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1) To work with process leads and Business team to collect Business requirements for JDE 9.4 Upgrade Process and Identifying Upgrade Path from JDE 9.2 to 9.4 release , To define the scope of the upgrade and the level to which new software functionality will be reviewed and incorporated into the new system , object and environment strategy, data conversion strategy.2) Creating the Business Case to include the magnitude of opportunities for increased efficiency, infrastructure changes… Show more 1) To work with process leads and Business team to collect Business requirements for JDE 9.4 Upgrade Process and Identifying Upgrade Path from JDE 9.2 to 9.4 release , To define the scope of the upgrade and the level to which new software functionality will be reviewed and incorporated into the new system , object and environment strategy, data conversion strategy.2) Creating the Business Case to include the magnitude of opportunities for increased efficiency, infrastructure changes, and the level of effort required by customer. To identify opportunities to reduce system complexity to reduce future upgrade costs3) To Implement procedures to help keep the system ‘clean’ prior to the upgrade (unnecessary interactive or batch versions, message queues, completed workflow tasks, media objects, Formulate a data purge strategy and utilize built-in data purge programs or a 3rd Party Data Archiving system to reduce the size of the data base .4) Provides End to End JDE 9.4 Upgrade Project Planning and Analysis, Integration and Customization Analysis. To Work on Hardware and Environment sizing including Planning on demand and AS400 server hosting considerations.5) Configuration and customization of JDE application, Documentation of Business Process Maps and functional specification.6) Evaluate integrations to 3rd party applications in an effort to assess compatibility with the new JD Edwards release , Determine if the 3rd party vendor provides certification to JD Edwards World , Review all available documentation in an effort to confirm compatibility prior to system testing7) Provides End to End system Administration support to JDE J9.4 ,Work on Root Cause Analysis, Process Improvement for critical and repetitive tickets, Follow guidelines along with Customer standards and improve the deliverable quality, Change control and Defect management8 Show less

1. Experienced in AS400 Server Migrations , Hardware consolidation , Data Center Migrations, Involvement in i-series Release Upgrades, Patch Updates, automation and optimization of World systems processing etc2. System Administration of IBM i on Power6, 7 & 8 series including hardware, system software, ERP JDE world 7.3 to 9.4 releases .JD Edwards World system administrator responsible for all system maintenance including ,security and software updates/CNC3. Lead migration projects… Show more 1. Experienced in AS400 Server Migrations , Hardware consolidation , Data Center Migrations, Involvement in i-series Release Upgrades, Patch Updates, automation and optimization of World systems processing etc2. System Administration of IBM i on Power6, 7 & 8 series including hardware, system software, ERP JDE world 7.3 to 9.4 releases .JD Edwards World system administrator responsible for all system maintenance including ,security and software updates/CNC3. Lead migration projects from POWER models 810 , 740 , 720 from 550 570 OS releases V5RR4 to V7R1 V7R2 , and the implementation of multiple partitions, Managing hardware upgrades i.e. Power 7& 8 series, LIC installation , Installation and upgrade OS 6.1 , 7.1 , 7.2 on POWER hardware in support of ERP4. Upgrade of Oracle JD Edwards 9.x releases and Data migration from JDE World 8.1 to JDE World x releases 5. Heading Data Centre operations for AS400 severs backup & recovery via BRMS tools such as Media reporting, tracking ,Manage media movement, Duplicate media, Reclaim fragmented media BRMS for ensuring good backups with appropriate retention , Tape management etc. 6. Assist in sizing proposed new AS400 systems power 7 and 8 series , including Assessment tasks for upgrade to JDE World A9.x ERP to determine hardware utilizations, performance service levels and cost implications. 7. Active participation in annual Disaster Recovery test, BCP site testing utilizing operational skills to execute commands for system failovers & working with multiple stake owners in any case of any server crash type of situations .Planned and executed implementation of high-availability data replication and routine role swaps and full system restore (as if from a site-down crash)8. Overhauled and revamped iSeries object level security access, including implementing Single Sign On, intrusion detection, and detailed audit reporting, 9. Apply PTF IBM Cum/Hiper/Group PTF's, configuration, profile administration. Show less

1. Attains skills in ROBOT Suite ( Alert, Console, Network, Reports, Scheduler ) upgrade , migration and support . Worked on automations for operations to integrates business-critical applications such as sales order processing , GL posting , Start-up and shut down process, to automate and streamline system and operation tasks2. Handling change control tools like ALDON, Turnover, JDE 9.0 Change management etc. to, deploy, and maintaining application deployment and JDE CNC activities… Show more 1. Attains skills in ROBOT Suite ( Alert, Console, Network, Reports, Scheduler ) upgrade , migration and support . Worked on automations for operations to integrates business-critical applications such as sales order processing , GL posting , Start-up and shut down process, to automate and streamline system and operation tasks2. Handling change control tools like ALDON, Turnover, JDE 9.0 Change management etc. to, deploy, and maintaining application deployment and JDE CNC activities including package builds/promotions. Execute the deployment of JDE program changes using JDE specific change management strategy.3. Liaise with other Service Capacity Planners to Collect descriptions of service processes for new or changed applications including anticipated volume4. Planning and implementation of iSeries and JDE upgrades, maintenance fixes, and vendor-supplied patchesManaged over 8,000 jobs on 11 lpars with heavy cross system dependencies.5. Analyze service performance data of Power 7 and 8 servers involving response time, throughput, and utilization across all customers for standard services to detect performance trends .Component tuning, CPU, disc, memory, etc. Review performance data, proactively identify potential performance bottlenecks, and make recommendations in the form of Request for Change or solution requests for eliminating those bottlenecks6. Handling LPAR configuration , Hardware consolidation , server migration , Application and operating system upgrade , ERP consolidation , Data migration related tasks7. Prepare and upgrade infrastructure for implementation , server sizing , Data Conversion, - Performance tuning, Managed accounts for CNC resources and managed services8. Hardware Management Console, partitions and cross-partition resource movements. Show less

Performance Management , a. Knowledge on system performance planning, to collect, manage, and report performance data on critical system measurementsDisk Management,a. ASP/iASP Management & configuration, Managing SST & DST Tools Capacity Management,a. Forecast capacity requirements contribute to revising the capacity plan every six (6) months or more frequently if required . Work with Customer Business Units and other Third Party IT service providers to provide… Show more Performance Management , a. Knowledge on system performance planning, to collect, manage, and report performance data on critical system measurementsDisk Management,a. ASP/iASP Management & configuration, Managing SST & DST Tools Capacity Management,a. Forecast capacity requirements contribute to revising the capacity plan every six (6) months or more frequently if required . Work with Customer Business Units and other Third Party IT service providers to provide capacity planning inputs including business volume projections, roll-out schedules and new Application release functionalityb. System storage monitoring, Automation of system maintenance alerts i.e. library growth, file level growth etc. JOB SCHEDULING, a. Robot/Reveal Job schedulers - Design/Implementation of system start-up/shutdown procedures (EOS/EOW/EOM process), sales process ,To setup the group jobs *GROUP (parent and child combination), *TIME/*TRIGGER jobs with dependencies and intra dependencies to simplify the scheduling automation process.b. Dependency Relations, Conditions on Dependent Job Events. Maintain & set up the calendar ID.c. AS400 job scheduler administrationDATABASE ADMINISTRATION a. Providing logical database support as needed to support the Services, and where this support is not performed by customer infrastructure provider(From application side).Scheduling and performing database purging, ensuring the activity is documented with the ability to recover. Independently build new environments (region set up)b. Automation and setting up the data refresh policy on Test box (Pre Prod/QA/ITG/Development) from the production box c. Ensuring data and database security is consistently applied across all environments, including development, test, ITG and QA.d. Monthly Sub System Statistics, Review of DB2 system configuration Regular reorganization of Table spaces and Indexes Show less