Senior Mainframe Consultant Resume
Franklin Lakes, NJ
SUMMARY:
- Experienced Mainframe professional (+20 yrs.) proficient in Cobol Programmer and System Testing.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Software Skills: Cobol II, DB2, SQL, IMS DB/DC, Spufi, UNIX, LINUX, TSO/JCL, VSAM, ETL, Intertest/Xpeditor, Teradata, File aid, CICS, CONTROL - M, Tmon, Strobe, ENDEVOR, XML, FTP/NDM, QTP, Loadrunner.
Operating Systems: Z-OS, OS-390, UNIX, LINUX.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ
Senior Mainframe consultant
Responsibilities:
- Use Teradata/Spufi tools to perform complex SQL queries to analyze DB2 table data.
- Analyze COBOL code to identify system failure.
- Setup test environment DB2 tables and files to recreate system failure.
- Use Intertest to step through COBOL code in tracking defective logic.
- Determine cause of system failure
- Work with Abinitio team to correct ETL data process.
- Create Endevor packages to move new JCL and PROCS to QA and Production.
- Update documentation with root cause analysis.
- Write DB2 SQL query zaps to correct data into testing and Production environments.
- Participate in daily meetings to promote fixes into Production.
- Team player mentoring new team members.
Confidential, Whippany, NJ
Senior COBOL/DB2 Programmer/Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Project to quickly document risks in a mainframe subsystem scheduled for removal.
- COBOL Programmer responsible for reviewing COBOL2 programs that used DB2, SQL, CICS, and VSAM for processing mainframe Z-OS batch and online transactions.
- Insure there are no dependencies related to subsystem to avoid any failures due to removal.
- Track and review daily, weekly and monthly under Control-M scheduler with emphasis with analyzing and documenting the system.
- Review all JCL, files and Procs used in the system for subsystem dependency.
Confidential, Somerset, NJ
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Write COBOL II programs using DB2 embedded SQL commands.
- Analyze and update existing online COBOL programs using DB2 processing.
- Write new/updated OS JCL and Procs for unit testing and production.
- Write detail design document with inspection approval.
- Write unit test cases with inspection approval.
- Setup test environment with unit test data and related DB2 table manipulation with DB2 SQL Spufi and Platinum tool.
- Executed all unit test cases documenting results on Excel worksheets.
- Gentranned all items through the Confidential &T CMCC tools.
- Supported production environment on a 7 by 24 pager as primary contact.
- Write Pseudo specifications for junior team members.
- Team was based on a SEI/CMM level 3 standard throughout the full SDLC flow.
Confidential, Somerset, NJ
System Tester
Responsibilities:
- Project based on a Mainframe/UNIX environment using COBOL, DB2, ETL.
- Write System/regression test plans and test cases based on system requirements,
- Created test data using FileAid and TSO/ISPF for data and SQL commands for database manipulation.
- Used VI editor to manipulate UNIX files.
- Worked on ETL commands.
- Executed all jobs in flow tracking each step for documentation to excel worksheets.
- Responsible for test cases/results for System, Regression, Integration, UAT, and End-to-end testing phases.
Confidential, Lanham, MD
Senior Mainframe Production Support
Responsibilities:
- IRS modernization project based on a mainframe Z/OS and UNIX environment.
- Using Control-M job monitor the daily production cycle and scheduler execute test cycles in preparation for new releases
- Resolved any production job failure quickly including defect cause report.
- Provided onsite support for all new releases.
- Trained IRS personnel in running the production cycle.
- Setup test environment using Control-M job scheduler and OS JCL/Procs.
- Brought CICS up and down using TSO/ISPF commands.
- Write COBOL II programs to process XML files for production problems.
Confidential, Piscataway, NJ
Senior COBOL Programmer/Analyst
Responsibilities:
- On several projects Write and updated COBOL II IMS programs with VSAM files.
- Created and updated existing OS JCL and Procs.
- Created all MFS, PSB requirements.
- Created PSB for IMS processing.
- Write scrub programs to clean production IMS databases.
- Created runbooks for all new jobs and updated existing ones.
- Write detail design, unit test cases and executed all jobs in unit testing.