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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Lexington Park, MD October 2006-current:
MAPPER DBA
Serve as DBA of four MAPPER three-tier client/server environments running under unix on Sun Solaris hardware, and interfacing with Oracle 9i and 10g.
Using MAPPERs MPC GUI interface running under Windows NT, I perform all aspects of systems administration and maintenance, including:
o Researching and fixing all MAPPER database failures
o Investigating and resolving all MAPPER issues, including MAPPER-unix-Oracle interface issues, and telecommunications issues
o Serving as third-level MAPPER support for on-site and off-site users and support staff
o Performing software quality assurance and configuration management
o Conducting data assessments
o Developing programs and interface products
o Providing recommendations to staff and management
o Analyzing system security. Developing or recommending solutions or improvements
o Performing application development and maintenance of unix shell scripts, MAPPER administrative scripts, and PL/SQL-SQL scripts
As part of a MAPPER-Oracle/Java conversion, perform application development of MAPPER programs to reformat MAPPER data for loading by SQL Loader into Oracle 10g schemas.
State of New York, Office for Technology, Albany, NY September 1999-October 2006
MAPPER DBA
Performed database administration for eight MAPPER systems residing on four 2200/4800 mainframes. These systems were used by five New York state agencies.
Using MAPPERs MPC GUI interface running under Windows NT, I performed all aspects of systems administration and maintenance, including:
o Researching and fixing all MAPPER problems, including COBOL program failures, and MAPPER-Oracle 9i interface failures
o Developing and testing administrative utilities
o Resolving MPC, printer, and telecommunications issues and problems.
o Performing database backup and recovery
o Performing performance analysis and tuning
o Performing MAPPER file management, database backup and recovery
o Installing patches and fixes; compiling and installing new levels of MAPPER software
o Serving as third-level user support, and as MAPPER technical expert generally
Communicated on complex technical issues and conducted negotiations with all levels of data processing and end user staff.
MDTSC (now The Aviant Group), Long Beach, CA July 1998-August 1999
Database administrator/Year 2000 analyst
Served as Boeing's Kennedy Space Center unix MAPPER database administrator.
Using MAPPERs MPC GUI interface running under Windows 2000, did MAPPER Year 2000 analysis, applications development, re-engineering, testing and documentation in a two-tiered client/server environment.
Used SQL to do data scrubbing and cleansing of data residing in Oracle 8i tables and schemas
Reformatted MAPPER data so that SQL Loader could load it into Oracle 8i tables and schemas.
Developed, maintained, and performed Year 2000 analysis of PL/SQL-SQL scripts
Did MAPPER-UNISYS COBOL and MAPPER-Oracle re-engineering
Resolved and investigated all MAPPER telecommunications issues.
Automated Business and Support Systems, Lanham, MD. January 1998-July 1998
Year 2000 analyst
Performed quality assurance for Year 2000 conversion of HUDs UNISYS COBOL systems.
Analyzed and researched Year 2000 problems, performed test plan reviews and walkthroughs, and reviewed test results.
Virginia State Police, Richmond, VA August 1993-January 1998
MAPPER DBA
Performed all aspects of MAPPER database administration and systems engineering for five mainframe and one unix MAPPER environment, including:
o Researching and fixing all MAPPER problems, including:
COBOL program failures which caused MAPPER failures
telecommunications issues
client-server issues for two-tier MAPPER applications
Installing patches and fixes; compiling and installing new levels of MAPPER
o Performing database backup and recovery, performance analysis and tuning
o Performing MAPPER file management, database backup and recovery
o Serving as third-level user support, and MAPPER technical expert generally
Performed applications development and testing of administrative and user utilities
Did applications development for special projects, including developing the Firearms Transaction Centers handgun purchase system
Provided training/support to about 750 users
Prepared technical and administrative manuals
EDP Temps, Inc., White Plains, NY January 1993-July 1993
Programmer/analyst
Developed complex programs to find code and data with station number dependencies.
Using these programs, both MAPPER code and data was modified to accommodate a change in MAPPER station numbers from four characters to five. This conversion was done in five days.
Designed, developed, tested and documented complex county inventory system programs.
CDI, Lanham, MD May 1992-December 1992
Systems Analyst/engineer
Assisted in rehosting the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's UNISYS applications to a remote data center.
Developed test procedures
Installed new software
Did IV&V hardware, software and hardware/software integration testing.
Keane, Camden, NJ February 1992-May 1992
Programmer/analyst
Reorganized Subaru of America's MAPPER sales database by analyzing, modifying and testing existing systems and databases.
In accordance with the clients instructions, the conversion was done on a production system during working hours. There was no disruption whatsoever to the user community.
Caddtech, King of Prussia, Pa January 1991-January 1992
Programmer/analyst
Evaluated and analyzed end-user requirements
Performed applications development using unix MAPPER.
Performed testing, troubleshooting, problem resolution and documentation in accordance with the clients Systems Development Lifecycle standards.
Independent contractor, Bowie, MD October 1990-December 1990
Programmer/analyst
Evaluated and analyzed end-user requirements.
Performed MAPPER applications development to create a pension benefits system for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
EDP Temps, White Plains, NY May 1990-October 1990
Programmer/analyst
Evaluated and analyzed end-user requirements.
Did applications development with MAPPER and Elixir to create election ballots and election documents for the Westchester County (New York) primary and general elections of 1990.
Strategic Resources, Inc., Kansas City, Mo April 1989-April 1990
Programmer/analyst
Performed MAPPER applications development and testing for Bell Atlantic.
Wrote, maintained and debugged unix shell scripts.
Reduced processing cost and time of a major MAPPER system by 1500%.
Sperry/UNISYS, Blue Bell, Pa June 1986-January 1989
Applications Engineer
Evaluated and analyzed end-user requirements at five different UNISYS client sites.
Performed all aspects of MAPPER applications design and development, and developed applications of widely varying scope and complexity.
Performed quality assurance with MAPPER and DMS/DPS applications.
Performed applications development with MAPPER and COBOL.
Martin Marietta, New Orleans, La April 1984-June 1986
Computer Systems Designer
Performed MAPPER analysis, applications development, troubleshooting, user support, policies and procedures development, and technical writing.
Computer Sciences Corporation, Arlington, VA February 1982-April 1984
Technical Writer
Wrote very highly technical documentation for complex systems.
Performed second-level user support.
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SUMMARY:
Twenty-five years experience in all phases of the systems development lifecycle and in database administration and systems engineering. This experience has been in a wide variety of environments on projects of widely varying scope, complexity and duration. Much of this experience is public sector.
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE:
Unisys: MAPPER (OS2200 and C), DTM, SCHDLR, TRAM, DDVTEL, QLINK, COBOL, ECL, FAS, ED, TOCED, IPF, COMUS, SOLAR, OSAM
IBM: JCL, TSO, ISPF, CLIST
Other: Sun Solaris (unix SVR4), SQL, ORACLE 10i, SQL*PLUS 8.0, ORACLE Forms 5.0, ORACLE Reports 3.0, ORACLE Designer, PL/SQL
HARDWARE EXPERIENCE:
Unisys 1100/2200 series, Unisys ES5000/7000 series, Sun Solaris, IBM (OS/MVS), NT, Sun Solaris
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EDUCATION:
BA, University of California, Santa Barbara.
TRAINING:
Anteon Corporation/CITE ORACLE Developer Certificate Program (160 hours), 2000. Designed and developed a system using ORACLE 8I, Forms 5.0 and PL/SQL. This effort included systems analysis, data modeling, normalization, creating tables, indexes, views, extensive usage of triggers, functions, stored procedures and packages. The GUI included interface objects, visual attributes, property classes, LOV's, Alerts, Menus.
W-5 Toronto, Canada, MAPPER Coordination (DBA equivalent), 1995
LICENSES/CERTIFICATES:
PL/SQL certified (Brainbench), 2001
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09.29.07 |
I would like to network with you regarding a position our executive search firm has been retained to fill. It is for a great company in Chicago.
Perhaps someone in your network might be interested in a Senior Exchange Messaging Engineer position. Please see the job description below. Im happy to answer any questions. Feel free to forward on to anyone you like.
Whether this is of interest to you or not, I encourage you to reply with a resume. It would be helpful for us in future searches that might be ideal for your background. Our firm has been in business for 30 years & is a pioneer in diversity. Thank you.
Don McCauley
dmccauley@dgai.com
Position Specification
Title: Senior Exchange Engineer
The Team
Technical Architecture The position is a part of the Research and Development department and fills a senior role in our messaging systems development group. The teams involved consist of managers/staff, Communications Department, Operations, Application Development, contractors, and vendors.
Position description
As a senior member of our messaging R&D department, the candidate will be responsible for maintaining and improving the companys state of the art global messaging environment with some cross platform (Microsoft/Cisco) unified messaging design and support.
The candidate will work with SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, Presence, SonicWall, and related email concepts, protocols and methods along with the opportunities to perform major upgrades to our messaging platforms. The candidate will work alongside our Communications department to help design and support our unified messaging environment.
Person
The candidate shall have a broad background in messaging technologies and shall have demonstrated proficiency in the following areas:
Exchange 2003\Exchange 2007
Live Communication server (LCS)\Office Communications Server (OCS)
Mobile Messaging Technologies (Active Sync, BlackBerry, Good Technologies)
Remote Messaging Technologies (OWA, RPC over HTTP)
Anti-Spam Technologies
Anti-Virus Technologies (messaging specific)
Messaging DR best practices
Storage technologies (SANs, FC Switches, HBAs)
Microsoft Outlook 2003/2007
Active Directory
Windows 2003 Server
DNS
SMTP
Understanding the principles of UM (Cisco\Exchange)
Job Responsibilities
The candidate will have the following responsibilities with the potential of expanding:
Researching and developing solutions to meet enterprise wide messaging needs.
Researching, architecting, testing and planning the integration of new messaging technologies and upgrades to existing platforms.
Staying current with new technologies, and industry best practices; particularly those dealing with messaging and storage.
High level maintenance and troubleshooting of the current Exchange 2003 messaging environment based on industry best practices. (Responsibilities include but are not limited to troubleshooting and resolving high level mail routing issues, public folder issues, mailbox issues, Exchange server\services issues; adding\removing messaging servers, configuring servers, services, routing policies, etc., establishing maintenance procedures based on current industry BP).
Maintaining and troubleshooting SMTP internet gateway issues (Currently SonicWall).
Maintaining and troubleshooting Live Communications server 2005.
Establishing DR procedures for all relevant messaging servers. (Exchange, LCS, Blackberry, Good etc).
Maintaining and troubleshooting BlackBerry and Good Technologies servers.
Maintaining and troubleshooting Outlook Web Access \ RPC over HTTP
Maintaining and Configuring EMC SANs and FC Switches.
Working with Communications group to troubleshoot Cisco Unity issues.
Keeping documentation up to date for the messaging environment.
Testing and deployment of upgrades, hot fixes and other updates.
Education and/or Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
Excellent problem solving, written and oral communication skills.
Deep knowledge of SMTP, Microsoft Exchange Server, and related email concepts, protocols and methods are required. |
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