SUMMARY

• 20+ Years of professional experience in the Software Design, Development, Testing, Maintenance and Production support in Banking, Railroad, Financial, Government and Insurance domains on IBM Mainframes.
• Experience in migrating applications from legacy to Web based platforms using Java/J2EE related technologies.
• Experience in project development methodologies such as Agile/SCRUM and waterfall.
• Experience with large database platforms DB2, VSAM, Oracle, IMS DB & SQL Server.
• Expertise in COBOL, Micro Focus COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, TELON, Mainframe Express, XML, Adobe live cycle enterprise suite 3, DB2 Stored Procedures, File Manager, File Aid.
• Extensive experience on various Mainframe Application Development and Testing Tools including Intertest, Expeditor, Smartest, File - Aid for MVS/DB2, QMF, SPUFI and Microfocus workbench.
• Extensive experience on various Mainframe Configuration Management Tools including Changeman, PANVALET, Endevor, Sub-version, Visual Source Safe, git, github.
• Involved in all the stages of the software development life cycle, Requirement gathering, Impact Analysis, design, specification, coding, debugging and Unit, Integration, Regression and system testing, documentation and maintenance of the programs.
• Preparing project implementation plans and system documentation, Technical specifications and design documents (TSD) using Microsoft office tools, Microsoft VISIO, Enterprise Architect
• Design and development of new on-line and batch programs, modifying on-line and batch programs as per the requirements and make schedule changes using CA-7, CONTROL-M.
• Provide 24X7 Primary on call Production support.
• Strong knowledge in performance tuning for the batch and online applications and generating various reports based on user requirements.
• Supported delivery of batch and online programs, customized reports, application/data conversion and process improvements. After conversion & testing, delivering the converted software to Client for its review and acceptance.
• Experience in preparing conceptual and functional design documents and Project plans.
• Weekly/Daily time tracking, status reporting associated deliverables with team and Clients
• Proficient using Microsoft office tools, Microsoft VISIO, Enterprise Architect
• Preparation of creating unit, system, regression and user acceptance test plans, data management, test data and documented the test results and ensuring timely deliveries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SDLC Methodology: Agile (Scrum/Kanban), Waterfall

Languages: COBOL II, MICRO FOCUS COBOL, JCL, SQL, EZYTRIVE

Databases: DB2, VSAM, SQL Server & Oracle, IMS DB

Mainframe Tools: File Aid, TSO/ISPF, FTP, SYNCSORT, SPUFI, PLATINUM, SARS, NDM, COMPAREX

Testing Tools: INTERTEST, SMARTTEST, IBM DEBUGGER, EXPEDITOR

Oltp: CICS, CA-TELON, MAPR, ETL - DataStage

Other: MS-Office, Microsoft Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, VISIO, MS-project, MQ-SERIESDB2 stored Procedures, MAINFRAME EXPRESS, XML, JSON, ADOBE lifecycle Enterprise suite 3, ADOBE XDP forms, JIRA, Confluence, MAXIMO

Version Control: ChangeMan, Endevor, PANVALET, APC, SVN, Visual Source Safe, git, github

Operating Systems: MVS/ESA, MVS -OS/390, Z/OS, MS Windows 8/10/NT 4.0/2000

Schedulers: CA-7, CONTROL-M

Tools: SUPERC, FILE MANAGER DB2/FILES, SAR, FAULT ANALYZER, SDF, IEBGENERSYNCSORT, DFSORT, JOBTRAC, SUPERC, JCLPEP, INFOPAC, SDSF, STARTOOL HP Application Lifecycle Management, IDM DEBUGGER, SARS, GDG

Web Technologies: JAVA, Python, JSP, SERVLET, HIBERNATE, WEB SERVICES, XML, JSON, HTMLCSS, C#, ECLIPSE, POSTMAN, TOAD, SQL Developer, Amazon Web Services

Domain Knowledge: RAILROAD, Finance, GOVERNMENT WELFARE, INSURANCE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Define, document, implement and review test criteria, test plans and scripts to ensure full coverage of the applications
• Analyse, identify and develop stored procedures
• Requirements gathering and analysis, provide estimates
• Design the solution, develop, test, verify, present to the business and implementation
• Collaborate with the business and development teams to troubleshoot and resolve defects and other related issues
• Develop, execute and maintain test plans, test scenarios, and test cases
• Reduce, retire, convert legacy code wherever applicable
• Provide input on go / no-go decisions for production releases
• Application maintenance and on call production support

Environment: Agile, Cobol, CICS, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, SQL, ETL - DataStage, VSAM, IMS/DB, JCL, VSAM, Endevor, TOAD, JIRA, Confluence, IBM Debugger, XML, JSON, COMPAREX, MQ Series, Message MQ, FILE-AID, File Manager, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, Syncsort, Fault Analyzer, CA7/CA-7, Agile, GDG, SAR, Connect Direct -NDM, SQL Server, ORACLE

Confidential

Sr Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participate in early planning meetings of new projects
• Define, document, implement and review test criteria, test plans and scripts to ensure full coverage of the applications
• Analyse, identify and develop stored procedures as part of legacy to Java conversion
• Requirements gathering and analysis, provide estimates
• Design the solution, develop, test, verify, present to the business and implementation
• Collaborate with the business and development teams to troubleshoot and resolve defects and other related issues
• Develop, execute and maintain test plans, test scenarios, and test cases
• Track and report on test status using established QA metrics and KPIs for assigned projects
• Reduce, retire, convert legacy code wherever applicable
• Provide input on go / no-go decisions for production releases
• Application maintenance and on call production support

Environment: Agile, Cobol, CICS, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, SQL, IMS/DB, JCL, VSAM, Changeman, TOAD, JIRA, Confluence, IBM Debugger, MAXIMO, XML, JSON, COMPAREX, MQ Series, Message MQ, FILE-AID, File Manager, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, Syncsort, MAPR, Fault Analyzer, CA7/CA-7, Agile, IMS DB, GDG, JMR, MAPR

Confidential

Sr Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of business processes, procedures, and policy to identify and document business process, requirements, and rules
• Read code that resides on different languages and translate the logic into code into pseudo-code.
• Document the current process, analyze the data sources and datasets into document of data content and flow.
• Compile and write periodic reports on daily and weekly basis.

Environment: Agile, COBOL, HP Application Life Cycle Management (ALM), Windows 7, SQL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, Toad, COBOL, CICS, Endeavor QMF, SPUFI, SharePoint, NDM,COMPAREX, MQ Series, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, File Aid, CA7,GDG

Confidential

Sr Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As part of the Banks initiative of Agile methodology efforts, had extensive meetings with both the Business and Users teams to gather requirements thru Product Backlog Refinement process.
• Analysis and Understanding the requirements & functional specifications and to document the details using various design formats
• Prepare estimates, set the test, release target dates based on the changes.
• Create Jira, document all the details and track the progress of the task.
• Create SBE (Spec By Examples), test plans, test data and perform unit/integration/UAT test scenarios
• Create test design document, test details and document testing results
• Status Reporting and Responsible for the final delivery
• Involved as an integral part of the team to meet banks goal to reduce product backlog and to improve lead and cycle times using agile framework methodologies.

Confidential

Sr Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Joint Application Development (JAD) Sessions with users and clients
• Prepared Detailed system Design (DSD) document along with Client representatives
• Analyze existing applications and specification and create functional flow of current application
• Collaborate with other cross functional departments/teams and walk thru the functional flow of existing applications
• Complete responsible for end to end conversion process of legacy client notices generations to XML based adobe PDF notices
• Actively involved in functional testing of web applications
• Heavily Involved in developing and testing, migration process of applications from legacy to Java based web platform
• Developed DB2 stored procedures for Java platform.
• Designed numerous Adobe forms using Adobe life cycle ES3.
• Developed and improved numerous data exchange processes with Federal, IRS, SSA and state agencies
• 24X7 on call production support and application maintenance

Environment: COBOL, MF-COBOL, CICS, SQL, DB2, TELON, DB2 Stored Procedures, JCL, FILEAID, MVS, TSO ISPF/PDF, QMF, SPUFI, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, Microfocus MAINFRAME EXPRESS, ADOBE Enterprise Life Cycle, XML, XSD forms, SVN, PCR, RASU, control-M, Java, JSP, JDBC, Hibernate, ORACLE, SQL Server, GDG