SUMMARY

• 11 years of hands on experience in Mainframe Development.
• Experience in analysis, design, documentation, development, testing, implementation, maintenance.
• Well adept in development lifecycle involved within the Mainframe development.
• Experience as a Mainframe developer with good knowledge of COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS and other technical areas related to mainframe and ZOS operating system.
• Proficient in database concepts pertaining to DB2 development and writing SQL queries and Developing COBOL DB2 Programs involving Reading Transforming and Loading DB2 tables.
• Also ran spufis to query or load DB2 tables.
• Experience in working in production support environment as well, such as resolving urgent Command center issues and live defects within stringent deadlines.
• Good Knowledge in business domains Healthcare Domain.
• Functional experience includes being a team member and also handling the functions of team leader as a mainframe developer.
• Well Adept in impact analysis, creating Tech Spec, Coding, Testing and deployment processes and working on production defects.
• Possess a high technical aptitude and a high level of analytical ability. Solid analytical, problem - solving.
• Demonstrated proficiency in leading and mentoring individuals to maximize levels of productivity, while forming cohesive team environment.
• Good communication, Presentation and Interpersonal skills with excellent problem solving capability with a result oriented attitude.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, JCL,SQL (Mainframe DB2),VSAM, CICS

Database Management System: DB2, VSAM

Tools: /Utilities/Secondary languages: EXPEDITOR, FILE-AID,ABEND AID, CA7, INTERTEST, SPUFI, ENDEAVOUR, FILE MANAGER,FILE MASTER, FTP, SYNCSORT,MQSERIES, QMF, DISPATCP, CHANGEMAN, ISPF/TSO,iService, HPSM, Remedy

Operating System: ZOS, MVS/ESA, OS/390

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Sr Mainframe Developer/Application Support

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Development Projects, including Desig, Coding,Unt Testing,QA defect support, Regression testing support, Production implementation.
• Worked on Production Problems Tickets, providing fix for existing problems.
• The fix to these tickets are provided through complete Software Development life Cycle, starting from Requirement and Kickoff meeting (Conf- Call) with Users and testers who raised the ticket.
• Supported Command Center Urgent issues, which involved finding missing claim details and working on various issues raised by vendor or Client for the incorrect balances, accumulators etc.
• Using intertest as a effective tool to debug the Production Problems.
• Having complete understanding of other dependent applications and effective interacting with the other system to resolve the Incidents/Problem tickets.
• Created various files with Claim information in medical standard formats and transmitted to vendors using MQseries or batch or FTP processes.
• Complete Impact and root cause analysis, Creation of High level Design documents and Technical Specification documents, Coding Unit testing and End to End System testing and Regression Testing.
• Worked closely with product owners analyzing various enhancements and requirements impacting the applications; providing estimates and timelines for service requests.
• Running any special jobs in Dev and Prod requested by client.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, JCL, DB2, CICS, MQseries, Endeavour, Inertest, SPUFI, CA7

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on medium effort Development projects.
• Worked on Production Problems Tickets, providing fix for existing problems.
• Worked on the Effort estimation, risks involved in the development project.
• Complete Impact and root cause analysis, Creation of High level Design documents and Technical Specification documents, Coding Unit testing and End to End System testing and Regression Testing.
• Worked closely with product owners analyzing various enhancements and requirements impacting the applications; providing estimates and timelines for service requests.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, JCL, DB2, CICS, MQseries, Endeavour, Inertest, SPUFI, CA7

Confidentia

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of quickjob Utility functions, Design and Coding equivalent programs in Cobol.
• Complete Impact and root cause analysis, Creation of High level Design documents and Technical Specification documents, Coding Unit testing and End to End System testing and Regression Testing
• Interacting with offshore/Onshore team for resolving issues.
• Worked as Code review coordinator and QA audit coordinator.
• Unit testing by using debugging tools INTERTEST and EXPEDITER.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, JCL, DB2, CICS, Endevor, Xpeditor, File-Aid, REXX, TSO, ISPF

Confidential, Chicago

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Deliver new and complex high quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer
• Responsible for 12 X 7 production support
• Code new COBOL, DB2, CICS programs, jobs (JCL/procs) and enhancing existing programs based on the requirement.
• Co-ordinate and Participate in Code reviews and test case/test results walkthrough with team, maintaining documentation of the different processes carried out.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, JCL, DB2, Endevor, CA7, File AID, QMF