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Westfield, Nj, Us

Mount Laurel, Nj

Responsible for ensuring that services and infrastructure are able to deliver the agreed capacity and performance targets in a cost effective and timely manner. Taking into consideration all resources required to deliver the service including planning for short, medium and long term business requirements. Gathering data from a number of different processes and tools to analyze organizational capacity requirements and to create a Capacity Plan to stipulate and enable adequate infrastructure capacity. Work with Cloud teams to develop strategies for optimal infrastructure deployment and sizing and data storage requirements. Analyze business strategies and requirements to project future infrastructure requirements. Where required apply modeling techniques to anticipate the impact of future deployments on current infrastructures. The outcomes of the analysis and modeling processes are compiled into Infrastructure growth forecasts, which will serve to inform future organizational strategies and budgets.

Secuacus, Nj

Senior ManagerBackup & Recovery Service – Domestic2005 – 201507/07 – 06/015Manager of Backup & Recovery Services GroupResponsible for all aspects of Backup infrastructure for Domestic Server Environments• Infrastructure Design• Project Planning & Documentation• Upgrades & Budgeting• Data at Rest Encryption Infrastructure• Physical & virtual tape infrastructure• Day-to-Day operational issues• Oracle & MS SQL Data protection• Virtual & Physical Windows and Linux Servers Special Accomplishments:TSM migration from v5.4 to V6.3Complete hardware replacement of TSM Servers, Storage, Tape and SAN SwitchesDesign and implementation of Encryption infrastructure for data at rest.Design and implementation of Data deduplication infrastructure (IBM ProtecTeir)ITIL Foundations Certified 01/05 – 07/07System Administrator – System i Platform• Responsible for all Systems Management functions as they related to the iSeries Platform• Responsible for the creation and implementation of support policies and procedures.• Responsible for the creations of strategic initiatives for PTF Maintenance and Backup and Recovery.• Responsible for system architecture and design of both LPAR and standalone systems.• Responsible for implementation for all hardware and software LLP and OS upgrades.Special Accomplishments:Implementation of new PTF support strategy that reduced failures due to known problems to zero.Upgrading of all systems via DLSO Implementation of centralized Service Director reporting for all systemsImplementation of in-line Data Encryption to protect backup tapes.

Springfield, Nj

Manager of Systems Management Group07/03 - 08/04• Responsible for all Systems Management functions as they related to the iSeries Platform• Responsible for the creation and implementation of support policies and procedures.• Responsible for the creations of strategic initiatives for PTF Maintenance and Backup and Recovery.• Responsible for system architecture and design of both LPAR and standalone systems.• Responsible for implementation for all hardware and software LLP and OS upgrades.• Responsible for IBM Advance Support relationship.• Responsible for L.U.G. relationshipSpecial Accomplishments:Implementation of new PTF support strategy that reduced failures due to known problems to zero.Upgrading of all systems to V5R2 via DLSO Implementation of centralized Service Director reporting for all systemsProduction system upgrade for Model 840 to Model 870Data Warehouse Application Benchmarking.Data Warehouse system upgrade from Model 840 16 processor partition to Model 890 24 processor Standalone system.Upgrade and consolidation for Model 840 system to a 12 Partition Development and Backup system Model 890

Mahwah, Nj

Lead Systems ProgrammerCapacity & Performance Management Group10/02 - 7/03• Technical lead for performance and capacity planning of all iSeries application platforms• Project Manager for strategic planning of utilities and products to provide end-to-end performance and capacity management of all supported hardware platforms by 2006.• Direct responsibility for the training and development of staff for the Performance tuning and capacity planning of both UNIX and iSeries platforms.• Direct responsibility for 4 application platforms in the areas of hardware architecture, performance tuning and capacity planning. Lead Systems ProgrammerMidrange Systems AS/400 Group6/98 - 10/02• Technical lead responsible for the training/coaching of junior staff members in the areas of performance analysis, capacity planning, application, and hardware support. • Technical lead for future technologies to be deployed on the AS/400 • Technical lead for “Common Model” development efforts• Designing of processes and utilities for the department• Planning of capitol and labor budgets• Plan and direct the workload for the programming staff • Programming utilities, via CL , to improve processing and systems maintenance• 3rd level technical support duties for the resolution of system, application and user issues.Systems ProgrammerMidrange Systems AS/400 Group4/96 - 5/98 • Technical lead for the group responsible for the training/coaching of junior staff members in the areas of performance analysis, capacity planning, and hardware selection.• Designing of processes and utilities for the group• Performance and capacity planning of the CMS and CAReS platforms• Special assignments for the Technology Steering Group• Programming utilities, via CL , to improve processing and systems maintenance• 3rd level technical support duties for the resolution of system, application and user issues.

Nyc, Ny, Purchase, Ny & Greenwich, Ct

Support users on all platforms. Diagnose hardware, software, and communications problems. Maintain user and system security. Responsible for performance tuning and capacity planning for all platforms. Responsible for the installation of all computer hardware and software. Responsible for the setup of all communications between internal and external systems. Create programs to monitor/audit the systems. Disaster/Recovery Coordinator/Planner for all systems. Responsible for system documentation, manuals and supervising of the operations staff.Designer/Project Manager for the following:Greenwich, CT office LAN/WAN SystemNew Disaster/Recovery PlanNew Main Office Data Center & Off-site Recovery CenterC.O.L.D. SystemDocument Imaging SystemST400 to MERVA/2 AS/400-E50 to AS/400 310-2043 UpgradeDOS to Windows Client migrationGreenwich centralized Fax serverNew corporate LAN/WAN/SERVER designSpecial Responsibilities:Budgets for all platforms and software

Newark, Nj

Support users on all AS/400 systems. Trouble-shoot hardware, software and communications problems. Maintain user profiles and system security. Responsible for performance tuning and capacity planning. Responsible for the installation of all related hardware and software. Responsible for the setup of all communications between internal and external systems. Create programs to monitor/audit the systems. Disaster/Recovery Coordinator/Planner for all systems. Responsible for system documentation, the writing of manuals and supporting/supervising the operations staff.Designer/Project Manager for the following:9335 to 9336/37 Disk migrationPhoenix Data Center relocation/consolidation to NewarkToken-Ring to Ethernet migrationSpecial Responsibilities:Forecasting and maintaining budget for the AS/400 platform and staffCross training for DEC Vax platform

Nyc, Ny

Support users on all platforms for hardware, software, and communications problems. Maintain user and system security. Responsible for performance tuning and capacity planning for all platforms. Responsible for the installation of all hardware and software. Responsible for the setup of all communications between internal and external systems. Responsible for system documentation, manuals and the supervising of the operations staff.Special Responsibilities:Designer/Project Manager for the following:System 38 to AS/400 system migrationNEXOS to Novell NetWare migration PC workstation migration

Nyc, Ny

PC technical support in Methods and Planning Unit. In charge of evaluating and installing of hardware and software. Train staff in various software packages, as well as providing user support.

Nyc, Ny

Investigated customer inquiries for various account types. Extensive contact with customers and other areas for resolutions and research materials.

Brooklyn, Ny

Investigated customer inquiries for various account types. Extensive contact with customers and other areas for resolutions and research materials.