PROFILE:

9+ years of experience in mainframes application development/programming, production support/maintenance & Recovery working as a subject matter expert (SME), taking projects from initial client engagements to successful implementation and have domain knowledge in Property & Casualty Insurance.

COMPETENCIES:

• Client Engagements
• Quality Assurance/Testing/Debugging
• Analysis/Estimation/Design Cross
• Functional Team Facilitation
• Application Development
• Roll - Outs & Change
• Control Reports
• Application Maintenance
• Release/Migration Support

MAJOR STRENGTHS:

• Analytical & problem solving skills.
• Strong technical knowledge in core mainframe technologies
• Adaptability to most of the situations
• Handle production support and recovery activities
• Hands on experience in Offshore/Onshore development model
• Good interpersonal skills
• Leadership skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Z/OS, Windows 7

Languages: COBOL, JCL, REXX

Database & OLTP: DB2, IMS DB/DC, CICS

File Management: VSAM, File-Aid

Development Tools: MCS (Module Coordination System), Revolve (Analysis Tool), Compuware/Topaz Workbench, TSO/ISPF, Xpediter, Panvalet, Abend-Aid, HP - Quality Center, PPM, MFE, INFO, CA7, Code Explorer, SOAPUI, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

MAINFRAME Senior Developer

Confidential, Connecticut

Platform/Skills: Z/OS as OS, Windows 7, COBOL , JCL, IMS - DB/DC, DB2.

Tools: TSO/ISPF, MCS, Topaz Workbench, Xpediter, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, INFO, Code Explorer, SOAPUI, MS Office, MS Visio.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in Requirements Gathering & Scrum Master sessions with Business SME/Product Owner/Stake holders / Business analyst.
• Training team on Hartford applications, CGI Ratabase interface, clear developer doubts.
• Analyze project requirements, prepare analysis document with Pros and Cons, review with tech lead and client project manager.
• Prepare project plan, allocation of work to team, prepare weekly status report and review with project stake holders.
• Prepare High level design document, Tech specs, test design documents, review with tech leads, onsite and offshore team.
• Attend daily huddle with offshore team and tech leads, review team work, resolve team queries, and track project activities.
• Review developers low level tech specs, code specs, test plan and test execution, defects fixes.
• Provide Break Fixes for P1 and P2 critical defects.
• Support migration activities to all environment, triage and fix issue during migration.
• Monitor test and production environments after project migration, generate analytics, share with project team.

MAINFRAME Developer

Confidential, Connecticut

Platform/Skills: Z/OS as OS, Windows 7, COBOL, CICS, JCL, IMS - DB/DC, DB2.

Tools: TSO/ISPF, MCS, Topaz Workbench, Xpediter, File-Aid, INFO, Code Explorer, Panvalet, MS office, MS Visio.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze complete application COBOL modules (especially verify CICS, DB2 and IMS DB/DC programs) for COBOL6.1 compiler, Data-31 compatibility and come up with list of activities to be performed to upgrade all COBOL modules with COBOL6.1 & Data-31.
• Training team on Hartford applications, COBOL compiler upgrade guidelines, Amode & Rmode compatibilities.
• Estimation of COBOL 6.1 upgrade, preparation of project plan, and review with application owner and Tech leads.
• Attend daily huddle with offshore team and tech leads, review team work, resolve team queries, and track project activities.
• Connect with IBM team on compiler upgrade, patch activities, issues faced during upgrade and bring them to closure.
• Executed and coordinated project activities (like analysis, design, code, test plan review).
• Plan and execute compilation of application modules in Integration, QA region, coordinate regression test activity with QA team, monitor regions for any issues due to upgrade and triage issues quickly.
• Plan production migration and backout, review with all support areas, application owner, support production migration and monitor production environment.
• Prepare project documentations which include, analysis, design, code, test, migration activities and knowledge transition to maintenance team.

MAINFRAME TECHNICAL LEAD

Confidential, Connecticut

Platform/Skills: JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, IMS - DB/DC, DB2, Z/OS and Windows as OS.

Tools: TSO/ISPF, MCS, Micro focus-MFE, File aid, INFO, Revolve, Remedy, Topaz Workbench, MS Office.

Responsibilities:

• Interact with Business users, gather requirements and perform requirements analysis.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Confidential Applications, training team with his expertise.
• Attend the Design forum and provide solutions.
• Coordinate with offshore team on project activities, train new joiners and team on project, technical skills, and assigned work to team and tracked till completion.
• Analyze application with business requirement, identify impacted applications, review impacts with all application teams and prepare project plan.
• Design, develop COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS DC/DB, VSAM programs and JCL Batch Jobs for Home and Auto policy admin application enhancements per projects requirement.
• Preparation of technical, code specification documents, unit and integration test scripts.
• Coordinating with multiple application teams, project team and QA throughout project life cycle, review code changes and make sure project delivered on time without issues.
• Migrating code to test environments, supporting production migration and triaging issues and fixing issues in all environments.

MAINFRAME Senior Developer

Confidential, Connecticut

Platform/Skills: JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, IMS - DB/DC, DB2, Z/OS as OS.

Tools: TSO/ISPF, MCS, Micro focus-MFE, File aid, INFO, Revolve, QC & Remedy.

Responsibilities:

• Working on production support, production maintenance and application enhancements.
• Interact with Business users, gather requirement and perform requirement analysis.
• Interact with Business operations team, understand production issues, design, code, test, review with tech leads and business team and migrate to production.
• Maintain Test and Production mainframe application or environmental issues, schedule quick triage meeting with impacted areas and bring quick solutions.
• Attend ROM meeting, analyze all requirements proposed by business team and identify impacted applications and provide estimates.
• Analyze, Design, develop COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS DC/DB, VSAM programs and JCL Batch Jobs for Home policy admin application production fixes, maintenance of application and application enhancements per projects requirement.
• Preparation of technical, code specification documents, unit and integration test scripts.
• Coordinating with all application teams, QA throughout project life cycle and production issues fixes, review code changes and make sure project delivered on time without issues.

Mainframe Developer and analyst

Confidential

Platform/Skills: JCL, COBOL, VSAM, IMS - DB/DC, DB2, & Z/OS, Windows as OS.

Tools: TSO/ISPF, MCS, Micro focus-MFE, File aid, INFO, Revolve, QC & Remedy.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a developer and system analyst, prepared design documents, coding, review, testing, bug fixing and involved in code migration activities.
• Attend daily meeting with onsite team, update project status, inform on project road block and work on suggestions.
• Review design, technical, code documents, test scripts and defects with tech leads.
• Coordinate with QA team, triage QA issues, fix QA defects.
• Involved in Book of Business policies analysis to verify any system errors.