PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 11+ years of experience in Analysis, Design, Development, Maintenance, Testing, Integration, Implementation and Support of Mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS.
• Extensive Knowledge in requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, integration deployment, documentation and maintenance of IBM Mainframe applications.
• Experience working in the domain of Financial, Banking and Health Care applications.
• Extensive hands on experience on IBM Mainframe Application programming, Development, Maintenance and Support.
• Ability to multi - task work across different applications. Diverse work experience with different functionalities of the applications.
• Hands on experience ISPF, COBOL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Ezytrieve, File Aid, IMS DB, Xpeditor, InterTest, Endevor, IBM Utilities, and other utilities like Abend-Aid, SOLA, CA-7, ZEKE, IBM Debug, Smart Test, MQ Series, Java, REXX, Control - M, etc.
• Extensive hands on ETL operations, MQ Series.
• Hands on experience on coding, analyzing and debugging COBOL programs using DB2, CICS, VSAM, IMS DB.
• Experience in UAT, Post Implementation Support.
• Experience in Incident, Problem and Change Management.
• Extensive experience in attending the project review meetings with Clients gathering requirements, preparing High Level Design(HLD), Low Level Design (LLD), transitioning the requirements and design for the Build activity.
• Involved in the estimate planning, design discussions for the project
• Experience in resolving defects as per SLA and extensive knowledge on SLA management.
• Experience in Project and Team Management, Detailed Requirements Specifications, Impact Analysis, File Specifications, System Run Chart (flow chart), Data Base Requirements, Program Specifications, Operation Manual, Program Development, Coding, Unit Test Plan, System Test plan, Inter System Test plan, Implementation plan and Post implementation check.
• Experience in Solution Engineering Life Cycle and Software Engineering Life Cycle.
• Knowledge on the project built using the ITIL V3, Agile Methodology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MVS, OS 390, Windows, Linux

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, Java, SQL, PL/SQL

File System: VSAM

Database: DB2, IMS DB

OLTP: CICS

Middleware: MQ - Series

Utilities: Endevor, Changeman, Xpeditor, IBM Debug, File-Aid, Spufi, QMF, PLATINUM, TSO ISPF, IDCAMS, NDM, FTP, Abend-Aid, Smart Test, InterTest, CA 7, ZEKE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

COBOL DB2 Developer

Confidential

Responsibility:

• Coding and Testing of COBOL programs under Test Environments.
• Creating Test Specification for System and Integration Test.
• Performing System and Integration Test
• Resolve the defects
• Promote the code from one region to another
• Performed SQL tuning and bind plan/package creation for enhancements and developments
• Prepared test environments and performed data refresh.
• Ensured proper backup and recovery by maintaining DB2 image copies and recovery JCLs.
• Performed data maintenance using LOAD, UNLOAD, REORG, RUNSTATS

Environment: Z/OS, COBOL, DB2, Endevor, IBM utilities, VSAM, JCL

Tech Lead/IBM

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Raise service calls and create RFC using Remedy tool to get the customers approval to implement the changes.
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Provide implementation support and post implementation support.
• Coding and Testing of COBOL program under Test Environments.
• Resolve the defects
• Promote the code from one region to another
• Promote code to production using Endevor for implementation.
• Support production issues and resolve issues
• Perform all related tasks with the SLA.
• Involved in Post Implementation Verification.
• Liaison with other parties from different vendors of the client to perform the day to day operations in support and development activities.
• Involve with business users for requirements, design and estimation activities.

Technology: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, Endevor

Sr. Developer/IBMD

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Involved in Knowledge Transition from the Client SMEs' on the applications
• Acquired KT and provided Reverse Knowledge Transition to Client SME for evaluation of KT.
• Prepared Current State Documents for the set of Applications.
• Post KT involved in Resolve production issues and provide quality technical solutions
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions.
• Involved in 834 enrolment file format activities.
• Responsible for resolving DB2/IMS Database problems and providing solutions and enhancements to the existing SQL queries.
• Responsible for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of small enhancements to the existing and new applications.
• Coding and Testing of COBOL programs under Test Environments.
• Creating Test Specification for System and Integration Test.
• Performing System and Integration Test
• Resolve the defects
• Promote the code from one region to another
• Promote code to production using Endevor for implementation.
• Support production issues and resolve issues
• Perform all related tasks with the SLA
• Experience in SLA and SLO.

Technology: COBOL, Ezytrieve, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, Endevor, Zeke, MQ Series, REXX

Sr. Application Developer/IBM

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Resolve production issues / bugs and provide high quality technical solutions
• Provide on-call work support during the weekends as needed.
• Suggesting the value ads and process improvements in the team/client and executing the same.
• Review the code of team members, test cases and test executions.
• Modifications to the existing programs
• Creating High and Level Test Specifications.
• Unit Testing and Test Execution
• System Testing, Integration Testing.
• Creating new programs in COBOL to create adhoc reports requests from the client

Technology: COBOL, PL/I, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, IDMS, ADSA, IBM Debug, Changeman, MQ Series

Sr. Application Developer/IBM

Confidential

Responsibilities

• Analysing High level design for estimation
• Creating Low Level Designs
• Design Review
• Modifications to the existing programs
• Coding new programs.
• Creating Low Level Test Specification
• Unit Testing and Test Execution
• Implementation

Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2

Application Programmer/Logica

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of TCS (Technical Consequence Study)
• Analyzing High level design for estimations
• Modifications to the existing programs
• Preparing System Test Cases
• Unit Testing
• Modifying the code as per requirements.
• Creating Low Level design
• Coding new program
• Conducting Unit, Integration, System, Regression, Performance and User Acceptance Testing
• Preparing documentation for Test cases and updating Test plan after execution.
• Involving Implementation handover and support.

Technology Mainframe: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, Xpeditor, Endevor