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SUMMARY:

• Having 10+ years of experience on Mainframe development, Support, Testing and Migration applications using COBOL, VSAM DB2, JCL, CICS, IMS, MQ, XML, and UNIX in various domains like Banking, Health Care and Telecom. Have thorough knowledge on Informatica Power Center and data ware house concepts.
• Professionally adaptable to get on board quickly with new technologies and new assignments, able to work independently or in a group/team setting to meet deadlines while handling multiple assignments.
• Well versed in trouble - shooting problems in a wide variety of abnormal terminations in a batch and production environments. Carried out the following major responsibilities throughout the career.
• Involved in the analysis, design and coding and coordination between onsite and offshore team
• Involved in preparing application design documents
• Involved in peer reviews and team mentoring
• Have had team handling experience
• Involved in team management activities as worked as team lead
• Involved in Implementation activities
• Preparation of Unit Test plans and sharing the results with the Customers
• Involved in data base administration activities like monitoring databases regularly to check for any errors such as existing locks and failed updates.
• Involved in Agile (TDD) methodologies
• Perform database recovery and backup tasks on daily and weekly basis
• Guiding and helping the team members in resolving technical issues and in understanding the business requirements
• Worked on Service Requests, from preparing the scope document to till Implementation
• Updation of Lessons learnt documents
• Updation of production and system test defect metrics­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
• Weekly/Monthly Status reporting
• Absolute process adherence
• SLA adherence.
• Strong expertise in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, Easytrieves , MQ and XML, REXX.
• Have Strong knowledge and experience on Core Java, ETL (Informatica Power Center), UNIX, Oracle PL/SQL, Data warehouse concepts.
• Have strong knowledge on tools like Endeavor, Change man, CA7, TWS, OPC, ESP, File Aid/File Manager, NDM, Connect: Direct.
• Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: MVS 390, Z/OS

Environment:: Windows XP, Windows 2000

File Systems: VSAM File Management System

Languages: Cobol,JCL,DB2, and CICS,IMS, MQ, XML, REXX, Core Java, Easytrieves, ETL(Informatica Power Center), UNIX, Oracle PL/SQL, Data Warehouse, SQL

Tools:: ESP, File Manager, File Aid, Endeavor, Change man, Connect: Direct, FTP, SDSF, HPSC and CA7 scheduler tool, TWS scheduler, OPC scheduler, Mercury, TWS, TOSCA, Rally, HP ALM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cincinnati, Ohio

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with Business users and participated in JAD sessions in understanding requirements and in preparation of Confidential and XML formats through WebSphere Message Queues(WMQ)
• Preparation of High Level Application design documents
• Reviewing UTC documents and advising the team in case of any deviations from Confidential and Confidential
• Preparation of the UTC(Unit test cases) document as per the FRDs
• Preparation of Unit Test data and SIT data as and when required
• Code design
• Code walk throughs and code reviews
• Reviewing the UTRs and advising the team if there are any modifications required
• Attending daily stand up calls with product owners and developers and train leads
• Preparation of user stories and tasks using Rally tool
• Updating and preparing jobs as per the given specifications
• Executing regression and end to end test jobs and preparing test results documents
• Writing SQL queries using SPUFI and QMF tools to validate table loads
• Testing loads for Dimension and Fact tables using SQL queries
• Validation of test results as per the Confidential documents
• Uploading test cases to TOSCA tool and validating against execution results
• Preparation of lesson learnt documents
• Updating defect logs and defect metrics documents
• Attending Project status and defect status meetings
• Attending weekly status calls
• SLA adherence

Environment: Windows 7,Z/OS

Languages: Cobol, JCL

Database/Files: DB2/Flat files

Tools: Tosca, HP ALM, Rally, CA View, SAR, SDSF.FTP, Connect Direct, JCL Plus, SPUFI, QMF

Confidential, Buffalo Grove, IL, USA

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with Business users and participated in JAD sessions in understanding requirements and in preparation of Confidential and XML formats through WebSphere Message Queues(WMQ)
• Preparation of High Level Application design documents
• Reviewing UTC documents and advising the team in case of any deviations from Confidential and Confidential
• Preparing XML specifications and interacting with Message Queue administration team in obtaining correct queue manager name and Queue names to supply to the application program
• Preparation of the UTC(Unit test cases) document as per the FRDs
• Preparation of Unit Test data and SIT data as and when required
• Code design
• Code walk throughs and code reviews
• Reviewing the UTRs and advising the team if there are any modifications required
• Participation in status meetings with distributing applications teams while going for SIT cycle execution
• Executing system test cycles and providing abend resolution
• Updating the project status to the client on daily basis
• Updation of technical design documents
• Involved in pre-production activities like rising JIRA requests and change requests
• Attending daily status calls
• SLA adherence

Environment: Z/OS, Windows, MVS

Languages: Cobol, JCL

Database/Files: DB2

Tools: WebSphere MQ,XML,CA7,CICS, Endeavor, QMF, FM, Connect: Direct,CA7

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Confidential documents
• Coding and Unit testing as per design documents
• Monitoring System Integration Test cycles and
• Extracting business rules to prepare test matrix
• Preparing the test case documents with business requirements
• Provide abend fix for SIT cycles
• Involved in Agile dev and testing(TDD)
• Analyzing all the system elements
• Preparing HLD/ Confidential documents
• Preparing Analysis documents with all element information
• Creating loads and Unload jobs
• Creating CA7 schduleing information documents
• Attending daily and weekly status meetings

Environment: Z/OS, Windows, MVS

Languages: Cobol, JCL, Easytrieves

Database/Files: VSAM,DB2

Tools: SAR,BMC,FMDB2,CA7,Endevor, CICS, QMF, FM, Change man, Connect: Direct,CA7

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Handled the team size of 2
• Analyzed the Confidential batch and online system applications and preapred the phase wise documents with the details of all components like programs,jobs,files,tools/utilities used in jobs,compiler versions…etc.
• Preparation of Test Result Summary Reports
• Prepared excels with details on jobs/Procs/OPC names and Confidential file names and cobol versions and utilities used.
• Involved in team mentoring
• Coordinated the Team meetings.
• Mentored the junior team members.
• Coordinated and attended weekly status calls with onsite team.

Languages: Cobol, JCL

Database/Files: VSAM

Tools: TWS, OPC, Endeavor, B93,B91,B92I

Confidential

Mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the production batch and online system availability for users
• Abend Analysis and Abend Resolution
• Scheduling the changes in production
• Defect(ticket handling) management
• Provided 24 x 7 system support
• Analyzing the requirements and preparing the design for new/existing changes.
• Coding and Unit testing
• Work/Change requests
• Client Assistance (performing the client requests)
• Preparation of Test Result Summary Reports
• Adhoc requests processing
• Conducted Annual health checks for production application system
• Worked as backup lead
• Attending the weekly status calls & team meetings
• Mentoring the team member as part of cross application training

Environment: Windows 2000, Z/OS

Languages: COBOL, MVS/JCL, TSO/ISPF

Database: VSAM

Online Language: CICS

Tools: Endeavor, HPSC, File Manager, Connect:Direct,CA7

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the requirements
• Coding and Development
• Unit Testing
• Preparation of Test Result Summary Reports
• Attending the daily status calls
• Attending the team meetings

Environment: Windows 2000

Languages : COBOL, MVS/JCL, TSO/ISPF

Database : DB2

Tools: Change man, NDM, SDSF, Job History

Confidential, Saint Louis, Missouri

Responsibilities:

• Worked as offshore lead and handled the team of 6
• Worked as co-ordinator between offshore and onshore team
• Triggering batch system test cycle jobs
• Batch monitoring for system test cycles
• ABEND resolution and Defect Analysis.
• Setting up JCLs according to the requirements.
• Cycle execution and monitoring.
• Preparing Test result summary report and Test Status Reports.
• Environment upgrades and data deployments.
• Involved in data base administartion activities like monitoring databases regularly to check for any errors such as existing locks and failed updates.
• Perform database recovery and backup tasks on daily and weekly basis
• Rollbacks and pre-pass procedures.
• Monitoring the database onlines up job on daily basis.
• Perform ad-hoc requests.
• Attending the daily status calls and Weekly Status calls.
• Attending client meetings.
• Defect tracking.
• Training and mentoring the new resources
• Taking Knowledge sharing sessions
• Arranging team meetings and Team get togethers
• Arranging Work progress meetings
• Attending cross training applications.

Environment: Windows 2000, MVS

Languages: COBOL, MVS/JCL, TSO/ISPF

Database: DB2, IMS DB

Tools: SDSF, ESP, Connect: Direct, SSO, Mercury QC