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I have completed my bachelor of technology in Electronics and communications in the year 2012

Jawarharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

Worked closely with the client to gather the requirement.
Monitoring batch jobs in all the environments and resolve job abends.
Monitoring closely the jobs and checking high CPU consuming jobs and working on them.
Connect with corresponding application SMEs to understand the application architecture, data flow and create functional specification documents.
Used various IBM utilities like DFSORT, IEBGENER, and IDCAMS to write various jobs depending on requirements.
Understanding the requirements by participating in the walkthrough call arranged by the DBS SME’S. Raising the queries and concerns with the SME’S and getting clarified before starting with preparing the Design documents.
Maintaining SMF records.
Create RACF profiles. 
Work on Z/OSMF build to set up Security profiles, Consoles SDSF etc.
Using SMP/E for upgrades of Zos system
Schedule jobs in Control -M and monitor the jobs.
IPL (Initial Program Load) of the systems.
Adding and deleting SMS volumes to storage groups.
Maintain CICS regions and MQ regions.
RDO definitions
Put trace on different CICS application transactions.
Resolving the Production abends and Test and Dev regions in shortest span to make the system stable.
Removing duplicate records during output records validation.
Created and modified test and production JCLs/ Procs / Params as per the requirements. 
Establish the connectivity between Mainframe batch and online applications thru FTP/SFTP connection for data transfer and real-time processing.
Environment/Skills: IBM Mainframes, JCL, Control-M scheduler, SDSF, BMC, Omegamon, IODF, NDM, FTP, ServiceNow

CICS/ZOS System Programmer

Documenting the process of migration for CICS and MQ.
Working with all other application teams in the process of Migration.
Downloading the software from IBM Site.
Creating environment using SMP/E.
Working on Hold data.
installation and testing on the Sandbox with application teams.
Schedule and plan for Deployment.
Deploying to all other environments.
Creating and closing the tickets in Service now.
Review the tech specs and participate in the tech spec meeting.
Worked towards providing value add to customers in addition to Client satisfaction.
Environment: SMP/E, CICS, MQ

MQ/CICS System Programmer

IPL (Initial program load) of systems once in month.
Worked on /OS and Z/VSE Operating systems.
Installed multiple CICS RSU SMP/E service upgrades; customized RACF® and SCRT sub-capacity reporting.
Installation of third part products into Zos system.
System Automation, Net view to monitor IPL and HMC to perform IPL.
Monitoring batch jobs in all the environments and resolve job abends.
Install and maintain IBM SCRT report product – produce monthly SCRT report(s).
CICS transactions purging when creating issues.
PCS scheduler used to control workflow and schedule jobs.
CICS region migration.
CICS RSU (Recommended System Upgrade) maintenance every year.
Making changes in RACF when new product is installed.
RDO definitions.
Installing CICS transactions, programs and files when requested.
Product installation in CICS (Main view etc.).
Maintaining CICS related products like McKinney, TRACK etc.
CICS region dumps for abends information.
Worked on supplied transactions (CEDA, CEMT etc.)
IMS Responsibilities: 
Maintaining CICS and IMS regions.
IMS RSU Maintenance every year.
IMS PSB, DBD and Segment installation.
IMS regions dumps for abend information
Working on job abends due to IMS related issues.
VSAM/OSAM file size extension when required.
Restart and recover IMS regions after failures.
Define, maintain, recover, and reorganize databases.
Running the Adhoc jobs based on project / testing requirement.
Monitoring batch jobs in all the environments and resolve job abends 
Setup and execution of batches in different environments. 
Providing data sets access to users in different environments based on user request.
Proactively monitoring the high CPU taking jobs and inform users. 
Sending alert emails to application owners for the jobs having performance issues in daily batch.

CICS/IMS System Programmer

Upgraded the IODF to run on Z10 processor and added one LPAR.
Facilitate Hardware meetings to communicate upcoming hardware/configuration changes.
Support and maintain the mainframe z/OS operating systems, program products and hardware configuration manager (HCM).
Performed scheduled and unscheduled system shutdown and start-up (IPL) utilizing the Hardware Management Console (HMC); perform environmental verifications after IPL is complete. Plus perform and verify system configuration changes as specified during weekend maintenance / shutdown periods.
⦁ Provided support on z/OS, DASD, Tape Storge, Virtual Tape, JCL, FTP, TCP/IP and any other System.
⦁ Work with the distributed h TCP/IP protocols and MQ access methods to ensure that there are no connection issues and data transfer issues.
⦁ Providing all Mainframe ACF2 security requests for CICS transactions, datasets etc.
⦁ Monitoring RACF alerts.
⦁ Working on the RSU upgrades of CICS, IMS and MQ.
⦁ Purging high CPU consuming jobs.
⦁ Constantly monitoring alerts from MQ, CICS and IMS regions.
⦁ Checking connections among MQ, CICS, IMS and DB2 and connecting the regions.
⦁ Analyzing Job abends and aiding production support
⦁ Analyzing NDM issues using Sterling control center.
⦁ Running daily checks for the system.
⦁ System validation on major upgrades.
⦁ Worked on Net view to monitor and troubleshoot the third-party vendor connections.
⦁ Worked on System automation (SAOPS) to start and stop the regions.
⦁ Worked on SCM to make production JCL changes.
CICS Responsibilities:
⦁ Creating new CICS regions
⦁ CICS region migration
⦁ Worked on CICSPLEX environment.
⦁ Providing support in solving CICS Application and System related Problems.
⦁ CICS Web user interface.
⦁ Making ISC links b/w CICS region and IMS.

Brahmani Sontenam

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