Provide overall system administration, support and maintenance of operating system and network connectivity for all iSeries systems.

IT consulting company targeting the iSeries (AS/400) platform infrastructure. Managing and supporting the hardware and its associated operating systems, peripherals, communications, network configurations, account administration, security and disaster recovery. Available to work on site or remotely. IT professional with extensive experience on the IBM iSeries (AS/400) platform within the pharmaceutical industry. Knowledgeable in managing and supporting the hardware and its associated operating systems, peripherals, communications, security and disaster recovery. Recent success in leading a vendor managed services environment outsourced to India for global operational support of 117 partitions. Ability to think tactically and strategically, able to work autonomously and in teams. Certified Six Sigma Yellow belt and ITIL(Information Technology Infrastructure Library) v3.

Responsible for the engineering and global operational support for the iSeries (AS/400) platform.  Provided direct governance to outsource vendor to ensure their work follows corporate standards, meets predefined quality requirements and reduce re-occurring incidents  Acted as escalation point to outsource vendor for complex technical problems  Monitored and drove SLA (Service Level Agreement) performance, continual improvement processes and monitored support services for compliance Acted as a change management approver for all system-related updates using Remedy Reviewed all iSeries (AS/400) infrastructure maintenance contracts for accuracy and potential cost savings  Led the designing and planning to consolidate and migrate 33 partitions due to a merger from around the world to two central locations; Evaluated and purchased 8 physical AS/400s with 35 partitions; Performed migration of 15 partitions representing 10 countries Plan and execute OS upgrades and PTF patching  Design LPAR configurations and system hardware builds Designed/implemented/maintained the platform security standards according to corporate security standards Design, implement and testing of high availability tool MiMiX Coordinated the move of 6 multi partitioned DR (Disaster Recovery) AS/400s and peripherals from the original data center to the new DR data center and reduced the footprint (number of partitions) in the process Plan, designed and executed procedures for Disaster Recovery strategy Developed technical roadmap for iSeries (AS/400) platform concerning new technology evolution and advised management on challenges to sustain the current environment and provide for growth Acted as primary contact for internal and external (SoX, FDA, Health Canada) audits for global infrastructure; Provided the information requested and remediated findings  Provided 7x24 rotational support Contributed to developing a global archiving strategy for the platform