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
