Expérience professionnelle
06/2020 – present BNP Paribas Fortis (Via Elmos) Brussels
Senior MFT/XFB Administrator – Architect – Referent – Lead – Technical Expert
- Migration to IBM Cloud
o Creation of COS instances, buckets, VIPs via Swagger
o Installation of CFT POD
- Managing connectivity via different platforms (Z/OS, Windows, AS400, Unix, Linux)
- Synchrony XFB Gateway (Win, AIX, Linux)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/upgrades/patching
o Lifecycle management & coordination
o Creation sending scripts, end of transfer scripts, stop/start scripts, maintenance
scripts, …
o Creation of VFD, CGATE, Sites, Decision rules, Models, Diffusion lists
o Connections via FTP(s), PESIT (TLS), SFTP, HTTP(s)
o Performance testing
o Maintenance
- Secure Transport
Study migration from XFB Gateway to SecureTransport
- Transfer CFT (on Win, AS400, Z/OS, Unix/Linux)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/upgrades/patching
o Lifecycle management & coordination
o Creation sending scripts, end of transfer scripts, stop/start scripts, maintenance
scripts, …
o Performance testing
- Synchrony Composer (Linux)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/patching/life cycle
- Sentinel (linux)
o Installation/configuration
o Correlation rules, Reports, Web Dashboards
o Oracle SQL queries
- Disaster Recovery testing
o Failover / HACMP failover
o Failover scripts
o Participate in offsite testing
- Provide daily support
o Basic system admin
o Problem solving, decrease of alerts(operational problems)
- Provide after-hours standby (2nd / 3th line support)
- Creation of documentation
- Coordination between different countries
- Automation
- Investigation of cloud solutions
IBM cloud, Kubernetes, COS
- Monitoring
Dynatrace, Elastic
- Automation via Git and Ansible
- Architecture
o Investigate best suitable architecture for new solutions, improvements, operating
systems, …
02/2014 14-day mission Axway Belgium (CFT migration project Shell) Netherlands
05/2018 – 06/2020 KBC (via Elmos)
Senior File transfer specialist
- Managing connectivity via different platforms (Z/OS, Windows, AS400, Unix, Linux)
- Synchrony XFB Gateway (Win, AIX, SUN)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/patching/life cycle
o Creation sending scripts, end of transfer scripts, stop/start scripts, maintenance
scripts, …
o Creation of VFD, CGATE, Sites, Decision rules, Models, Diffusion lists
o Connections via FTP, PESIT, PESIT SSL, SFTP, FTPS, HTTP, SWIFT, PEL
o Performance testing
- Secure Relay (XSR)
o Installation/configuration/optimization
o Maintenance
- Connect Direct
o Defining node maps, functional users, user proxies
- Stonebranch UDM
- Stonebranch UAC scheduling
o Creation of workflows, linux tasks, file monitor triggers, transfer tasks, …
- Provide daily support
o Basic system admin
o Problem solving, decrease of alerts(operational problems)
07/2010 – 06/2018 BNP Paribas Fortis (via Elmos) Brussels
Senior MFT/XFB Administrator
- Managing connectivity via different platforms (Z/OS, Windows, AS400, Unix, Linux)
- Synchrony XFB Gateway (Win, AIX, SUN)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/patching/life cycle
o Creation sending scripts, end of transfer scripts, stop/start scripts, maintenance
scripts, …
o Creation of VFD, CGATE, Sites, Decision rules, Models, Diffusion lists
o Connections via FTP(s), PESIT (TLS), SFTP, HTTP(s)
o Performance testing
- Secure Relay (XSR)
o Installation/configuration/optimization
o Maintenance
- XFB Monitor – Synchrony Transfer (on Win, AS400, Z/OS , Unix platform)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/patching/life cycle
o Creation of sending, end of transfer, stop/start & maintenance scripts, …
o Creation of Sites, Applications, Models, Diffusion lists, …
- Transfer CFT (on Win, AS400, Z/OS, Unix/Linux)
o Migration from Transfer Interpel to Transfer CFT
o Migration from NFTP to Transfer CFT (z/os z/os)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates / patching
o Migration to new version
Creation sending scripts, end of transfer scripts, stop/start scripts, maintenance
scripts, …
o Performance testing
- Synchrony Composer (on Win & Unix platform)
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/patching/life cycle
- Sentinel
o Installation/configuration
o Oracle SQL queries
- Disaster Recovery testing
o Failover / HACMP failover
o Failover scripts
o Participate in offsite testing
- Provide daily support
o Basic system admin
o Problem solving, decrease of alerts(operational problems)
- Creation of different translation tables
- Provide after hours standby (2nd / 3th line support)
o Fix abends, transfer failures, …
o Investigate errors, missing data, resend data, …
o Upgrades software and OS, updates, patching, …
- Creation of documentation
- Participation in Datacenter move
o Architecture designs
o Best move slots
- Coordination between different countries
- Automation
- Investigation of cloud solutions
- Architecture
o Investigate best suitable architecture for new solutions, improvements, operating
systems, …
07/2016 12-day mission Axway Belgium (Interpel-CFT migration project BCEE) Luxemburg
Senior MFT/XFB Specialist
- Migration project from Transfer Interpel to Transfer CFT (Z/OS)
o Inventory of Tranfer Interpel
o Installation/configuration/optimization/updates/patching Transfer CFT
o Client training
o Sending scripts (synchronous and asynchronous)
o end of transfer procedures
o Maintenance scripts
o Solutions for specific Transfer Interpel setup
o CFT SSL setup, co-pilot HTTPS setup
o Migration documentation
11/2009 – 07/2010 National Bank Of Belgium (via Elmos) Brussels
System Operator
- Follow-up of all batch jobs across multiple platforms via CA-7 & SDSF:
o Adding/amending jobs and chains.
o Restarting jobs after error.
- Problem solving where appropriate:
o Duplicate dataset names.
o Space abends.
o Deadlock situations.
o Amendment/correction of JCL for rerun.
and liaison with programming/systems standby.
o Problem reporting.
- Monitoring of network
o General health check.
- Follow up of backups
- Performing test-transactions
- Performing daily check based on a checklist
- Printer management.
- Monitoring of MQSeries transmissions.
- Participation in conversion from Z/OS CA-7 Scheduler to Unix Autosys scheduler.
o Creation of boxes
o Creation of jobs, Variables
o Creation of JDF files
o Documenting setup and Job flows.
10/2008 – 11/2009 Axway Belgium (Project at ING Bank and ICO)
Technical XFB Administrator
- Managing connectivity via different platforms (Z/OS, Windows, AS400, Unix)
- Synchrony XFB Workstation
o Installation/configuration (on Win platform)
o Definitions on IIS
o Creation of sites
- Synchrony XFB Gateway (on Win & Unix platform)
o Installation/configuration
o Creation of VFD, CGATE, Sites, Decision rules, Models, Diffusion lists
o Connections via FTP, PESIT, PESIT SSL, SFTP, FTPS
- XFB Monitor (on Win, AS400, Z/OS platform)
o Installation/configuration
o Creation of Sites, Applications, Models, Diffusion lists
- CFT (on Windows, Unix, AS400 platform)
o Installation/configuration
o Connections via PESIT, PESIT SSL
o Co-Pilot
- Synchrony Composer (on Win & Unix platform)
- Sentinel
- Provide support to partners like upgrades, patching, installation of new application.
- Creation of batch jobs
- Creation of VB scripts
02/2004 – 10/2008 Toyota Motor Marketing Europe Brussels
Operations Analyst
- Follow-up of all batch jobs across multiple LPAR's via OPC/ESA(TWS) & SDSF:
o Creation of applications, Special resources, ETT triggers, workstations, jobs(JCL)
o Adding/amending/creating jobs and applications.
o Restarting jobs after error.
o Manipulation of workstations to increase/decrease job flow where applicable.
o Implement automatisation
o Scheduling of remote jobs via stonebranch(Universal command)
o execution of Change requests
o Change, add, create TWS applications, SR, ETT, Workstations, Jobs, …
- Managing connectivity between NMSC’s, Forwarder, Suppliers, Transporters via different
platforms (Z/OS, Win, AS400)
o FTP
o XFB Workstation
Installation/configuration (on Win platform)
Definitions on IIS
Creation of sites
o XFB Gateway (on Win platform)
Installation/configuration
Creation of VFD, CGATE, Sites, Decision rules, Models, Diffusion lists
o XFB Monitor (on Win, AS400, Z/OS platform)
Installation/configuration
Creation of VFD, CGATE, Sites, Decision rules, Models, Diffusion lists
o Provide support to partners like upgrades, installation of new application.
- Creation of JCL for sending/receiving jobs.
- Adaptions to Rexx
- Creation of scripts for automatic sending/receiving.
- Preparation of weekend planning (clear guideline for operators):
o Add releases to production in the correct order.
o Provide instructions during IPL
o Putting servers, channels under maintenance
o Creation OPC(TWS) applications, jobs
o Scheduling OPC(TWS) applications, jobs
- Basic AS400 maintenance
o Scheduling of jobs
o Adding/amending monitoring
o Stop/start of subsystems, job queues
o Creation of libraries, members, files
- Providing support for NT Platform(Intel)
o Installation of updates
o Problem solving
o Basic system admin
- Provide daily support for operations.
o Take over during absence or overflow.
o Execute daily requests like submitting jobs, copies to production libraries, …
o Problem solving, decrease of alerts(operational problems)
- Provide after hours standby (2nd line support)
o Fix abended jobs
o Investigate errors, missing data, resend data, …
- Creation of documentation
11/2002 – 01/2004 Toyota Motor Marketing Europe Brussels
System Operator
- Follow-up of all batch jobs across multiple LPAR's via OPC/ESA(TWS) & SDSF...