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Computer Operations & Helpdesk Specialist Resume Title

Location:
Skokie, IL
Salary:
23.00
Posted:
March 10, 2026

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Carl D. Mandley

**** ******* ***.

Skokie, IL. **076

Home 630-***-****

Cell 630-***-****

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

SUMMARY

Understand and maintain MVS/UNIX operating

Systems.

Provide support for production application problems.

First line liaison for communications between

Application/product users, operations, and software

Support.

Above average ability for detail and system analysis.

Above average customer service skills.

WORK HISTORY

10/07 – 1/4/26 Computer Operator JUDGE

Assigned to Volkswagen Credit

Monitor various IT systems and services responding to alerts and taking documented actions designed to meet SLA requirements.

Assist in incident response including notifying affected parties, contacting service providers, communicating status,

Lead and support a variety of initiatives to automate and to improve monitoring and response capability.

Effectively communicate across shifts turnover to ensure effective hand-offs.

Adhere to data center policy & procedures

submit production jobs into scheduler

Perform daily & monthly processing

Assist in after hours support on week days, weekends & holidays

Technical Skills: UNIX, Linux Oracle, ServiceNow, Finesse, Cisco Jabber, AWS, Tidal job scheduling, VOIP, Windows11, Microsoft Authenticator, MS TEAMS, Office 365 Products

06/07 – 10/07 Sr. Analyst –MODIS

Contractor for Exelon Corporation

Monitor various IT systems and services responding to alerts and taking documented actions designed to meet SLA requirements.

Assist in incident response including notifying affected parties, contacting service providers, communicating status,

Conduct shift rounds to ensure all equipment in data center is operating correctly and the material condition of the facility is optimal for the environment.

Lead and support a variety of initiatives to automate and to improve monitoring and response capability.

Effectively communicate across shifts turnover to ensure effective hand-offs.

Collect metrics for SLA’s, equipment performance, and other efforts.

Lead and/or support projects and assignments within I&O organization.

Technical Skills: MVS, SCON, JSS, SDSF, TSO, ISPF, SSMS, ENDEVOR, SAR, OMEGAVIEW, MQ, Microwave, SNC, JMUX, Telenium, Spectrum and ONS.

11/06 – 02/07 Computer Platform Services -TekSystems

Contractor for DWD

Monitor all activities throughout environment

Monitor all production applications

Process nightly batch through Control M

Escalate all problem calls to appropriate support group

Maintain and monitor all network activities

Prepare the tape backups for Veritas Netbackup

Troubleshoot all production applications

Maintain production and monitor production environment

Log all production issues using Tivioli

Technical Skills: Argent Job Scheduler (AJS), Veritas NetBackup, Control M, OS/390, TSO ISPF/SDSF,Omni, Tivoli,

Windows XP, Microsoft Office Products

8/06 – 10/06 Computer Operator-Griffen

Contractor for LittleFuse

Monitor all production& development activities via SAP

Monitoring production & development applications Via AS400

Process nightly invoices

Escalate all problem calls to appropriate support group

Maintain and monitor all network production & develop

Prepare the tape backups for the AS400

Troubleshoot all production applications

Maintain production and monitor production environment

Log all production issues using CA Unicenter ServicePlus Service Desk

Technical Skills: SAP, AS400, Microsoft Office Products, Windows 2000, CA Unicenter ServicePlus, OutLook Express 2000

07/04 – 09/05 Computer Operator- Nu-Way Search

Contractor for ABN AMRO

Monitor all production activities via CA Unicenter

Monitoring Replicator application

Submit daily End Of Day procedures

Submit Trade End Of Day procedures

Escalate all problem calls to appropriate support group

Maintain and monitor all network production & develop

Monitor all production applications using CA-Unicenters workload application.

Troubleshoot all production applications

Maintain production and monitor production environment

Log all production issues using CA Unicenter Peregrine

Technical Skills: UNIX Sun Solaris, AS400, Microsoft Office Products, Windows 2000, CA-Unicenter, Tivoli, Peregrine, Lotus Notes, MS Access

06/02 – 5/03 Operations Support Analyst- TravelCLICK

Monitor all operational activities during shift.

Determine necessary job setups by reviewing job requirements, operation instructions, and system workload.

Evaluate system performance statistics including job execution and system response times.

Document all production and operating system problems, and contact appropriate IT organization with appropriate urgency.

Prepare a daily summary of all system activities and problems.

Perform all appropriate operator activities including job scheduling, job submission, and system or file backups.

Perform Quality Control checks on results of production processes to ensure accurate report generation.

Technical Skills: UNIX, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Office Products, Windows 95/98/2000, SQL, Oracle, MSAccess

08/96 - 04/02Senior Computer Operator- CCC Information Services

Responsible for support for MQ Series across the UNIX and Veratas mainframe platforms

Manage system security through ACF2.

Assist in restarting all production jobs by using ZEKE and JCL for errors.

Assist the programmers in resubmitting their incorrect jobs.

Perform network backups using Netbackup.

Maintain logs of software/hardware for reporting and problem resolution.

Define printer definitions through CICS, and monitored CICS transactions.

Submit daily, weekly, and monthly batch cycle.

Maintain and monitor all UNIX production applications.

Log all problem calls and related details and resolutions.

Adhere to all policies and procedures within the data center.

Maintain and create all policy and procedure documents for operations staff.

Train new employees on monitoring procedures.

Monitoring all production runs through Tmond.

Manage and maintain View Direct reports database for internal users.

Assist in restarting all production jobs by JCL.

Technical Skills: TSO, CICS, OS/390, UNIX, MQSeries, Sun Solaris, AIX, Zeke, Tmond, Spectrum, Microsoft Office Products Windows 95/98, ACF2, Netview, VTAM, Lotus Notes, JCL

Earlier work history available upon request

Certificates

02/02 IBM Learning Tree for UNIX System Administration

06/01 IBM MQ Series course for Windows NT

8/89 Computer Learning Center



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