Mainframe Application Developer Resume
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Washington D, C
SUMMARY:
IT Specialist with over 10 years of experience in information gathering, fraud detection, system maintenance and enhancements. Highly familiar with a wide variety of software and applications such as banking, health IT and compliance.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- Cobol
- IBM Utilities
- Syncsort
- Access Method Services
- VSAM
- TSO/ISPF
- MVS JCL
- Xpediter
- Endevor
- File Aid
- CICS
- SQL
- SPUFI
- DB2
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft PowerPoint
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential . Washington D.C.
Mainframe Application Developer
- Maintained and enhanced Lockbox applications to improve regulatory compliance and ensure that thousands of dollars worth of returns would be processed each night.
- Analyzed and implemented major modifications to an off the shelf reporting system that reduced overall run times by 30% and reduced database storage requirements by over 50%, resulting in a reduction of overall costs for ongoing system maintenance.
Confidential .
Information Technology Specialist
- Key member of the team tasked with the implementation of a new Confidential system for the Social Security Administration (SSA). Responsible for the analysis of the legacy system and the design and development of the new batch COBOL system. New documentation was created using Microsoft Word and Visio to describe the system, file flows and to describe each job’s processes.
- Created an innovative application utilizing COBOL, JCL, Syncsort and Access Method Services (VSAM) to verify name and date of birth information sent from the Confidential in order to validate whether the person is eligible to receive benefits.
- Created a new application utilizing COBOL, JCL and Syncsort to edit, split and process a file that contains VA payment information that is used in the calculation of Social Security Disability payments.
- Created a new application utilizing COBOL, JCL, Syncsort and DB2 to ensure that sufficient cases are sampled to be randomly evaluated for accuracy and payment information as mandated by the Office of Management and Budget.
- Created a new application to extract data from DB2 databases in order to comply with reporting requirements as mandated by the National Health Insurance initiative (precursor to the Affordable Care Act).
Confidential, Columbia Md
System Specialist
- Developed, documented and implemented new Fraud detection system to identify and verify individuals who claim ongoing disability. These reports were used to recoup money from false claim payments. Extensive analysis was performed to identify places where time and resources were being lost. When corrective actions were implemented, execution time and resource use was reduced by 25%. This application was modified using JCL and Syncsort, and was documented in Microsoft Word and Visio
Confidential, Riverdale Md
Senior Programmer Analyst
- Technical Lead of Construction Loans application migration from an AS/400 platform to a MVS architecture. Directed three individuals and managed security and technical issues. This system was successfully implemented in conjunction with Year 2000 compliance requirements. This system heavily utilized COBOL, JCL, Access Method Services (for creating Generation Data Groups), and Syncsort
- Maintained Consumer and Construction loan applications as the result of compliance changes,as mandated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. In addition, additions and corrections to existing functionality as requested by bank officials were also implemented. These systems utilized COBOL, JCL, IBM Utilities and Syncsort.
- Implemented copies of General Ledger application across three CICS regions using various IBM Utilities in order to provide a testing platform for internal customer changes. These new regions reduced nightly Production abend reports by 75%.
- Maintained and developed data warehouse feeds that utilized COBOL, JCL and Syncsort. These feeds used for management reporting from multiple applications.
- Developed and implemented application disaster recovery scripts (utilizing Microsoft Word), and participated in several executions.
- Implemented several CICS based systems to address customer requests, enhance the functionality of the Consumer Loans system, and address ongoing legal requirements. Additionally, batch systems utilizing COBOL, JCL and Syncsort were developed and implemented to apply these changes.
- Active Participant for 24x7 on call support, as well as reporting issues occurring overnight (using a log maintained in Microsoft Word) as well as being the key participant for Consumer Loans, Construction Loans and General Ledger in the daily turnover meetings.
- Managed and maintained data extract feeds from Consumer Loans and General Ledger applications that fed an Oracle - driven Data Warehouse application using MVS JCL and Syncsort