Peter A. Hoyle

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About Peter A. Hoyle

Z Systems Technical Specialist, Mainframe Configuration I work for Kyndryl based in Sydney Australia specialising in solution design and implementation of mainframe hardware configurations. Presently I am part of a small team who supports 25 mainframes (IBM Z servers) running 280 z/OS and z/VM operating systems spread over 12 data centres. The scope of these systems range from internal management and accounting to airlines, insurance, telecommunications, banking and federal government. Presently my role involves the designing and implementing of new mainframe hardware solutions and upgrades for primary and disaster recovery computer sites and cloud solutions. My responsibilities incorporate- planning and producing hardware solutions - configuration management, planning, design and implementation - performing testing and verification of hardware installations - providing technical and customer support including operations oncall - analysing hardware systems for redundancy and singe points of failure Some achievements include- initiated design and documentation of project tracking and status reports, schematic drawings and procedures for technical implementation teams and for training and reference - co-authoring seven published IBM Redbooks (technical “how to” user guides) in Poughkeepsie New York, covering configuration setup for z9, z10, z196, z13, z14, FICON Planning and Implementation and Configuration using HCD and HCM. Career history started at Westpac in banking, to back office data processing, then shift operations and support. Progressing then to configuration management and z/OS systems programming, data centre relocations and remote operations. Current security clearance is Baseline and Negative Vetting Level 1 (NV1). Career aspirations are currently focussed on utilising my mainframe technical skills in providing configuration solutions in the greater Asian pacific region.