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Mainframe Architect and Consultant and Disaster Recovery Architect @ TAURUS CONSULTANTS
Woodacre, CA, US
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As a Systems Software Engineer:• My mission is to maintain the Business Continuance and Recovery of large, complex systems environments that include mission critical mainframe and middleware processors using state-of-the-art operating systems and database systems. Provide a consistent point-in-time recovery objective of less than 24 hours and a Recovery Time Objective of 4 hours consistently. Provide hands-on Systems Programmer experience in planning and orchestrating quarterly recovery Business Continuance Procedures (BCP) testing for mission critical applications and transmissions. As a Disaster Recovery Architect:• My role is to ensure the security and integrity of data, data systems, and data networks across the entire organization. This includes designing and implementing automated disaster recovery processes and business continuity procedures for re-establishing servers, databases, and operating systems in the event of a disruption, both minor and catastrophic. I also perform and analyze disaster simulations for the prompt restoration of services, and conduct security audits where required.As a Business Continuance Architect:• My mission is to view technology and architecture through businesses eyes, define, champion, and implement architecture solutions that deliver a unified client experience. This includes the following Goals: 1) Ensure that the most significant architectural issues, across Enterprise projects and applications, are surfaced and that recommendations are made for how they should be resolved. 2) Influence the articulation and definition of the Business Services Model that highlights the key business processes that affect a unified client experience. 3) Produce an Infrastructure Services Architecture based on key principles and standards that drive architectural direction going forward in business services and information technology as a whole.Specialties: Disaster Recovery Planning; z/Series, p/Series.Project Management, Disaster Recovery & Resilience, Recovery Automation, Data Center Consolidation & Migration, System Programming (z/Series).AIX/UNIX System Admin. & Oracle 9i DBA. Expertise in IBM & EMC Storage Systems, replication tools GDPS/PPRC (Metro Mirror, Global Mirror) HyperSwap Mgr., SRDF & SRDF/A. Skills with DFSMS, DFHSM, FDR, Veritas, HACMP/XD & GDOC.IBM High Level Assembler Language Coding & IBM REXX

Peter Mcfarland's Current Company Details
TAURUS CONSULTANTS

Taurus Consultants

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Mainframe Architect and Consultant and Disaster Recovery Architect
Woodacre, CA, US
Website:
taurusconsultants.bg
Employees:
7
Peter Mcfarland Work Experience Details
  • Taurus Consultants
    Mainframe Architect And Consultant And Disaster Recovery Architect
    Taurus Consultants
    Woodacre, Ca, Us
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  • Taurus Consultants
    Mainframe Architect/Consultant And Disaster Recovery Architect
    Taurus Consultants Jan 2009 - Present
    Sr. Mainframe Architect/Consultant specializing in Disaster Recovery Management, Business Continuance planning & positioning, Data center second site or co-location planning & recovery testing, & system recovery automation. Also a Sr. Systems Software Engineer (Systems Programmer) specializing in IBM Mainframes (z/OS) & IBM p/Series (AIX) platforms.
  • Infosys
    Principal Consultant
    Infosys Jan 2014 - Oct 2015
    Bangalore, Karnataka, In
    Principal Consultant & Project Management. I was responsible for System Migrations, Platform Migrations, and application migrations from different platforms.
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  • Infosys Ltd.
    Principal Consultant
    Infosys Ltd. Feb 2013 - Jan 2014
    Provide direction, recommendations, & support for the client’s IBM Mainframe migration to Red Hat Linux open systems environment. I am the Lead Project Manager for the mainframe tape migration process & Linux conversion procedure.
  • Mainframe Systems Inc., Chattanooga, Tn.
    Sr. Systems Software Engineer
    Mainframe Systems Inc., Chattanooga, Tn. Oct 2011 - Apr 2012
    IT Lead Systems Software Engineer, Systems Programmer/Administrator IBM z/Series-z/OS, Architect Project Management, Operations Automation, High Availability, Data Center Reconstruction, Consolidation, Migration, and System Programming z/Series; z/OS internals, CICS, RACF, Assembler Language Coding, Problem Resolution. Active Project Manager. Work was done remotely.
  • Bt Global Services
    Lead Technology Architect
    Bt Global Services Jul 2010 - May 2011
    London, Gb
    Lead Technology Architect for BT Global Consulting at a Vision Service Plan, a client’s site, to plan, develop, and implement a Disaster Recovery plan at their co-location site. Phase I consists of the client’s Power6 AIX operating systems, DB2, and SAP production database systems and IBM XIV storage systems to be built & deployed at the co-location site for high availability & disaster recovery. The data replication will be done using IBM Global-Mirror over a 10GB link using a SAN director and SVC management tools. The DR implementation is built using Microsoft Project as a project management tool. The project plan includes the planning, procurement, co-location site build & deploy, infrastructure & application DR testing, and DR recovery procedure development and execution testing.
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  • Ibm Global Services
    It Consulant & Es Architech
    Ibm Global Services Dec 2006 - Jun 2008
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    IT Consultant Specialist/Architect and Disaster Recovery Architect, BCRS,with key Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery Expertise. z/OS Systems Software Engineer, Disaster Recovery Architect, & Business Continuance Architect. I am a Lead Systems Software Engineer for the disaster recovery support of multiple operating systems and hardware platforms; z/OS on z/9 IBM mainframe with multiple LPARs, AIX on RS/6000, and Windows/2003 network servers, TCP/IP & UNIX.
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  • Ibm Global Services
    It Consultant/Architect
    Ibm Global Services Dec 2006 - Jun 2008
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Project Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Resilience, Recovery Automation, Data Center Consolidation & Migrations, Data Center Co-location/Out-sourcing, & System Programming (z/Series & p/Series).Strong knowledge of architecture standards & application development methodology following the IBM Rational Unified Process (RUP) & Resilience Architecture Design (RAD) framework. Strong Understanding of PDM & PLM from Accenture, Inc.Data Center Management (z/Series & p/Series), thought leadership, define infrastructure project objectives and oversee quality control throughout the project life cycle. Plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget.Pre & post Sales Engineer/Solutions Architect providing customer facing pre-sales technical presentation, design & delivery of enterprise solutions.Strong knowledge of architecture standards, Quality Assurance, & application development methodology.
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  • Ibm Global Services
    Sr. Disaster Recovery Specialist/Architect & Proprietor
    Ibm Global Services Dec 2006 - Jun 2008
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    of Taurus Consultants specializing in Disaster Recovery Management, Business Continuance planning & positioning, Second site or co-location planning & recovery testing, & system recovery automation. Also Sr; Systems Programming) specializing in IBM Mainframes (z/OS) & IBM p/Series (AIX) platforms.; We also specialize in Storage Administration with IBM, EMC, HDS, & StorageTek storage sub-systems & data replication: GDPS, HyperSwap, PPRC Metro Mirror & Global Mirror, SRDF/A, Oracle Data Guard.Assignment History & accomplishments:Recently I have worked with the IBM BCRS Team & recovery center in Sterling Forrest, New York to perform a Mainframe z/OS V1.9 Disaster Recovery exercise for one of their clients. The DR exercise was composed of using the client's DR procedures, performing the stand alone restore (SAR) process to restore from virtual backup tapes the initial z/OS operating system, & start up the production application systems for remote user testing within a 24 hour period.The DR exercise was completed within an 8 hour period and successfully provided remote access to the client's end users for testing. The client was highly satisfied with the success of their DR exercise and the executive overview report outlining improvements to their DR procedures.Taurus Consultants has also worked with Baer Consulting to establish a new out-sourcing data center service providing Project Management to develop & install IBM z/Series & storage systems, implement z/OS including networking requirements, and provide staffing and data center building requirements for new out-sourcing location.Provided guideline specifications to Baer Consulting for IBM z/Series (z/OS) & p/series, RS6K (AIX), for 24X7 support tiers and disaster recovery support procedures for mission and business critical applications.
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  • Ibm Global Services
    It Consultant/Architect
    Ibm Global Services Dec 2006 - Jun 2008
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Project Management, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery & Resilience, Recovery Automation, Data Center Consolidation & Migrations, Data Center Co-location/Out-sourcing, & System Engineering (z/Series & p/Series).
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  • Adp Corporation 2003 - 2006
    Sr. Systems Software Engineer/Systems Programmer
    Adp Corporation 2003 - 2006 Feb 2003 - Dec 2006
    Maintained and supported the z/OS Operating Systems for large, complex data center environments for production IBM mainframe Parallel Sysplex & middleware processors using state-of-the-art operating and database systems. Provide hands-on Systems Programmer expertise in operating system support of z/OS & AIX including planning & orchestrating quarterly recovery Business Continuance Procedures (BCP) testing for mission critical applications and transmissions. As a Business Continuance Architect:Primary responsibilities were to view technology and architecture through businesses eyes, define, champion, and implement architecture solutions that deliver a unified client experience. This includes the following Goals: 1) Ensure that the most significant architectural issues, across Enterprise projects and applications, are surfaced and that recommendations are made for how they should be resolved. 2) Influence the articulation and definition of the Business Services Model that highlights the key business processes that affect a unified client experience. 3) Produce an Infrastructure Services Architecture based on key principles and standards that drive architectural direction going forward in business services and information technology as a whole.
  • Adp Corporation
    Sr. Systems Software Engineer
    Adp Corporation Jan 2003 - Aug 2006
    Lead Systems Software Engineer responsible for the disaster recovery support of multiple operating systems and hardware platforms; z/OS on z/9 IBM mainframe with multiple LPARs, AIX on RS/6000, and Windows/2003 network servers, TCP/IP and UNIX System Server (USS). The duty of daily recovery exercises of all mission critical applications including CICS, DB2, Datacom/DB, and Oracle9i. Also responsible for the support of daily data replication using EMC’s Timefinder and SRDF/A for second site recovery operations on all production EMC DMX-3000 storage systems. Planned & implemented recovery data center move to Sioux Falls South Dakota.
  • Candle Corporation
    Sr. Software Developer/Project Manager
    Candle Corporation Sep 2001 - Feb 2003
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    Senior Software Developer working in Level 3 Research and Development (R&D) for Candle's Omegamon II DB2 product line. Responsibilities included product support, PTF maintenance creation, problem resolution, and product enhancements for the Omegamon II DB2 products. This included product code analysis for proactive resolution to eliminate client repercussions. All development and product support done in S/390 HIGH-LEVEL ASSEMBLER coding and SAS C coding. Development of DB2 SQL programs for problem simulation and testing with DB2 database tables.
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  • Ciber, Inc
    Sr. Software Consultant/Project Manager
    Ciber, Inc Feb 2002 - Aug 2002
    Project Manager for an OS/390 mainframe and Microsoft WSA C coding development project for BART in Oakland CA. The application provided ICS train-tracking data from the companies Tandem platform to the clients MARIS mainframe DB2 and CICS transaction applications. This completely automated the train tracking process from a manual effort. Developed all Mainframe application in HIGH-LEVEL ASSEMBLER and the client agent in Windows WSA C for testing processes and DB2 SQL programs to store and retrieve the transmission data into DB2 database tables.
  • Rwu International
    West Coast Regional Sales Director
    Rwu International Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
    West Coast Regional Sales and Technical Director for a Value Added Re-seller of new and used IBM mainframe platforms, UNIX servers, network, and other computer equipment. Responsible for client marketing and sales on the west coast with projected revenue of $100M yearly. Also responsible for all global client services for data center relocation, disaster recovery, and data migration. This included relocation planning, site preparation, network redundancy implementation, swing equipment ordering and installation, implementation of equipment upgrades, capacity planning, and technical support.
  • The Good Guys
    Technical Services Director/Manager
    The Good Guys Mar 1991 - Apr 2001
    Melbourne , Victoria, Au
    15+ years of experience in the implementation and operation of Program and Project Management processes, and project management experience involving coordination of multiple concurrent projects and multiple organizations. Demonstrate experience applying industry best practices for project management, change management, and business case development. Strategic planning and analysis, departmental management, group motivation and discipline, creativity and diplomacy. Technical Services Manager for a team of up to 12 mainframe system programmers, AIX system administrators and Informix database administrators for over 10 years. OS/390 & z/OS Hands-on Manager. Planned, installed, and implemented the corporate data center OS/390 & z/OS operating systems on an IBM mainframe and AIX on various RS/6000 processors.Lead my team in performing 4 data center re-locations during the last 10 years of my employment. Also performed the disaster recovery planning and recovery testing for the IBM mainframe and the RS6K processors.Planned and implemented their TCP/IP communication configuration and IP addressing scheme for all corporate and store platforms. Also installed a variety of TCP/IP software packages for the OS/390 Operating System and Windows/NT. Also performed the duties of the RACF Security Administrator and Mainframe Systems Storage Administrator for DFHSM, DFDSS and DFSMS.Developed z/OS & OS/390 Mainframe system automation routines, SMF exits, and RACF security exits in HIGH-LEVEL ASSEMBLER and REXX.
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  • The Good Guys
    Technical Services Manager, And Os/390 Systems Engineer
    The Good Guys Jan 1991 - Jan 2001
    Melbourne , Victoria, Au
    Acting Project Leader during the re-locations of the corporate data center for a west coast retail firm. The major activities included 4 data center relocations; arranging and install swing equipment & network system gear at the new location, ensuring that all telecommunications worked accordingly with all productions database systems & applications. Directed all software engineers on hardware & software installation & the successful production cutover of each specific IBM hardware platform's systems & applications. Developed OS/390 Mainframe system automation routines, SMF exits, and RACF security exits in HIGH-LEVEL ASSEMBLER and REXX.Performed the duties of the Mainframe DFSMS Storage Administrator & RACF Security Administrator. Manager of the Technical Services staff comprised of MVS System Programmers, AIX System Administrators/Data Base Administrators, and UNIX System Administrators for the corporate MIS data center and retail store NCR towers. Selected as a site reference representative for Computer Associates as a keynote speaker at their Chief Technology Officers (CTO) Exchange conferences. Hosted and presented at CA/World events nationally and internationally at their Enterprise/98 in Sidney, Melbourne, and Canberra Australia.
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Peter Mcfarland Skills

Disaster Recovery Data Center Unix Operating Systems Aix Security Storage Databases Project Management High Availability Networking San Servers Program Management Tcp/ip Db2 Mainframe Pre Sales System Administration Enterprise Software Ibm Mainframe Veritas Business Continuity Ibm Aix Cloud Computing Oracle Testing Sdlc Enterprise Architecture Infrastructure Hsm Technical Support Storage Area Networks Solution Architecture Itil Integration Microsoft Exchange It Service Management Z/os Mvs Hardware It Management It Operations Performance Tuning Capacity Planning Ms Project Outsourcing Telecommunications Z/os Internals Ibm And Emc Replication

Peter Mcfarland Education Details

  • Global Assoc. Of Project Management Experts
    Global Assoc. Of Project Management Experts
    It Project Management
  • Canterbury Christ Church University
    Canterbury Christ Church University
    Computer Science
  • Pasadena City College
    Pasadena City College
    Marketing And Business Administration

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