SUMMARY

• Almost 7 years of IT experience in Mainframe Technologies.
• Professional experience in all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) viz. requirement analysis, architecture, design, development, testing, documentation and post implementation revisions using Agile and Waterfall Methodologies.
• Managed multiple complex projects till successful implementation and provided post implementation application support in themainframeenvironment.
• Excellent noledge and hands on experience on core Mainframe technologies using COBOL, JCL on DB2 for batch and COBOL, DB2 with Stored Procedure and CICS for online.
• Have created design documents, Unit Test Plan and result using MS - Word, presentations using MS Power point, project estimation, peer review logs, design and code review using MS - Excel, new application design and program flows using MS- Visio and on the SharePoint project folders .
• Worked with business analyst during requirement gathering stage and follow up with the low level understanding document.
• Have used extensively most of the Mainframe tools & utilities like File Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor, and SPUFI/QMF/Platinum, Abendaid etc. for mainframe development and production support.
• Strong development experience and debugging skills in batch & online environment.
• Good analytical & communication skills and with the ability to work independently and lead team to successfully implement projects.
• Good experience to coordinate and support the development, testing and deployment of Project in Off-Shore/On-Site model. Communicate with customer, end user, business units, software division and third party partners to produce project deliverables.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MVS, Z/OS, OS 390, Windows XP

Languages: COBOL,JCL, ASSEMBLER

Databases: DB2, ( GDG,VSAM- file organization, Stored Procedure)

OLTP: CICS

Tools: & Utilities: SYNCSORT, FILEAID, ENDEVOR, Platinum, MS-OFFICE, IBM utilities

Debugging Tool: Xpeditor, RDZ

Scheduler: Control M

Mailing systems: Lotus Notes, MS Outlook

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Bloomington, IL

Mainframe System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Business Analyst to baseline business requirements and working out designs to development team.
• Creating the Flowchart on MS- VISIO and coding of application programs using COBOL, DB2 and VSAM.
• Analyzing complex assembler code and creating design specs.
• Code and unit test the modules, tan share the files/reports with layout with the business users and halp them set up their test environment and get sign off once users are satisfied with changes.
• Work with DBA creates new or alter the database objects.
• Provide a weekly status of the project health and issue to the project stakeholders.
• Developed programs using COBOL, DB2, JCL
• Coding program in Endevor with client supplied coding standards.
• Used Sync sort utilities for data manipulations and data formatting.
• Analysis, testing and debugging of new code before it promotes to production.
• Monitoring jobs for production support.

Environment: MF COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid/MVS, File-Aid /DB2, Abend-Aid, MQ series, XPEDITOR, CTRL-M

Confidential - Charlotte, NC 

Mainframe Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Participate in documentation and review the estimation document for the requirement, detail design document (DDL) for all the functional requirements, UTP and UTR.
• Developed & modified batch and online modules, JCL & Proc, cards and other deliverables within SLA as per the client standards.
• Close the QC defects identified by the testing team.
• Altered the DB2 tables to accommodate new columns.
• Copy data from production region to UAT/Dev region as part of DB2 DBA activities.
• Perform DB2 backup
• Participate in weekly status calls and updating status of the project.
• Understand the existing functionality and proposing improvements to the system for the enhancements.
• Prompt escalation to the address any project risks identified.
• Provided post implementation support.
• Monitoring jobs for production support.

Environment: MF COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid/MVS, File-Aid /DB2, Abend-Aid, MQ series, XPEDITOR, CTRL-M

Confidential 

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with Business Analyst to define requirements, analyzed business needs and validated solutions with client.
• Preparing the estimation document for the requirement.
• Analysis, Coding, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Implementation of the new requirements.
• Prepared the High level design document for all the functional requirements.
• Creating the Flowchart and coding of application programs.
• Preparing UTP and UTR.
• Used Endevor for creating new modules as well as for altering the existing modules.
• Developed programs using COBOL, DB2, JCL
• Coding program in Endevor with client supplied coding standards.
• Used Sync sort utilities for data manipulations and data formatting.
• Analysis, testing and debugging of new code before it promotes to production.
• Experience with code review and peer review.
• Participated in weekly status calls and updating the project status.
• Monitoring jobs for production support.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, IMS/DB, DB2, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, Endevor

Confidential 

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with Business Analyst to define requirements, analyzed business needs and validated solutions with client.
• Preparing the estimation document for the requirement.
• Analysis, Coding, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Implementation of the new requirements.
• Prepared the High level design document for all the functional requirements.
• Creating the Flowchart and coding of application programs.
• Preparing UTP and UTR.
• Used Endevor for creating new modules as well as for altering the existing modules.
• Developed programs using COBOL, DB2, JCL
• Coding program in Endevor with client supplied coding standards.
• Used Sync sort utilities for data manipulations and data formatting.
• Analysis, testing and debugging of new code before it promotes to production.
• Experience with code review and peer review.
• Participated in weekly status calls and updating the project status.
• Monitoring jobs for production support.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, IMS/DB, DB2, SPUFI, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, Endevor