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Gender: Male       Nationality: British

Experience

Operations Analysis and Leadership - Technical Support - Systems Administration - UAT Testing - Training

Technical Synopsis

·   1st, 2nd & 3rd line technical support and application support
·   Creation of application and system data reports (CLP/QRY) for management and SOX audits
·   Creation of CLP’s for auto x-platform FTP file transfers, job scheduling and system backups
·   Management of automated system job schedules (Robot, AOS, Macro4)
·   Backups, purges and restores of system and application data and spool files
·   Analysis, implementation and management of system backup procedures
·   PTF admin: monitoring and analysis of available PTF's and installation of appropriate fixes
·   System security: user profiles, authorisation lists, object authority and Powerlock by Powertech
·   Investigation and resolution of system messages and device communications problems
·   Installation and configuration of local and remote devices and AS/400 emulation PC software

Compliance Awareness

ITIL & Sarbanes Oxley

Product Knowledge

AS/400 iSeries:
CL, CLP, PDM, SDA, SEU, DFU, DDS, DB2/400, Qry/400, QryMgr/400, SQL/400, QSHELL

OS/400 versions:	v7r3 - v7r1 - v6r1 - v5r4 - v5r3 - v5r2 - v5r1 - v4 (all) - v3 (all) - v2r3
System Models:	Power770 - 830 - 820 - 730 - 650 - 620 - 530 - F70 - E60
Comms protocols:	SNA (SDLC, APPN, TRLAN) & TCP/IP utilising Twin-ax & Cat5e
Schedulers:	Robot, Macro4, AOS
Security Solutions:	Powerlock by Powertech
Controllers:	IBM 5494, 5394, 5294 & Perle 494e
Repeaters:	Active Star
Terminals:	IBM 3487, 3477, 3476, 3196
Printers:	IBM 5225, 4224, 4230, 4232, XL24E & HP LaserJet II, III, IV, V
Tape Drives:	IBM 3490 & 3590

AS/400 Telco Billing Applications:
DISE by Martin Dawes Systems & CBP by ADC (formerly Saville Systems)

PC Software:

AS/400:	Client Access, Operations Navigator, PC Comms, Rumba, BosaNova
Microsoft:	Windows XP-2000-NT-ME-98-3.11, Office, Outlook, Dos.
Linux:	openSuse, Ubuntu.
Other:	Remedy, Test Director, Heat, Reflection FTP, WS-FTPpro, PGP, Real VNC.

Programming Languages:
DHTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP, MySQL, Ajax.

Unix (AIX):
Basic command set/structure and script writing (Sed & Awk).

Xerox laser printing systems:
Xerox 4050 OSS PDL/FDL & Red Titan Xerox PC forms design

Certification

Btec National Diploma in Computing Studies

References & Further Info

Previous clients and employers will happily attest to both the efficient and effective application of the knowledge base I possess. Detailed client/employment history résumé and references from previous employers are available to interested parties.

Please contact me if you have any enquiries or require a further information.