Anton Titus

Experience

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  Woolworths

  Jan 1992 - Dec 1999

  Systems Administrator

  Technologies Walker, Windows, Visio, Crystal Reports, MS Front Page, MainframeResponsibilities - Maintain and control the integrity of the Walker Financial System: New users, passwords, accounts, control keys, business units, cost centers- Maintenance of the company business unit / cost center / accounts hierarchy structure on the Walker Financial System- Support to user requirements and system related issues to the Walker system- Involved in all project as briefed out by Systems Administration Manager- Manage and coordinate all user requirements related to the desktop, software, hardware, backups onto tape and network drives and new initiatives- Managed desktop Capex budget for Finance- Monitor and manage incidents logged via the helpdesk and response times- Involved in upgrades to the Walker system- Train Staff on new procedures when changed and implemented- Month-end and year-end runs- Distribution of Month-end reports to the Business i.e. Business Unit Managers, Group Heads and Stores, managed contractors to assist with distribution of these reports- Running of ad-hoc reports requests Show less

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  Woolworths

  Feb 2000 - Apr 2018

  Technologies: HP QC Application Management Life Cycle, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM WebSphere MQ, Sybase, MSSQL Server, Oracle, ODL, MQ Series, TSO MVS, CA Service Desk Manager, CA, Jira, KanbanResponsibilities:Manage all changes and system releases that impacts the AIT TeamThese responsibilities include: - Understanding the scope of interfaces for integration testing and Projects and Indibano Migration- Understand and access impact of all systems changes to the AIT environment.- Deployment Standards and documentation.- Change Policies and procedures are adhered to.- Planning deployments of all projects and BAU requests- Plan and co-ordinate pre-implementation meetings with all affected areas and service managers- Manage and co-ordinate effort across teams should the change require changes across systems to ensure successful implementation- Draw up deployment and implementation Plans for all AIT changes- Communication to all stakeholders before and after release and deployments.- OLA / SLA agreements understood and implemented.- Handover to the Operations team- Maintain and administer the Forward Plan of changes within the AIT which must be communicated with the change management team- Manage and co-ordinate weekly change planning sessions- Monitor progress of the changes via TD and ensure that the changes move to UAT timeously to ensure sufficient testing can be done and to ensure delivery to project / IT teams requirements- Logging of change controls and participate in CAB review meetings to discuss release scope- Post deployment checking to ensure that the deployment was successful o Infrastructure checks (eg DSN)o Configurationo Test runs if feasible- Weekly and monthly reports and feedback- Assist the test team with any issues experienced with regards to end to end integration testing - Post implementation Reviews Show less Systems Manager AIT Integration Development Team Technologies: IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM WebSphere MQ, Sybase, MSSQL Server, Oracle, ODL, MQ Series, TSO MVSResponsibilities:Managed a team of 7-9 resources in AIT Development Team, - Also managed an offshore ITC resource team (India) during the Indibano Migration project( 2 years)- Manage all Business and IT Projects that requires AIT involvement and development These responsibilities include: - Provide Input into one year operating Plan- Project Management- Define project priority in line with ITS strategy and business requirements- Provide projects with estimated timelines for completion of development.- Responsible for project management of integration projects through the full systems lifecycle from requirements gathering through to implementation.- Establish effective and collaborative partnerships with IT Portfolio Office, relevant IT teams and Business Users- Managing the work output of the AIT Development Team.- Manage AIT involvement with Business and IT project for systems enhancements and development.- Project and Team meetings and update the weekly status reports- Manage delivery of all Woolworths and WFS project requirements- Resource planning for and delivery on business and technical projects requiring integration.- Establish effective and collaborative partnerships with relevant IT teams and Business Users- Systems Integration Management, SDLC I also manage relationship between WFS and AIT since the inception of the WFS and ABSA joint venture. Few of the main responsibilities include:- Manage the RFQ (Request for Service) process for any new or changes to interface systems implementations.- Involvement in all WFS Projects that has an impact on AIT.- Resource allocation and progress management.- Progress reporting to WFS Project Team and Business Manager Show less Technologies Sybase, MSSQL Server, Oracle, ODL, IBM MQ Series, TSO MVS(Mainframe), Responsibilities Functions of Analyst Programmer role include:- Develop, design and code interface programs from technical and process specifications- Develop integration solutions using Sybase Middleware Tools, Integration Broker, SQL Server, MQ and FTP, IBM Websphere, Integration Bus- Support and maintain existing interfaces and programs- Develop and manage test plans- SDLC- Systems Analysis- Systems Integration - Systems Integration Testing- Interface between business support & project teams, development teams and ITS colleagues- Design interfaces with other systems- Coach and Mentor junior members of the development team. - Ensure system and process documentation are up to date- Implement changes according to change control procedures and standards- Quality assure development through system and integration testing- Move code to QA and production according to AIT procedures and practices- Regular feedback with own and other teams in IT and business- Scheduling tools include: Opalis Robot, Opalis Rendezvous, Jobtrac (mainframe), Integration with Control M and Appworks- After hour’s standby and systems support (done this during current working period).Manage relationship between WFS and AIT since the inception of the WFS and ABSA joint venture. Few of the main responsibilities include:- Manage the RFQ (Request for Service) process for any new or changes to interface systems implementations.- Involvement in all WFS Projects that has an impact on AIT.- Resource allocation and progress management.- Progress reporting to WFS Project Team and Business Manager Integration with Business Analyst, Systems Analyst, Change Managers, Systems Managers and Project Managers.- Relationship building with external vendors: WFS, ABSA, XCOM supplier, XCOM, Lithotech, Di Data. Show less

  • Change And Release Manager

    Jan 2014 - Apr 2018

  • Systems Manager

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2014

  • Analyst Programmer

    Feb 2000 - Dec 2010
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  Woolworths Group

  Apr 2018 - now

  Systems Manager – Integration Technical Lead

  Technologies:IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM WebSphere MQ, Sybase, MSSQL Server, Oracle, ODL, MQ Series, MFTE, Automix, IBM Datapower, CA Service Desk Manager, JiraResponsibilities Manage all changes and system releases that impacts the AIT TeamThese responsibilities include: - Understanding the scope of interfaces for integration testing and Projects and Indibano Migration- Understand and access impact of all systems changes to the AIT environment.- Deployment Standards and documentation.- Change Policies and procedures are adhered to.- Planning deployments of all projects and BAU requests- Plan and co-ordinate pre-implementation meetings with all affected areas and service managers- Manage and co-ordinate effort across teams should the change require changes across systems to ensure successful implementation- Draw up deployment and implementation Plans for all AIT changes- Communication to all stakeholders before and after release and deployments.- OLA / SLA agreements understood and implemented.- Handover to the Operations team- Maintain and administer the Forward Plan of changes within the AIT which must be communicated with the change management team- Manage and co-ordinate weekly change planning sessions- Monitor progress of the changes via TD and ensure that the changes move to UAT timeously to ensure sufficient testing can be done and to ensure delivery to project / IT teams requirements- Logging of change controls and participate in CAB review meetings to discuss release scope- Post deployment checking to ensure that the deployment was successful o Infrastructure checks (eg DSN)o Configurationo Test runs if feasible- Weekly and monthly reports and feedback- Assist the test team with any issues experienced with regards to end to end integration testing - Post implementation Reviews Show less