With over thirty years of experience as an enterprise systems monitoring tech and computer operations specialist, I possess expertise in working primarily with insurance and healthcare companies. My main objective is to ensure the efficient operation of all systems and consistently meet service levels.
Overview
36
36
years of professional experience
Work History
Enterprise Systems Monitoring Tech
Peraton / USPS Contractor
06.2021 - 04.2024
Monitor daily operation of large scale computing infrastructure involving 300+ applications
Determine cause of alarms and take appropriate actions including logging alerts create tickets using Service Now and K-Base
Initiate, maintain and manage critical incident phone bridges using Zoom
Monitor and execute incident and change request
Working with Enterprise monitoring productions to include Webmonitor, AppDynamics, Neustar and Service Now
Computer Operator III
Anthem - Decare Dental
05.2017 - 02.2021
Responsible for running batch cycles for three different divisions through manual submission and faqs scheduler
Monitoring jobs running off of Redwood Scheduler and Control – M scheduler
Ensured all reports are printed and delivered in an accurate and timely manner
Assisted in the recovery activity during failures to restore normal operations
Creating problem tickets in SNOW – Service Now software
Computer Operator III
BCForward Staffing
05.2016 - 04.2017
Same Description as above. Contracted.
Computer Operator Sr.
Healtheast Midway Corporate
07.2012 - 12.2015
Managed work queues for a production area to assure committed service levels are achieved
Handled problem situations and took appropriate corrective action
Operated output processing equipment or tape control for the most complex or sensitive jobs
Data Center Specialist
Northland Insurance Company a subsidiary of Travelers Insurance
08.1988 - 08.2010
Operated and monitored computer systems and related equipment including; mainframes, midrange, personal computers, printers and other peripheral devices, controls the performance of multiprocessing systems in a large networked, data communications and telecommunications environment
Created documentation to assist operations in understanding systems and batch jobs, resulting in new and current staff running jobs out of sequence, which would cause system downtime for customers
Maintained disk, tape and cartridge standards in the library and offsite storage
Responsible in helping the iSeries Administrators with projects to maintain user/customer profiles on the IBM iSeries platforms semi-annually, which resulted in maintaining the integrity and security of the Travelers system and allowed Northland to meet the auditing requirements
Operated output processing equipment or tape control for the most complex or sensitive jobs, resolve equipment or job issues, and in general be most expert in their current area of operation
Worked with suppliers and service personnel regarding equipment repairs, deliveries, installations and service level issues
Drives results by meeting deadlines and expectations, which directly impact customers
Initiated a plan to have our customers print out their own reports thus eliminating the need for operations to print and deliver reports to the customer
Education
High School Diploma -
John F. Kennedy High School
Bloomington, MN
06.1979
Skills
IBM Mainframes
IBM iSeries
AS/400’s
AIX UNIX Systems
Computer Operations
Customer Service
Microsoft Office Programs
Word
Excel
Outlook
Teams
Zoom
Softphone
Telework
Data Entry
Monitors Program/Systems
Multitasking
Troubleshooting
Professionaltrainingcertification
ITIL Foundation 4 First Look, Linked in Learning, 09/01/20
Learning ITIL, Linked in Learning, 04/01/21
Intro to UNIX, Ciber Training Services, Rosemount, MN
Unix Overview, Ciber Training Services, Minneapolis, MN
AS/400 Operations 3-day course, Ciber Training Services, Minneapolis, MN
Help Desk Analyst online course, Normandale, Bloomington, MN
Timeline
Enterprise Systems Monitoring Tech
Peraton / USPS Contractor
06.2021 - 04.2024
Computer Operator III
Anthem - Decare Dental
05.2017 - 02.2021
Computer Operator III
BCForward Staffing
05.2016 - 04.2017
Computer Operator Sr.
Healtheast Midway Corporate
07.2012 - 12.2015
Data Center Specialist
Northland Insurance Company a subsidiary of Travelers Insurance
08.1988 - 08.2010
High School Diploma -
John F. Kennedy High School
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