System Analyst Resume Minneapolis, Minnesota - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Over 10 years of extensive and diverse experience in all lifecycle (SDLC) phases of application development and production support.
Over 10 years of experience developing and supporting the online and batch portions of large and complex applications.
Participate in all testing phases (unit, system, regression, UAT, etc.) of software development.
Can multi - task, learn quickly, quickly come up to speed when working with applications, work with minimal guidance, and meet/beat deadlines of assigned tasks.
Lead all lifecycle (SDLC) phases of application development.
High quality application development, programming, testing, problem-solving, attention to detail, and analytical skills.
Train and mentor team members in areas of expertise.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent organization, planning, and decision-making skills.
Research and resolve job and program abend issues.
Work positively with customers during all phases of application development and production support.
Work positively and effectively in a team environment.
Frequently receive and utilize the opportunity to develop application and functional work estimates.
Develop Customer User Access (CUA) standards in order to improve data entry and application development.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Minneapolis, Minnesota

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

Evaluated business requirements and prepared detailed specifications that follow project guidelines required to develop written programs in an agile environment.
The application was for claims processing.
Formulated, defined and documented the functional system specifications The application was programmed and developed using COBOL, JCL, SQL, CICS, and VSAM.
Devised or modified procedures that solve complex business problems with due consideration for hardware/software capacity and limitations, operating times and the desired results.
Analyzed and revised existing functional documentation.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Was assigned, researched, and corrected incorrect items and their results which were found in production.
The application was developed and maintained for the processing of the State of Missouri Medicaid department.
The software application incorporates the software which captures the input of claim information, the payment of claims, and subsequent development and printing of reports for the State of Missouri.
The application included online and batch components.
The application was programmed and developed using COBOL, JCL, SQL, CICS, and VSAM.
The requirements, functional design, detailed design, programming, and unit testing phases of the SDLC were utilized.
Using the work orders supplied to me, I designed new functionality for the current application and for any errors in functionality which occurred in production.

Confidential, Madison, Wisconsin

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Part of a team who designed and rewrote an online employee security application written in SQL*Forms to an online application written in COBOL and CICS, with Oracle as its database.
Utilized Micro Focus Net Express to create CICS screens and maps, as well as to aid in the programming and testing of the screens I developed.
Wrote and executed test plans and scripts for the screens I developed.
The new entry screens were to look exactly like and function the same as the application being rewritten.
I analyzed the original screens and any original design documents which were created and created new documents and designs that would reflect the new design, programming and databases which were to be used and required.
Customer contact was utilized to confirm and create the new design.
I performed data entry with the original application to receive practical experience about how the application was to work and designed the new application accordingly.

Confidential

Mainframe Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

Was a technical lead for a new project involving the health care industry, particularly medical prescriptions.
The application was written in COBOL and CICS, with DB2 as its database.
Partnered with the development and the offshore quality assurance groups.