SUMMARY

• Having 8+ years of experience in Mainframe application development with emphasis on Business Requirements Analysis, Application design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Maintenance.
• Extensive work experience in Telecom and Banking domains.
• Strong experience with COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, FOCUS, ENDEVOR, XPEDITOR, FILE - AID, MVS.
• Experience in integration of various data sources like DB2, COBOL Copybooks, flat Files and MS-Excel.
• Sound knowledge in using GDG’s and IBM utilities SYNCSORT,IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, IDCAMS, IEBCOMPR, IEFBR14.
• Proficient in Toad, SQL navigator, and UNIX Shell Scripting.
• Strong experience withCOBOL application programmingand creating datasetsGDG's, JCL'scontrol cards,PROC's, copybooks, and VSAMfiles concerned with the project.
• Strong experience in relational databaseDB2& expert inCOBOL-DB2application programming with exposure toDB2 Utilities. Expert in codingSQLfor retrieving and manipulating database tables using query management and reporting tools likeSPUFI, QMF and DB2 FILE-AID.
• Extensive knowledge on usingEmbedded SQLand various Locking mechanisms for efficient data handling inDB2. Worked thoroughly inDB2 maintenance, Used Load and Unload jobs, Check Pending, Image copy, Reorg, Runstats jobs.
• Ability tomulti-taskwork across different applications. Diverse work experience with different functionalities of the application, withDevelopment, EnhancementandProduction Supportprojects.
• Experience in coordinating with the testing team for QA testing.
• Experience in managing Remedy tickets, scheduling and tracking it to closure
• Strong experience in impact analysis and provide solutions to user’s change requests.
• Experience in adhering to coding standards and finishing on time, Project delivery of various sizes,performance tuning and trouble shooting.
• Excellent knowledge on production support, maintenance processes, Unit testing, Regression testing.
• Participated in weekly status meetings and contributed views in project proceedings with client team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an ability to interact with individuals at all levels in all teams like - Systems, Business, Quality and Testing teams.
• Extensive experience attending the project review meetings with Clientsgathering requirements, preparingHigh Level Design (HLD),Low Level Design (LLD), transitioning to the new team members.
• Provided technical support and co-coordinated with colleagues and business partners ontesting of applicationsdeveloped and processes as and when required.
• Experience in leading a team, working with clients to gather requirements, scheduling/allocating/monitoring work among the team and being responsible for the successful delivery of the entire project/sub-project(s).
• Good at Client Liaison, experienced in executingOnsite-Offshoreproject execution models, Proficient in document management, able to prioritize and complete multiple tasks.
• Having strong technical skills, goodproblem research,trouble shootingandresolution skills.
• Confident possession of communication skills besides adaptability and quick learning.
• Received R&R Outstanding performance (IGATE’s internal) for the efforts contributed to PSG-AMO production support project.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database/Database tools: DB2/UDB, VSAM, Oracle 10g, MS SQL Server 2008, Toad, SQL

Artifacts: Test Plan, Test Case, RTM, Test Summary Report, Bug report

Programming Languages: C, Core Java, UNIX shell scripts, PL/SQL, VB Script, HTML

Mainframes Tools & Technologies: JCL, DB2, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, Sync sort, Ezytreive, File-aid, Endeavor, Xpeditor, Abend-aid, SPUFI, Platinum, Control-M, ZEKE, Focus

Operating Systems: Z/OS, Windows 07.XP, UNIX

Business Process Tools: MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Interacted actively with the Client and Onsite counterparts for various Sources and Targets.
• Analysis and Understanding the requirements & functional specifications
• Preparation of TS (Technical Specifications) based on the existing functionality and requirements.
• Knowledge Transfer to the new team members with business functionality and the new requirement
• Development of the new batch programs using COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM.
• Debugging and implementing the system using IBM Debug tools.
• Involved in preparing test plans for Independent Unit testing and System testing.
• Impact analysis for requirement changes, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation.
• Perform Peer reviews and log any issues and track till it is closed.
• Prepare turnover elements check list to make the turnover process is seamless.
• Status Reporting and Responsible for the final delivery.
• Used Debugger to troubleshoot the mappings.
• Responsible for migration of the work from dev environment to testing environment
• Created documents that have the detail explanation of the mappings, test cases and the expected results and the actual results

Environment: OS/390, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, SYNCSORT, JCL, TSO, ISPF/PDF, SQL, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Endeavor, IBM Utilities, MQ Series, SPUFI

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Senior Mainframe tester

Responsibilities:

• Receiving the business requirements from the client / Onsite.
• Prepared detailed Business specification documents and Design documents.
• Involved in reviewing the Unit test cases from Dev teams and preparing integrated test case documents.
• Responsible for setting up test case review meetings with Onsite counterparts and respective stakeholders.
• Involved in Data and Environment setup.
• Involved in scheduling the jobs using Control-M and in executing the batch cycles.
• Conducted Sessions with team members and SME’s of the application.
• Knowledge sharing within the team.
• Integration testing for components from Dev teams.
• Ensured the batch cycles get completed in time, also fixed the issues within the time mentioned in Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Work involves fixing abends such as Space abends, File contention errors, VSAM space abends and DB2 abends.
• Handling Ad-Hoc Requests.
• Logged testing defects identified and track till it is closed.
• Testing the Applications for the business requirement and responsible for delivery from offshore.

Environment: OS/390, COBOL, DB2, IMS DB & DC, VSAM, SYNCSORT, JCL, TSO, ISPF/PDF, SQL, File-Aid, IBM Utilities, SPUFI, Control-M.

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Handled the delivery schedules, taking care of the deliverables in strict adherence to the quality methods and getting them delivered in time.
• Gathering requirements from the client and creating Analysis & Design documents.
• Preparation of TS (Technical Specifications) based on the existing functionality and requirements.
• Created detailed technical design specification for enhancing the batch programs, care was taken to re-use most of the existing components/modules.
• Knowledge Transfer to the new team members with business functionality and the new requirements.
• Involved in Enhancement and maintenance of the batch programs using COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM.
• Debugging and implementing the system using Xpeditor.
• Involved inproductionmonitoring of the jobs on Mainframe using Zeke Scheduler.
• Transferred the mainframe files from production to test environment throughNDMjobs.
• Involved in preparing test plans for Independent Unit testing and System testing.
• Impact analysis for requirement changes, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation.
• Perform Peer reviews and log issues, if any and track till it is closed.
• Status Reporting and Responsible for the final delivery.
• Responsible for migration of the work from dev environment to testing environment
• Created documents that have the detail explanation of the mappings, test cases and the expected results and the actual results
• Responsible for correct versioning of code by creating and moving the requests using Endeavor.
• Analyzing modifications, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation.
• Providing pre and post support for the applications that have gone into production.

Environment: OS/390, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, SYNCSORT, JCL, TSO, ISPF/PDF, SQL, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Endeavor, IBM Utilities, SPUFI, Peregrine.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and Understanding the requirements provided by the clients & functional specifications.
• Created detailed Technical design specification for enhancing the batch programs, care was taken to re-use most of the existing components/modules.
• Development of the new batch programs using COBOL, DB2 and JCL.
• Involved in preparation and review of Unit Test plan (UTP) & test Cases for Independent Unit testing.
• Created necessary libraries, datasets,GDG's, control cards,JCL's,PROC's, copybooks,VSAM files.
• Browsing data sets and viewing copybooks layout usingFile-Aidand interactive debugging using Xpeditor.
• Impact analysis for requirement changes, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation.
• Estimations of the Work packages, Status Reporting and Responsible for the final delivery.
• Logging,trackingthe Issues and Defects and Maintenance ofIssues/Defects Log.
• Created documents that have the detail explanation of the mappings, test cases and the expected results and the actual results
• Responsible for correct versioning of code by creating and moving the requests using Endeavor.
• Handling On-demand work items

Environment: OS/390, COBOL, DB2, SYNCSORT, JCL, TSO, ISPF/PDF, SQL, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Endeavor, IBM Utilities, SPUFI, Peregrine.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with Business personnel team for clarification of work details.
• Analysis and Understanding the requirements & functional specifications.
• Created detailed technical design specification for conversion of RDMS to On-demand conversion.
• Analyzing modifications, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation and development of the new batch programs using COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM.
• Designing fixes to errors in existing functionality and producing test plans.
• Debugging and implementing the system using IBM Debug tools.
• Impact analysis for requirement changes, finding affected list of programs and homogeneous implementation.
• Prepare turnover elements check list to make the turnover process is seamless.
• Status Reporting and Responsible for the final delivery.
• Created documents that have the detail explanation of the mappings, test cases and the expected results and the actual results
• Responsible for correct versioning of code by creating and moving the requests using Endeavor.
• Reporting progress to the Team Leader and Onsite counter parts weekly.

Environment: OS/390, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, SYNCSORT, JCL, TSO, ISPF/PDF, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Endeavor, IBM Utilities, SPUFI, Peregrine.