Systems Engineer

Work Experience

Mintanciyan Consulting, Inc., New City, New York•••••Nov. ••••• - Present
Position: Senior Validation Specialist
Project: Schering-Plough Pharmaceutical, Kenilworth, NJ
Duties:
Authoring of System Specification documents for Microsoft Windows ••••• / Microsoft Windows NT ••••• Legacy servers and systems which were identified to be part of the FDA Consent Decree.
Authoring of Requirements Traceability Matrix documents which indicate the relationship between the original specified System Specifications and test protocols.
Verification of User Requirements and Functional Requirements Specifications (URS, FRS) are accurate based on input from the business owner(s) and Schering-Plough SOP(s) for Legacy Computer and Automated Systems.
Review of executed Installation Qualification Operational Qualification (IQOQ) Protocols and author any variances that were discovered and approved by the Quality Assurance team.
Ensure that Good Documentation Practices are followed during execution and review of protocols.

RCG Information Technology, Inc., Edison, New Jersey•••••May ••••• Oct. •••••
Position: Lead Software Certification Analyst
Project: PSGA Pharmaceutical Sourcing Group Americas, (a Johnson & Johnson company) Bridgewater, NJ
Duties:
Contracted to perform Windows ••••• software certification analysis on all production software applications within PSGA for compliance with ••••• CFR Part •••••
Developed certification processes, User Acceptance Test Plans and test scripts for the certification process, and then submitted to the senior validation consultants for final review.
Perform and document installations of business critical applications •••••n, Process Model, Oracle 8i, Maximo SAS, Statistica, and Minitab) and verify critical functionality within a Windows ••••• Active Directory domain environment, DB/2 backend and UNIX backend environments.
Perform execution of User Acceptance Test Plans within a controlled PSGA Windows ••••• Certification lab, to certify and verify SMS Installer and Wise scripted applications are ready for production rollout.
Communicate to SMS scripters and Wise Packagers any code changes that need to be made so script adheres to PSGA requirements as outline in the IQ.

Enterprise Engineering, Inc., New York, New York•••••Jul. ••••• - Dec. •••••
Position: Systems Engineer
Project: Merrill Lynch & Company, Jersey City, NJ
Corporate Technology Group
Duties:
Contracted to provide on-site Integration testing, configuration and implementation of Oracle Financials •••••i components in a Windows NT ••••• environment for Merrill Lynch Corporate Technology Group.
Provided technical recommendations for implementation and deployment scenarios of Oracle Financials •••••i involving existing Windows NT ••••• infrastructure and future Citrix MetaFrame ••••• and Citrix MetaFrame XPe server farms.
Provided third level support for Windows NT ••••• environment with Corporate Technology group and assist in the deployment and configuration of SMS packages to the client workstations relating to the installation and upgrade of Oracle Financials.
Installation and configuration of Windows ••••• and Windows XP Professional in a corporate test environment to determine whether Corporate Technology Group departmental software applications were compatible with OS platform.
Provided emergency Disaster Recovery support for mission critical applications, including rebuilding of corporate desktops and repackaging of applications using SMS Installer and Wise for Windows Installer ••••• Built and configured Citrix MetaFrame XPe server farm housing Corporate Technology Groups departmental applications for disaster recovery purposes.



RCN Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey•••••Jun. ••••• Jul. •••••
Sr. LAN Engineer II,
Installation and configuration of SMS ••••• and SQL Server •••••, configuring and testing Checkpoints SecureRemote for end-user dial-up access to Corporate Network, administration and maintenance of a ••••• server Citrix MetaFrame ••••• Server farms on Microsoft NT Terminal Server •••••, for use with Oracle Financials, CBOSS and PeopleSoft.
Designed and created corporate desktop images using GHOST imaging software to be deployed to the corporate end-users workstation within a networked environment.
&#•••••; Installation and configuration NT ••••• Servers at Remote Sites to act as members of Resource Domains in a Single Master NT Domain Model.
&#•••••; Contracted as a PC / LAN technician to perform desktop troubleshooting techniques and LAN administration for the RCN Corporation in a Novell NetWare ••••• and Novell ••••• NDS environment.
&#•••••; Assisted in the completion of a Novell ••••• to Windows NT ••••• Workstation and Windows NT ••••• Server rollout project at the Princeton, NJ. Performed LAN switch configurations and code upgrades to 3COM Super Stack II •••••/•••••s Ethernet switches.

Andrus Associates, Langhorne, Pennsylvania •••••Feb. ••••• - May. •••••
Position: Windows ••••• Rollout Technician
Project: Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, New Jersey
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&#•••••; Contracted as a PC technician for on-site Windows ••••• PC rollout project at Johnson & Johnson, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, in Raritan, New Jersey.
&#•••••; Configured, tested and installed over ••••• personal computers consisting of IBM ThinkPads and IBM desktops.
&#•••••; Installed specialized Johnson & Johnson software applications for the various departments.
&#•••••; Performed and executed data backups and transfers on Johnson & Johnson employees computer systems.
&#•••••; Created standard image files using GHOST software that was used in reproducing Windows ••••• applications.
&#•••••; Supervisor of six-contracted PC technicians during IBM rollout project.


Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey•••••Dec. ••••• Jan. •••••
PC Hardware / Software Specialist

&#•••••; Contracted as a PC technician to provide network and desktop support for the Meridian Healthcare Systems Corporate Helpdesk at Jersey Shore Medical Center.
&#•••••; Assist Managers and Supervisors through in-house projects and departmental trouble calls.
&#•••••; Responsible for troubleshooting and repairing HP LaserJet printers in a Novell environment.
&#•••••; Installation, configuration and repair of Dell desktops and their hardware components.
&#•••••; Assist in analysis, implementation and creation of IS department database tables and reports.

Hardware
Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell PowerVault Raids, Dell desktops, Compaq Proliant Servers, Compaq desktops, IBM desktops, Dell laptops, Compaq laptops, IBM Thinkpads, IBM docking stations, Dell docking stations, Cisco ••••• series routers, Extreme Black Diamond routers, HP LaserJet printers, HP Deskjets, Panasonic dot-matrix printers, Genicom ••••• network printers, HP JetDirects, HP scanners, 3COM Ethernet NICs, 3COM Super Stack II •••••s,.

Software
Windows XP, Windows ••••• Professional, Windows ••••• Server, Windows NT ••••• Server and Workstation, Windows NT ••••• Terminal Server, Windows •••••, Windows •••••, MS-DOS •••••, Novell NetWare •••••, Novell Netware •••••, Novell GroupWise •••••, Citrix MetaFrame XPe, Citrix MetaFrame •••••, Citrix Winframe •••••, Oracle 8i Client, Oracle Financials •••••i, Oracle ADI, PeopleSoft, Clarify, Kenan Arbor /BP, Microsoft Office •••••, Microsoft SMS •••••, Microsoft SQL Server •••••, Microsoft SQL Server •••••, Microsoft SMS Installer, Microsoft Exchange •••••, Microsoft Project •••••, Microsoft Visual Basic •••••, Lotus Notes •••••, GHOST •••••, WinInstall •••••, Wise Installer for Windows •••••, Rumba NT/•••••, IBM Client Access •••••/NT for AS/•••••, Eicon Access for Windows, HP JetAdmin.

Skills
Strong interpersonal communication skills, strong leadership skills, able to follow directions and work without supervision. Adept at handling people, able to complete work efficiently and in a timely manner, whiling paying attention to detail. A working knowledge of full software development life cycle methodology, ••••• CFR Part •••••, GAMP 4, Computer Systems Validation and networking components qualification.

Education
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey•••••
Masters of Science•••••Present
Information Systems •••••

New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey•••••
Bachelors of Science•••••May •••••
Electrical Engineering Technology •••••

Ocean County College, Toms River, New Jersey
Associate of Applied Science•••••June •••••
Electrical Engineering Technology


Certifications
Microsoft Certified Professional, June •••••
Windows NT ••••• Workstation•••••
Windows NT ••••• Server•••••
Windows NT ••••• Enterprise Server
Microsoft Proxy Server •••••
Windows ••••• Professional
Windows ••••• Server
Windows ••••• Directory Services Administration



References
Available upon request