order Entry, Billing & Sales, Forecasting

Analytical Skills to troubleshoot the issue, timely interact with HW/SW vendors to resolve them

PC connection with AS400 using ACS (Access Client Solutions)

Content Manager OnDemand (CMOD), Helpdesk ticket using ServiceNow, etc.

Excessive use of Microsoft Office products, Excel, Access, etc.

Provide 24X7 system support, ensure 100% system high availability, tier-3 support, helpdesk coverage

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