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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Additional Skills
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Raja Pannerselvam

Bangalore

Summary

Over 10+ Years’ Experience in AS400 Administration. IBM Power 5, 7, 8 and power 9 server working experience, LPAR creation, OS installation, up- gradation and HMC management. Delivering the services according to agreed Service Level Agreements (SLA) and other contractual commitments.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Information Security Analyst

Wells Fargo International Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - Current
  • Handling global client - 32 AS/400 systems - 19 Prod LPAR’s and 13 DR and Non- LPAR’s
  • User profile creation, modification and deletion based on the user requests.
  • Providing authorities like 2FA and switch ID, creation of authorization lists, system value changes.
  • Providing Authorities through SafeNet/I for Server Security, Object Level, SQL Statement, FTP Statement, CL Command, Long Paths.
  • PTF installation and admin tasks like system health checkup, batch processing etc..


Senior System Administrator - Server Management

FIS Global Business Solutions
09.2018 - 06.2023
  • Handled global client - 14 AS/400 systems - 12 Prod LPAR’s and 2 Non-Prod LPAR’s
  • Routine System health checkup and re-running failed backup’s through EVAULT and native and BRMS.
  • Performance management and OS upgrade.
  • LIC and OS and PTF installation.
  • Running audit journals on periodically to find invalid password attempts.
  • Backup configuration in Evault, BRMS and Native mode.
  • Environment/Library Refresh, Bank creation and deletion.
  • Administration tasks based on the user requests.

System Administrator - Server Management

Accenture Pvt Ltd
02.2017 - 09.2018
  • Handled global client - COKE in US with 20 Prod LPAR’s, 4 Non-Prod LPAR’s and 2 VIO’s LPAR’s.
  • Ensuring Smooth functionality related to AS/400 operation tasks and running daily backup’s through Robot save.
  • Routine System health checkup and User profile maintenance.
  • Daily transaction closing in SAP basis menu and escalating to Application team if any deviation Manage System Device, Workstation and Printers
  • Monitoring and Controlling Jobs, History Logs, Out Queue, Monitoring security logs and report generation for audit purpose.
  • Submitting and monitoring jobs, Taking daily, weekly and monthly backups
  • PTF installation and OS upgrade, Environment/Library Refresh.
  • HMC Management admin/operation tasks.

Administrator - Server Management

IBM India Pvt Ltd.
03.2016 - 01.2017
  • Handled multiple clients - HealthNet and NykLine
  • Totally 8 LPAR’s - Including 6 Prod systems and 2 Non-prod systems
  • Ensuring Smooth functionality related to AS/400 operation tasks and running daily backup’s through BRMS.
  • Routine System health checkup and User profile maintenance.
  • Checking disk space on weekly basis and reporting to customer accordingly and taking action accordingly.
  • We had a 365/7 days audit on HealthNet and running audit journal and giving auditors on daily basis
  • BRMS backup configuration and trouble shooting BRMS issues and taking action accordingly.
  • Tape library firmware activity, DR activity, Migration activity.

Administrator - Server Management

Wipro InfoTech
01.2014 - 03.2016
  • Handled multiple clients Indian Additives Ltd and Shasun pharmaceuticals Limited in Chennai.
  • Establishing Remote journaling and maintaining DR server online by applying replicated journal receivers.
  • Responsibility includes disaster recovery planning, preserving backups in various hardware media, system software problem solving & maintenance.
  • Monitor all AS/400 systems for performance and capacity, analyze recovery and backup operations
  • Start and Stop SAP Applications.
  • Managing Hardware management console and taking HMC critical console data backup and user profile Maintenance.
  • User profile management.
  • Audit concerns and mitigate the issues and keep the system values as IBM recommended.
  • Hardware replacement like cache battery, Adapters and Disk units.
  • SST & DST Management.

Education

Skills

  • Proficient in V5R4, V6R1, V7R1, V7R2, V7R3 and V7R4
  • Good hands on knowledge in IBM 550, 720, 820, 42A, 550, Power 7, 8 and Power 9 servers
  • HMC Management tasks
  • BRMS backup and iCluster configuration
  • SLIC and OS installation, OS Up-gradation
  • PTF Installation and Management
  • Hardware installation and replacement like hard disk, adapter, tape library
  • Firmware installation and update through HMC
  • DR activity through BRMS and Complete system build and restoration in Native mode
  • Line creation and configuration
  • Handled couple of External Audits and rectified as raised concerns
  • Work Management like subsystem creation and maintaining system healthy
  • Keeping VIO systems healthy like Topaz, File system usage, CPU utilization and Error log monitoring
  • Creating a Fiber adapter and SCSI adapter on VIO’s as well as client side, making visibility in switch side
  • Hands on experience about TS3100, TS3200 tape library Firmware up-gradation for drive and library
  • Third party tools - Robot Save, Alert, Console, Evault, SafeNet/i, PowerTech Authority Broker

Languages

English, Tamil

Additional Skills

  • Manage production support and providing good support with respect to business continuity.
  • Manage good relationship with customer, other internal teams and vendors.
  • Ability to solve problems quickly and completely.
  • Strong documentation and reporting skills.
  • Ability to identify tasks which require automation and automate them.
  • Ability to improve process, reduce timeline required for processing.
  • Ability to write queries in QUERY/400 and CL400.


Timeline

Senior Information Security Analyst

Wells Fargo International Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - Current

Senior System Administrator - Server Management

FIS Global Business Solutions
09.2018 - 06.2023

System Administrator - Server Management

Accenture Pvt Ltd
02.2017 - 09.2018

Administrator - Server Management

IBM India Pvt Ltd.
03.2016 - 01.2017

Administrator - Server Management

Wipro InfoTech
01.2014 - 03.2016

Raja Pannerselvam