Summary:

• Over 7+ years of experience in Information Technology in INSURANCE, Financial, Pharmaceutical domains with the extensive experience in development, maintenance, enhancement and testing of complicated legacy applications involving COBOL, CICS, TELON, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Z/OS, OS/390,TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, Easytrieve, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, Endevor, SCLM, CA7, Rational Tools & XPEDITOR, BMC LOAD AND UNLOAD, Change Man, Panvalet, Sync Sort.
• Experienced in Full cycle of software Development (SDLC) including Requirement Analysis, System study, Program Design, Development, Testing, Maintenance, Support and Documentation.
• Good exposure in Insurance, Pharmaceutical domain.
• Expertise in conducting testing on all stages such as: unit, integration, system, user acceptance, functional and regression testing.
• Experience working in Production and development support.
• Implemented the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for the testing life cycle to follow the standard process in the application.
• Extensive experience in working with Rational Clear Quest and Rational Test Manager.
• Involved in Defect Tracking, reporting, reviewing and analyzing the test results.
• Good skills in Documentation of test cases and test results.
• Excellent Documentation, Trouble Shooting and Analytical skills.
• Excellent Project and Risk management capabilities.
• Fluent and Impressive Communication and Interpersonal Skills.

Technical Skills:

• Operating System: MVS/ESA, Windows 95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 & Windows XP, UNIX.
• Languages: VS-COBOL II, COBOL 370,Eztrieve, JCL.
• Databases: DB2, VSAM and ACCESS.
• DB/DC System (OLTP): CICS, TELON.
• Tools and Utilities: QMF, Spufi, File-Aid, Sync sort, DFSORT, Abend Aid, FTP, TSO/ISPF, Super-C, MQSERIES, IDCAMS, Endevor, Xpediter , CA7 and Change man.
• Hardware: OS 390
• Browsers: Internet Explorer 5.0/6.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.x/5.x
• Tracking Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Rational Test Manager and Test Director.

Education:
Master Degree in Computer Science.

Professional Experience:

Confidential, IN. Nov’07 to till date.
Senior Developer

Project: Regional Agency Markets- Agency Management.

Description:

Liberty Mutual Insurance group is one of the nation’s largest/leading insurer and sixth largest property and causality insurer in the U.S. with $78.8 billion in consolidated assets and operates in most of the states in U.S

This project Agency Management (Client/Diary) involves Enhancement/Production support activities for the applications like Client & Diary and developed under mainframe technologies. This application system deals with Liberty Mutual client information and their corresponding diaries information which store/maintain data in the system after validation. Rational tools are used to track the change tickets between the applications or modules.

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Design, Coding and Testing of programs.
• Worked on MQ Series for the OFAC changes..
• Permanent fixing of production abends or program bugs.
• Develop new programs in accordance to technical specs and preparing Unit Test Plan.
• Running Test Cycles based on client Request.
• Providing production support activities to the users of the system and resolved it based on priority.
• Data Load to various Test Regions using BMC Load/Unload and reformatting data upon request.
• Solved Peregrine and IBM Rational Clear quest tickets raised by the users during the warranty period.
• Extensively performed Unit, Functional, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression Testing on the web-based application
• Reviewing use cases to make sure its completeness.
• Responsible for bug tracking using Rational clear Quest.
• Validated database insertion and deletion by executing SQL statements to verify the output data with ref to inputs entered on the application.
• Handling project planning testing activities for integrating different modules
• Responsible for trouble shooting and solving the problems related to production deployment.
• Assisted in production Validation of the application and helping the business users with the site navigation.
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills in a time critical environment.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, TELON, MVS/ESA, OS/390, ENDEVOR, XPEDITER, MQSERIES, VSAM and Rational Tools, SQL, QMF, SUPER C, CA7, File-Aid, Panvalet, Peregrine Service Center.

Confidential, FL Sep ’05 to Oct’07
Senior Developer

Description:

LUA or also know as Uriah Spray Epperson (USE) Underwriting Company, provides diverse insurance services to the Lumber Industry in both USA and Canada. LUA is handling both Online and Batch processes on mainframes. During day time the online process works and in the night the batch process starts. Both of these are daily activities. The Report generations are mainly user requested and some on regular basis.

This was a complete Analysis Project that involved analysis of all the mainframe programs along with adhoc request to create new reports for client’s internal use. This was completed successfully.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for COBOL DB2 Batch and CICS DB2 COBOL Online program code analysis (Program Mining).
• Documenting the analyzed program flow as per client requirement.
• Involved in Requirement analysis, Coding, Quality review, Documentation, Issue Resolution.
• Handling Adhoc Requests: This includes coding new COBOL DB2 programs to create the reports used by client for their internal process.
• QC of Tasks: To ensure the quality of the tasks done by other team members before sending it for client review.
• Coordinated the walkthrough and kickoff meetings with developers, business analysts
• Executing all tests at various levels including integration, system, UAT and Regression testing.
• Analyzed the results and identified the bottlenecks of the application.
• Carried out unit testing of new programs in Development region to ensure that the new program would produce the desired results as per client requirement.
• Coordinating with Client as and when required: To take the feedback of the client regarding the work done and also discuss in case of any concern.
• Conducted defect review meetings and test progress meetings with the QA team and the development team and pointed out functional gaps and suggestions for creating a more stable system.
• Training new members of the offshore team to make them familiar with the project.
• Inducted new team members in the project. The team members had to be familiarized with the project and trained to take up the responsibilities.

Environment:COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, File-Aid, CA7, Xpediter, Change man, Quality Center, TSO/ISPF, QMF,Panvalet, Sync sort, Z/OS.

Confidential, Bangalore, INDIA Feb’04 to Aug ’05
Sr. Developer
Project: CRIS (Credit Rating Information System)
Description:
IBM Global services provide Enhancement / Maintenance of application support activities like Developing new functionalities, Improvement of existing functionalities ,Support to User acceptance Testing, Data analysis and Production support for CRIS (Credit Rating Information System). This is a Mainframe based Application that supports the core business processes of Credit rating and Finance for IBM Global Finance Corp. CRIS is an automation system, mainly consists different modules such has Front End, Paytrend, CAA. Includes the Web enabled Interfaces for Worldwide business. This project is now being executed onsite and offshore model.

• Providing production support (On-Call, 24/7) to the users of IBM Global Finance (IGF) in resolving system related problems, errors in data and application, responsible to analyze the problem and resolve it based on the priority.
• Analysis of programs and preparing technical specifications and documents for enhancement projects.
• Develop new programs in accordance to technical specs and preparing Unit Test plan.
• Permanent fixing of production abends and increased the SLA from 96 to 99.98%
• Running Test Cycles based on client Request.
• Interacting with the client for any clarifications and working as a point of contact between onsite and offshore.
• Data Load to various Test Regions and reformatting data depending on the requirement.
• Involved in end-to-end Unit Testing of the mappings
• Involved in Production Support Training and resolve the Production abends.
• Worked and involved on Risk Analysis for the IBM Global Finance system.(IGF)
• Strong debugging and problem solving skills in a time critical environment and met all SLAs.
• Involved in the complete Testing life cycle of the system.
• Involved in knowledge acquisition, system study, architecture analysis and documentation.
• Prepare low-level specification of modules and processes.
• Peer review of the Code, design documents, test plans and test results.

Environment: z/OS, COBOL, JCL, DB2,VSAM, MQ-Series,CA7, DFSORT, FILEAID, XPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, ENDEVOR, ABEND-AID, SQL, SUPERC, , ISPF/PDF etc

Confidential, Bangalore, INDIA Apr’03 to Jan’04
Software Developer
CHEMTRAC (Chemical Tracking System)
Description:
The CHEMTRAC is designed for QC and R&D labs. CHEMTRAC can store and report the entire lab’s data. By using CHEMTRAC user can assign rights on Reaction Tree. User can attach images, raw data files and processed data files.CHEMTRAC is as easy to use as a word process but offers the reporting and searching capabilities of a relational database and its tracks chemicals and laboratory supplies. The system stores a variety of essential information about each chemical and supply used of each level of Research. This is will give various reports regarding how much chemicals used for each research and it gives estimated cost of each level of the research.
Responsibilities:

• Analyze requirements and create Low level designs.
• Build COBOL and JCL elements.
• Performing Unit, Assembly & Integration Testing, application Support from offshore.
• Tracking the defects till its closure.
• Follow Client coding standards to ensure the code satisfies the specifications and complies with Project standards.
• Completing the assigned task and ensuring the high quality delivery of the deliverables.
• Co-ordinate the post production support after implementation.
• Designing test scripts with various test conditions and also worked with QA team for the testing.
• Tested Trouble Tickets, Change Request, and Maintenance Request.
• Performed Integration testing to verify the interface between various application modules
• Participated in Requirements Sync(Acceptance Testing) with Business Analyst and Developers
• Used Test Director for defect tracking and maintained log information for the defects.
• Involved in preparation of Weekly and daily status reports.
• Involved in creating and maintaining the Test Environments and coordinated with the teams.

Environment: Mainframe – COBOL, JCL, DB2, MVS/ESA and OS/390, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, Endevor, File-Aid, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, Xpediter.

Confidential, Singapore Apr’02 to Mar’ 03
Software Engineer
Warehouse Management System, India

Description:

Warehouse Management System was using Mainframe Technology which controls the movement and storage of materials within the warehouse. WMS included Order management, receiving, stocking, replenishment, picking, labor control, warehouse task management, tracking and inquiries.

The system enabled real-time tracking and provided on-line drive instructions to all forktruck drivers as well as providing monthly summaries of cargo movements and productivity. Customers can log into the system at any time, to get an update on the status of their cargo. Cargo tracking provided access of up-to-date information on cargo held on-site, on a twenty four hour basis.

This Warehouse Management application allows authorized personnel to view inventory levels, reserve quantities, place warehouse orders and review order status. Warehouse Management System offers the flexibility to run one wave that allocates inventory for multiple customers within a single warehouse and generates the billing transactions necessary to invoice each individual customer.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business and system requirements.
• Modified the Existing screens using CICS under DB/2 environment.
• Coding for the module Application was handled independently.
• Creating the required Functions and procedures was part of the coding standards.
• Tested the software with the real time system and used the application to get the accurate results in the measurements.
• Prepared test cases so that various scenarios are covered. Documenting the Unit Test Plan and preparing the Unit Test Results.
• Performed database testing by passing SQL Queries to retrieve data.
• Document test case criteria for releases.

Environment: COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, MVS/ESA and Z/OS, File-Aid, Panvalet, SQL, TSO/ISPF, VSAM,QMF, Sync Sort .