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Round Lake, Il, Us

Worthington, Ohio, Us

Control-M administration, installation of agents, components and modules for SAP S4 HANA Cloud Migration project.Created and updated Control-M scheduling working with application team and project manager to design complex batch automation.Installation and upgrading of Control-M agents and Modules.Migration of Control-M agents and implemented Service Definition monitoring.Integrated SAP application with Control-M.Extensive use of Quantitative and Control resources for workload balance and to make the jobs to wait at the time of server/application maintenance.Provided support during project and SAP application.Created standard requirements for testing of jobs prior to movement of jobs to production and for the migration to production.

Performed a vital role in the assembly and production of the BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid test which is used with the NAVICA App. Identify solutions to help mitigate production issues, along with monitoring everyday work activities. Collaborate with quality assurance team to identify and minimize defects, with a focus on maintaining momentum and accuracy. Ensure production and distribution processes are executed efficiently.

Purchase, New York, Us

Interfaced with cross-functional teams to complete the implementation of a common release management approach for the PBNA and FLNA investment projects, developed yearly release and blackout freeze calendar, prepared for future project releases, and coordinated all crucial application and infrastructure work, including bug fixes and emergency releases. SAP Releases were deployed with SAP Solution Manager/SOLMAN 7.2/ChaRM. Collaborated with the project teams on a hybrid of waterfall and agile methodologies. Orchestrated functional team checkouts and testing for the Control-M v8 upgrade for test/production systems to ensure there were no issues after the upgrades or impact to the business.• Chaired weekly portfolio review of projects/proposals with live Tableau dashboard reviews for project managers to give updates on red and yellow projects/proposals to present to leadership.• Facilitated weekly Change Approval Board (CAB) meeting for early visibility of upcoming change requests for system/software upgrades to leadership of production deployments.• Created SOP Documents and scheduled user training detailing the end to end process for Release, Change, and SAP ChaRM integration for Release Management using the ServiceNow tool.• Designed UAT test cases for the Release module in ServiceNow and completed 100% of SIT/UAT testing to minimize defects going into Production.• Minimized volume of outages by 20% to the business by streamlining a common period downtime window.• Spearheaded the development and implementation of the ServiceNow Change Request cutoff timelines within the Change Approval Board meetings which allowed the Review Board visibility to upcoming changes before the meeting.• Carried out storage migration initiatives for SAP North America servers, and ensured system stability through regular correspondence with UNIX team to better manage the schedule of migrations.

Purchase, New York, Us

Provided technical leadership for the development and management of release jobs in Control-M on Windows and UNIX environment covering the training of employees, SAP program/variant setup, Data Archiving Object setup, command-line scheduling/group scheduling, and Control-M Desktop/Enterprise Manager. • Developed extensive knowledge of various SAP functionalities in converting shipments, deliveries, and inventory balances from Legacy System into SAP for plant deployments creating over 200 batch jobs.

Chicago, Il, Us

Directed all aspects of daily operations related to the development of release jobs in Control-M on Windows and Unix environment. • Ensured proper synchronization between the production and test landscapes through rigorous work in managing Production Synchronization Defect Database.• Instrumental in the complete end-to-end transition from Legacy System into SAP encompassing functions such as conversion of shipments, deliveries, and inventory balances for plant deployments.• Resolved numerous errors in collaboration with development teams during the processing of IDocs.

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

Orchestrated oversight of testing environments for new releases bound for production, and conversion of customers from Nextel to Sprint’s system. Supervised 12 employees in providing 24-hour technical support during nighttime and weekends while collaborating with offshore teams based in India and onshore teams.• Designed and executed a training program for the development of offshore teams based in India.

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

I played an essential role in the design and development of Ensemble and Enabler billing platforms. In addition, I also performed monitoring and analysis of multiple billing jobs on Unix environment using Control-M, as well as examination of job abends to determine appropriate solutions involving reboot, escalation to other departments, and using of SQL scripts to update application tables.