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| Name | James Burke | Sex | Male |
| Address | Marital Status | Single | |
| Contact | Mobile: (07913) 262-705 jimburke53@gmail.com |
Drivers License | NZ/UK both clean |
| I am a highly skilled Senior Operator/Shift Leader with MVS/ESA (OS/390), VM, TPF(12 years), AS400, DEC & PC experience using IBM technology. I am highly motivated and need no prompting to perform above and beyond what is required from my job description. I have trained operators, written Operations manuals and JCL and have considerable experience with PCs using MS-DOS and Windows. I am a team player and would make a valuable addition to any employer. | |||
| PC EXPERIENCE MS-DOS and Windows (up to 'XP) | MS Word for Windows |
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| EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS |
2004 Dreamweaver Web Design |
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| PERSONAL INTERESTS | Micro computing, Photography, Angling, Tai Chi Chuan, Playing guitar, Astronomy, Web Design | ||
| MAINFRAME EXPERIENCE (OPERATIONS) |
IBM 4381/R92, 30xx(180S-600J), DEC, FACOM M150, AS400, AMDAHL 5890 3380, 3390 DASD and Controllers. EMC DASD |
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| SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE (OPERATIONS) |
MVS/ESA, DOS/VSE, TPF/ESA, OS400, VM/ESA, VMS, UNIX, NT Operations ACF2. ADC2, CA-7, CA1-TLMS, CICS, DB2, DFHSM, EXEC2, IBM Utilities, IMS, INFOMAN, JES328x, JOBTRAC, NETVIEW, OMEGAMON, OPC, RACF, REXX, RMF, SAR, SDSF, SELCOPY, SCRIPT/GML, SYSVIEW, TSO/ISPF, VERITAS, VTAM |
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REFERENCES |
Declan Purcell |
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| EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE | |||
| CSC Maidstone | Network Support analyst | Aug 2009 | Aug 2012 |
| Contact: Network Manager | |||
| My main role was to Provide 2nd line support for Wan/Lan network issues and fix/escalate as necessary. | |||
| NPI/CSC Maidstone | Shift Leader/Senior Operator | Sep 1996 | Aug 2009 |
| Contact: Operations Manager | |||
| MVS, AS400, Dec Alpha, NT operations, UNIX, Ca7, Jobtrac, OPC/TWS, Sysview, Veritas backup, Viewj, Sar, Tpx, OPSMVS, Robotic tape, Cics/DB2, REXX, Infoman, Solve, Remedy working 12 hour shift pattern |
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| CFM Forest Road, Feltham | Senior Operator (contract) | May 1996 | Aug 1996 |
| Contact: Trevor Giggins | |||
| MVS, VM-ESA, AS400, DOS-VSE operations Help-desk support Monitored Cics, Network Ran AS400 MVS(CA7) DOS-VSE batch |
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| Direct Line Insurance, Edridge Road, Croydon | Shift Leader (contract) | Jan 1996 | May 1996 |
| Contact: Bhaktash Patel | |||
| Overseeing batch schedule. 36 suites. 900 overnight jobs Maintained JCL integrity Monitored Cics/Network, Robot system JOBTRAC control for all batch work |
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| BCA Book ClubSwindon | ICL Peripheral Operator (contract) | Feb 1995 | Apr 1995 |
| Contact: Kevin Vella | |||
| Operated ICL printers and dispatched output | |||
| O'Brien Organization Wholesale Distribution | Distributor | May 1994 | Jan 1995 |
| Set up distributors in their own business and trained them to develop business and interpersonal
skills. Set up customers and serviced them on a personal home service basis with a variety of products and services |
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| Galileo International, Windmill Hill, Swindon | Deputy Shift Supervisor (contract) | Apr 1992 | Apr 1994 |
| Contact: HR | |||
| Controlled MVS, VM and TPF systems Determined and resolved hardware, software and systems problems Implemented hardware and software changes Ensured efficient scheduling of all batch work Training and supervision of Ops and Junior Ops Produced, checked, and improved Operations documentation Wrote problem reports and shift reports Wrote REXX routines for Operations use Following the merger with Covia (USA), I went to Denver for six months to train their personnel on our systems |
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| NHS Central Register, Southport, England | Shift Leader (contract) | Feb 1989 | Mar 1991 |
| Contact: Blythe Crawford | |||
| Set up housekeeping JCL and procedure requirements Configured 3174 local controllers, 3720 controllers and VTAM Set up IBM PS/2 with emulation hardware and software Wrote Operations manual Trained raw recruits to Operator level Helped set up procedures for Change Control and Problem Management |
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| Lombard North Central, Redhill, England | Senior Operator (contract) | Apr 1987 | Jan 1989 |
| Contact: Operations Mgr | |||
| Controlled and monitored live and test CICS systems Ran batch jobs under MVS-XA/JES2 using ADC2 scheduler Wrote Operations manual |
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| Chevron Oil, London. England | Operator (contract) | Mar 1987 | Apr 1987 |
| Controlled and monitored SNA/VTAM network Manned Help-desk and solved user problems Running batch and housekeeping jobs under MVS/XA-JES2 |
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| Bank of America, San Francisco, USA | Senior Operator | Mar 1985 | Oct 1986 |
| Operated an IBM 3083 mainframe with MVS/JES2 under VM Monitored the TPF on-line system |
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| Air New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand | Senior Operator/Shift Leader | Sep 1975 | Mar 1985 |
| Contact: Operations Mgr | |||
| Scheduled and Coordinated Systems and Applications outages Liaised with customer engineers and support personnel Monitored and controlled CICS, Flight Planning. TSS and the airlines ACP real-time operations Scheduled test and production batch requirements Determined and resolved JCL/JOL, system and user problems Produced micro-fiche using a Datagraphic system |
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| Databank Systems, Palmerston North, New Zealand | Senior Operator | 1971 | 1975 |
| Contact: Operations Mgr | |||
| Two years in Input and Reconciliation for local bank cheques, becoming re-entry head, then into Computer Operations | |||