Arun Peter
Melbourne
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Mainframe CICS System Programmer
IBM Australia
07.2023 - Current
- Implemented and maintained new security measures, including upgrades and annual license updates for ISV products, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards and minimizing security risks.
- Successfully integrated MQ and IMS with CICS to facilitate efficient messaging and transaction processing across diverse platforms, enhancing system interoperability and performance.
- Resource definition Online and batch mode based on request CICSPLEX/MRO/ISC connections workload balancing (AORs/TORs/FORs etc)
- Troubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issues Identifying patches that need to be installed, and having them installed License updates for ISV product
- Ensure backup and disaster recovery plans are implemented, tested and used.
Senior CICS Administrator
Kyndryl
8 2016 - 7 2022
- Perform System Administrator functions and techinical support for all CICS/Transaction Server software and tools
- Experience in CICS version upgrades V4 , V5
- Installation and Maintenance of APAR , PTF
- Upgraded and maintained end-user software related with CICS
- Utilized Omegamon and Sysview in resolving and monitoring system failures
- Resource definition Online and batch mode based on request
- CICSPLEX/MRO/ISC connections workload balancing (AORs/TORs/FORs etc)
- Troubleshooting and resolving system related abends and issues Identifying patches that need to be installed, and having them installed
- License updates for ISV product
- Ensure backup and disaster recovery plans are implemented, tested and used.
CICS Administrator
HCL
01.2011 - 07.2016
- CICS Web Services: Work on CICS web services to enable CICS applications to interact with web applications and cloud platforms
- Post-IPL activities for Production Lpars
- Adding new programs to CICS regions, starting, stopping, and bouncing CICS regions, starting and stopping IMS regions, ensuring online log datasets availability for IMS regions
- MQ-CICS and IMS-CICS: Work on integrating MQ and IMS with CICS to enable messaging and transaction processing across multiple platforms
- Maintaining new security implementation and upgrading Managed Upgrades /Annual License updates for ISV's products
- Preparing annual reports and analyzing risk factors
- Analyzing and resolving mainframe access controls and administration
- Working with team to define access models (Roles, Groups, CLIST).
Batch Scheduling & Console Operations
DXC & TCS
01.2008 - 12.2010
- Production Console Monitoring support for various clients which include 45 LPARS in mainframes
- Batch Processing , Resubmit , Restart, JCL override , Latejob Analysis and posting
- Unix and AIX supporting
- IPL Rolling/Non-Rolling/Emergency on weekly basis and as per request for emergency
- Mainframe Scheduling tools including Control M & EM, CA7 & OPC & relevant tools within a short span of time and supported various projects with various tools
- Worked in HMC and DASD related work
- Perform routine maintenance tasks such as IPLs, system and application software upgrades, and system parameter changes
- Scheduled and monitored batch job processing using CA7, CA- Jobtrac, and Control -M and resolved any scheduling conflicts or issues
- Actively involved in release implementations and disaster recovery plans
- Deep knowledge in ticketing tools like remedy, ServiceNow.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Sathyabama University
07.2004 - 12.2008
Timeline
Mainframe CICS System Programmer
IBM Australia
07.2023 - Current
CICS Administrator
HCL
01.2011 - 07.2016
Batch Scheduling & Console Operations
DXC & TCS
01.2008 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
Sathyabama University
07.2004 - 12.2008
Senior CICS Administrator
Kyndryl
8 2016 - 7 2022
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