Archanendu Roy

Working as IBMi Administrator

IBMi Administrator - Walgreens Co - Deerfield, IL

(2020-04)

Working as IBMi Administrator

• LPAR experience using the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create & manage the console
• Installing IBMi OS and configure
• Maintain all hardware and software related to the IBM iSeries (AS400) system.
• Upgrade and patch Operating Systems and all software maintained on it through V7R5
• Monitor all backups and perform restores as needed using BRMS, Data Domain.
• Be on-call 24/7/365 for first support.
• Migrate old systems to newer Power8, Power9 and Power10 system.
• Hardware / OS Planning, Security Planning, Performance Tuning & Analysis OS upgrades, patching, and third-party installations, upgrades, and patching (V7R1, V7R2, V7R4, V7R5)
• Installation & administration of PTF'S for IBM OS and third-party software deployment, software installation, configuration, custom development and security
• HMC consoles & Administration Virtualization & upgrades
• Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, such as backups
• Perform problem isolation, definition, resolution and follow-up for system, application and customer problems
• Install, upgrade, configure, test and maintain 3rd party software applications
• Configuring IBM FlashCopy Backup using BRMS Toolkit
• Flash Copy monitoring.
• Configuring SFTP user profiles for Password less connectivity
• SSL Certificate renewal
• Downloading PTF from Fixcentral
• Opening IBM case for any hardware and software issues.
• Downloading Keys from IBM Entitled website
• Created & administered SOX reports used for internal and external audits
• Journal disk, work and storage management.
• Creating Outq, users.
• Worked on MQ
• Managing and printing reports.
• Installation and configuration of GoldenGate on AS400
• Support Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, Change Management

AS400 Admin - BJs Wholesale Club - Westborough, MA

(2019-02 - 2020-03)

Worked as a AS400 Admin to support Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, OS related activities, Patching, HW Migration, OS Upgrade

BMC Control-M Admin - Sears Holding - Troy, MI

(2016-09 - 2019-01)

Worked as a BMC Control-M Admin to support Sears Batch Operations.

IBM As400 and Oracle Golden Gate Admin - Staples Inc - Kolkata, India

(2015-10 - 2016-08)

Worked as a IBM As400 and Oracle Golden Gate Admin which includes Worked as a AS400 Admin to support Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, OS related activities, Patching, HW Migration, OS Upgrade

AS400 Admin - John Wiley & Sons - Kolkata, India

(2014-06 - 2015-09)

Worked as a AS400 Admin to support Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, OS related activities, Patching, OS Upgrade

BMC Control-M Batch Scheduler and AS400 Admin - Michaels Stores Inc - Irving, TX

(2011-02 - 2014-05)

Worked as a BMC Control-M Batch Scheduler for scheduling jobs, troubleshooting, monitoring, and AS400 Admin to support Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, OS related activities, Patching, OS Upgrade

Macintosh Admin - HFM US (Hachette Filipacchi Media) - Kolkata, India

(2009-07 - 2011-01)

Macintosh Admin: Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, software installation

AIX Admin - Phones4U - Kolkata, India

(2009-03 - 2009-06)

AIX Admin: Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, software installation, patching

AIX Admin - First Data Deutschland - Kolkata, India

(2008-08 - 2009-02)

AIX Admin: Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, software installation, patching

Redhat Linux Admin - Nature Publishing Group - Kolkata, India

(2007-12 - 2008-07)

Redhat Linux Admin: Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, OS related activities, Patching, OS Upgrade

Weblogic and Linux Admin - British Telecommunication - London, UK, Kolkata, India

(2006-09 - 2007-11)

Weblogic and Linux Admin.

AS400/IBMi Administrator, UNIX Administrator, AWS Administrator, BMC Control-M Administrator - TATA Consultancy Services

(2005-11)

• LPAR experience using the Hardware Management Console (HMC) to create & manage the console
• Installing IBMi OS and configure
• Maintain all hardware and software related to the IBM iSeries (AS400) system.
• Upgrade and patch Operating Systems and all software maintained on it through V7R5
• Monitor all backups and perform restores as needed using BRMS, Data Domain.
• Be on-call 24/7/365 for first support.
• Migrate old systems to newer Power8, Power9 and Power10 system.
• Hardware / OS Planning, Security Planning, Performance Tuning & Analysis OS upgrades, patching, and third-party installations, upgrades, and patching (V7R1, V7R2, V7R4, V7R5)
• Installation & administration of PTF'S for IBM OS and third-party software deployment, software installation, configuration, custom development and security
• HMC consoles & Administration Virtualization & upgrades
• Review system and application logs and verify completion of scheduled jobs, such as backups
• Perform problem isolation, definition, resolution and follow-up for system, application and customer problems
• Install, upgrade, configure, test and maintain 3rd party software applications
• Configuring IBM FlashCopy Backup using BRMS Toolkit
• Flash Copy monitoring.
• Disaster Recovery
• Configuring SFTP user profiles for Password less connectivity
• SSL Certificate renewal
• Downloading PTF from Fixcentral
• Opening IBM case for any hardware and software issues.
• Downloading Keys from IBM Entitled website
• Created & administered SOX reports used for internal and external audits
• Journal disk, work and storage management.
• Creating Outq, users.
• Worked on MQ
• Managing and printing reports.
• Installation and configuration of GoldenGate on AS400
• Support Day to day issues, end user request, incident management, Change Management
• Installing new hardware and software, Installation of new Server, Configuration of AIX & Linux servers.
• User account creation modification or deletion as per requirement in AIX, Linux, Disk Space Management, Testing new hardware and software.
• Updating computer images, creating configurations for new deployments, volume Group Creation, Logical Volume creation, File System Creation, Mounting file system in AIX & Linux OS.
• Coordinating outside vendor repairs, Any kind of operating systems support
• Apache installation, Apache configuration, configure httpd.conf, starts stop Apache, monitoring Apache log for any error.
• Created Script which helped the automatic starting of the mirroring process whenever it abnormally ends.
• Participate in discussion with client meetings and requirement Gathering
• Analysis, estimating custom components development and planning the modules.
• Preparation of functional and technical design documents.
• Setting up and managing AWS Cloud environments
• Monitoring system performance
• Implementing security practices and managing access controls in AWS using IAM
• Create, modify, and delete IAM (Identity and Access Management) users and groups.
• Define and manage permissions using IAM policies to control access to AWS resources.
• Launch and configure AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, etc.
• Use AWS CloudWatch for monitoring resource usage and performance.
• Track and manage costs associated with AWS resources, using tools like AWS Budgets and Cost Explorer.
• Implement AWS security best practices, including network security, data encryption, and access controls.
• Implement and manage backup solutions, including AWS Backup and snapshots.
• Implement auto-scaling to adjust resource capacity based on demand.
• Optimize application performance through monitoring and adjustments.
• Design and manage Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), subnets, route tables, and gateways.
• Configure security groups, NACLs (Network Access Control Lists), and VPNs (Virtual Private Networks).
• Maintain thorough documentation of the AWS environment, including architecture diagrams, policies, and procedures.
• Generate reports on resource usage, compliance, and security incidents for stakeholders.
• Provide support and troubleshooting assistance for AWS-related issues.
• Ensuring data integrity and access controls
• Assessing the health and performance of AWS services
• Knowledge of CICD Pipeline with GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Container
• Collaborating with other IT Support Team members to troubleshoot and install devices, hardware failure and network related problems.
• Installation, configuration and Administration of BMC Control-M V9.0.21
• Configuring HA in Control-M environment
• Configuring SAML / IDP authentication
• Performing DR activities
• Integrated BMC REMEDY with Control-M for auto generated incident if jobs get failed or abended.
• Upgraded from V9.0.20 to V9.0.21
• Applying new fix or patches
• Renew of SSL certificate
• Configuring alerts
• Configuring shout messages
• Email configuration for agent unavailable
• Installation and configuring agent in Unix and Windows environments.
• Troubleshooting
• Co-ordinate with Unix or Windows team for Control-M Servers pathing
• Open BMC cases and co-ordinate with BMC for critical issues
• Creating user and provide access based on application.
• Creating Groups/ Roles and add user on it based on access requirement.
• Creating jobs based on application team requirement.
• Optimize product license usage.
• Creating documents for team members
• Working in a rotational basis.
• Continuous learning on new technologies
• Troubleshooting for any job issues and coordination with App team.
• Creating Calendar, cyclic jobs

Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering - West Bengal State Council of Technical Education