Bank Of America/Merrill Lynch Work Values

Daily Duties at Bank Of America/Merrill Lynch :

Rapidly acquired an in-depth knowledge of a highly complicated and customized Endevor implementation with around 10,000 lines of undocumented exit code, mostly Assembler. REXX and CLIST. Became the de facto lead, assuming leadership responsibility for the team upon the retirement of senior personnel. Advanced automation efforts. Streamlined and simplified processes. Reduced errors in the production jobs by over 84% by searching out root causes of failures and correcting them. Maintained, documented, and enhanced Endevor exits written in Assembler and COBOL, related ISPF panels, files, and downstream programs and jobs. Prevented a disaster by observing a new feature in Endevor V12 which required modification before implementation. Wrote extensive documentation and provided training for the group Took the first phase of a floundering major project (estimated at several man years) to completion in 6 months. Upgraded Endevor software repeatedly, including exit code modifications and retrofitting ISPF panels. Served as technical lead on the upgrade from lower levels of COBOL to V5 of COBOL providing support to the POC team. Identified how the compilers could be run on a single LPAR in a plex with shared DASD and spool. Coded, tested, and implemented the solution, expected to save over $300,000 per year.

What they like about Bank Of America/Merrill Lynch :

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

Endevor, Cobol Programming Language, Automation, Dasd, Documentation, IBM ISPF, Logical Partitioning (LPAR), Technical Lead, Information Technology, Management, VSAM, Security, Assembler, COBOL, technical support for COBOL upgrades, very strong JCL, strong utilities, JOBSCAN, JCLCHECK, LSERV, technical writing, course authorship and presentation, bit of CICS, bit of DB2, strong debugging, strong analysis, focused on data integrity, focused on supportability, strong TSO/E, REXX, CLIST, AFP, some HSM, SMP/E

Skills

debugging, problem solving, information sharing, works by concensus, documentation, MVS generalist, Endevor, including internals, Assembler language programming

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