Summary:

• More than 8.5 years of Software Development experience in Mainframe Technology
• Strong expertise working as a Solutions Engineer, Senior System Engineer and Programmer Analyst
• Good experience in working with VSAM files, IMS DB and DB2 database with Spufi/Platinum and used Endevor as the change control tool and worked extensively in TSO/ ISPF environment using COBOL and JCL
• Identified, nominated and selected as Top talent Employee with IBM
• Proficient in complete life cycle of software development
• Was part of the Release that went into production without a single defect

Skills:

• Languages: JCL, COBOL
• Databases: DB2, IMS DB
• File Management: VSAM
• Tools: Endevor, File-aid, File master, XPEDITER, Intertest, CA-7, Zeke, Spufi, QMF, TSO/ ISPF, Platinum, COLD, Ezytrieve
• Operating Systems: Windows

Experience:

Confidential

Solutions Engineer

Project Objective: Medicaid is a health insurance program for low-income individuals and families who cannot afford health care costs. Medicaid serves low-income parents, children, seniors, and people with disabilities. Supports the MMIS systems for the State of Colorado. The Colorado MMIS is a transfer of functionality from the fully operational, certified Minnesota MMIS. The Claims Processing Subsystem is organized into Entry, Pricing and Adjudication, and Financial and Reporting functionality. The Entry function accepts claims into the system in a format that the system is prepared to process. The Pricing and Adjudication function edits, prices, audits, and adjudicates each claim. The Financial and Reporting functions interact with the State's COFR System to reimburse the provider.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Technical Design, Construction and Complete Testing of the MMIS application, Supporting the system.
• Convert the Business requirement document into the Technical specification and Develop the code. Perform Unit, system testing and support the User Accpetance testing and Production moves.
• Responsible for fixing the root causes of the Production problem and System tickets.
• Provide Prime assistance toward application releases installation into production under minimal supervision.
• Responsible for running Claims Adjudication and Financial cycle as part of Unit and system testing
• Assisting BAs in fixing the System issues both in system test region and production environment.
• To work on Major project releases, APR DRG, AwDC, T-MSIS, ICD-10, CCT-II, few portion in ASO Dental
• Accessing DB2 database with Spufi and Platinum, use Endevor as the change control tool and worked in TSO/ ISPF environment using COBOL and JCL, access the reports using COLD, Schdule or change the existing job schedules through ZEKE request, dataset handling via file master, write ad-hoc intermediate programs using Ezytrieve, debug the code using Intertest, handling VSAM files
• Phases involved: Requirements analysis, Impact Analysis, Technical Specification, Coding, Unit, System testing, Supporting UAT, Implementation, Post Implementation support, Major project releases.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, DB2, Spufi, Platinum, Endevor, COLD, Zeke, File master, Intertest, Ezytrieve.

Confidential

Senior System Engineer

Project Objective: Lincoln National Corporation engages in multiple insurance and investment management, as well as in broadcasting and sports programming operations primarily in the United States. It operates in five segments: Individual Markets, Employer Markets, Investment Management, Lincoln UK, and Lincoln Financial Media. APS deals with the Annuities Processing system and HOWS is the application which delivers the contract document to the clients and B2B is the application which acts between various business to business.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Primary resource in all the applications especially in HOWS in which mainframes should be interacted with Net express.
• Coordinated quality for all the fast tracks and trackers.
• Developed Use cases for APS when there was a requirement to convert some of the mainframe modules into Java.
• Responsible for analysis of the Fast tracks and trackers and fixing the root-causes of the problem.
• Accessed VSAM files and DB2 database with Spufi and used Endevor as the change control tool and worked in TSO/ ISPF environment using COBOL and JCL.
• Involved in the complete life cycle of software development for three releases of the project and worked in new projects.
• Trained the secondary resources.
• Closed a tracker, when it is assigned to me which was handled by so many people in the application from 2006.
• Worked across applications.
• Phases involved: Requirements analysis, Impact Analysis, Client project plan, Macro and Micro Design, Coding, Unit, Integration and System testing, Supporting UAT, Implementation, Post Implementation.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, DB2, Spufi, QMF, Endevor, XPEDITER, CA-7, File-aid

Confidential

Application Developer

Project Objective: Fireman's Fund Insurance Company is a Novato, California-based insurance company owned by Allianz AG of Germany. Fundamentally, Claims Data Services CDS is a convenient way to access mainframe claims data for both retrieval of specific client requests as well as the claim upload requests from the Automated Loss Distribution System ALDS . ALDS is an automated system that processes claim data collected and sent from the First Notice Systems FNS . CDS receives the claim upload request from ALDS and inserts the claim data into the ATLAS system databases. ALDS also has the facility to send Policy Retrieval requests to capture the policy data required for matching to a specific claim.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the complete life cycle of software development for two releases of the project and worked in new releases.
• Worked as a Primary resource in the application.
• Worked in IMS-DB, MQ series, CICS to fetch the records in TSO/ ISPF environment using Endevor as change control tool and languages used are COBOL, JCL.
• Involved in the analysis of the existing Claims system.
• Responsible for analysis of the work requests and fixing the root-causes of the problem.
• Phases involved: Requirements analysis, Impact Analysis, Design, Coding, Unit Integration testing, Implementation, Post Implementation.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, IMS-DB, CICS, MQ Series, TSO/ISPF, Endevor

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Project Objective: CAPN Card Acceptance and Processing Network is one of the new initiatives launched by AMEX to replace all its existing financial capture systems. APCD Accounts Payable Collections and Distribution is aimed to re-host all the AP Accounts Payables functionality from the existing financial captures region and industry wise. It also includes new functionality like Backdating and Merchant pricing which is a revenue generator for AMEX. A high visibility project in the AMEX arena, it utilizes a host of new technologies/ concepts like MQ Series, ODBA etc., and special testing environments other than mainframe technology.

Responsibilities:

• Single handedly managed a complete sub requirement that involved DB2 - Stored Procedures with ODBA connectivity and spufi with complete self-learning.
• Involved in the analysis of the existing accounts payable system. Also was involved in the impact analysis as to how the new changes would affect the downstream systems.
• Responsible for analysis of the service requests, Problem identification and fixing the root-causes
• Accessed VSAM files and IMS-DB in TSO/ ISPF environment and the change control tool used was Endevor.
• Involved in the complete life cycle of software development for major releases of the project.
• Gave induction training to the new joiners in the team.
• Phases involved: Requirements analysis, Impact Analysis, Design, Coding, Unit, Integration and System testing, Supporting UAT, Implementation, Post Implementation.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2 stored procedures, Spufi, QMF, IMS-DB, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, Endevor, CA-7

Part of Major project releases in MMIS APR DRG, AwDC, T-MSIS and recevied multiple client appreciations.