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Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

•Supported a Retail Supply Chain n-tier architecture consisting of 3rd party vendor software products SAP F&R for demand forecasting and auto order generation which interfaced with JDA Softgrocer for receiving, ordering and location based inventory adjustments* Constructed new data integration solutions with ETL tool IBM Infosphere Datastage Enterprise edition. * Designed and maintained system automation for Linux, Windows, AIX and Mainframe platforms within Production and parallel SQA environments using CA-Workload Automation ESP edition.* Partnered with analysts and project managers to define technical requirements supporting new departmental strategies that adheres to company’s prescribed Agile development methodology.* Designed, tested and updated BTEQ scripts, improving order forecasting efficiency for interfacing .NET applications. Additionally, created complex adhc SQL queries for testing new business requirements and data integrity. * Coordinated efforts with software vendors, business partners, application support and project managers to review product enhancements for increasing accuracy, productivity and profitability. * Provided 24/7 root cause analysis and enterprise integration for all production issues within a highly visible Supply Chain billing environment.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

•Designed disaster recovery protocols for SEG's Supply Chain scheduling applications and implemented at business recovery site on a yearly basis. • Assisted in performance enhancement product “IAM”, utilizing a different dataset structure and organization which reduced nightly mainframe batch processing time by 46%.• Served on OMI project where we successfully converted SEG's Supply Chain Application from Chain store to Retalix OMI suite.• Worked on warehouse conversion project to decommission OMI transportation system(triceps) within Southeastern Grocers and convert data points for new logistics provider. Involved with integration merger of Bi-Lo, Harveys, Sweetbay and Piggly Wiggly retail stores into order management system including data feed, files, MQ/ FTE, JCL, CA-Workload Manager ESP scheduling re-designs• Designed and maintained SQL code in support of helpdesk and service management software product Perfect Tracker. Software supported 80% of all SEG (RFC, Incident, Tasks, Notify) tickets. • Designed and supported CA-Workload Automation ESP in Production, SQA, Integration and Unit Test CICS regions for mainframe and distributed platforms. •Provided developers high level of expertise in mainframe Z/OS environments running JES2, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, CICS, DB2 in a multiple CPU environments, in addition to IBM related utility programs (IDCAMS, IEBCOPY,FDR,DFDSS,CCSS), Z/OS file structures and VSAM. • Designed and automated data refresh processes to keep test regions running parallel to production for accurate developer test cases and data integrity. •Designed, validated, supported and implemented mainframe and distributed components through full life cycle using Serena Change Management and IBM Rational Build Forge software.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

•Responsible for all mainframe applications support, corrected problems escalated from first level developer support group, implemented new scheduling processes into production, JCL reviews, and documentation.• Worked with Business partners and application developers to identify improvement opportunities for enhancing full life cycle batch performance and exceeding service level agreements. • Served on conversion team to implement new CA ESP scheduling software to succeed ZEKE.•Created Visio Flow charts as a training guides for Operators, SME’s and Shift Supervisors.• Successfully documented all IT operational procedures and served as datacenter operations subject matter expert.• Served as a member of SEG’s standards board and created new standards that applications used when implementing new processes into MVS. This included JCL standards, Output standards, DB2 standards, Symbolic standard, ESP CA standards and many others.•Responsible for 365x24x7 offsite support for all Mainframe batch scheduling applications and related abends.

Jacksonville, Florida, Us

•Assisted print division with operational expertise in accordance with HIPPA regulations per Medicare Part A & B peripheral output. •Incorporated technical and leadership skills to meet business needs.• Supported Print Vision capabilities for Medicare financial reimbursement.

Whitehouse Station, Us

•Consulted with BCBS client, application developers and senior management to gather and define business requirements in relation to datacenter support roles and defining service level agreements. •Assisted management with project scope of varying peripheral outputs for cost assessment and servicing. • Supported Print Vision capabilities for Medicare financial reimbursement. •Monitored CICS regions for BCBS client to ensure full life cycle stability. •Wrote ISO-9000 standards, increasing business efficiency and customer approval. •Supervised service techs and provided high level support in data center environment.