SUMMARY

• Total 11 years of experience in IT industry and exceptional experience working in IBM Mainframe environment
• Exposure to the full life cycle of software development including Requirements Analysis, Project Design, Development.
• Strong experience in complete Software Development life cycle (like Waterfall, Agile methodologies).
• Analysis, Design, Development, Unit Testing and Implementation of various Projects and Work Requests. Developed the new code or change the existing code.
• Highly skilled in Property and Liability insurance, payments, Electrical and gas utilities sector, Banking, credit cards business domains combined with Mainframe.
• Extensive experience with Sort Utilities like DFSORT and SYNCSORT and ICETOOL.
• Designed and developed various mainframe programs using COBOL and Ezetrieves.
• Design, Development of mainframe job flows using JCL.
• Experience in creating new tools using REXX language and integrated them with CLIST to invoke them using line commands.
• Proficient in all functionalities related to Credit Cards.
• Proficiency in scheduling the batch flows using the CA7 scheduler.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure and ability to manage competing priorities
• Ability to facilitate meeting, reviews and workshops involving internal and external stakeholders
• Strong experience in VSAM file processing and Message Queue (MQ) processing
• Experience is version control tools like ChangeMan and Endevor.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, CICS, SQL, CA - Easytrieve, MVS JCL,Z/OS

Databases: VSAM, DB2

Software: SQL, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, File Manager, SPUFI, Xpediter, MS Office, CA-7, SAR, SDS

Version Controller: Endevor, Changeman

Tools: QUALITY CENTER, CLARITY, JIRA, Expeditor, Fault Analyzer, File Manager, AQT,QMF, Coolgen Intertest, SDSF, $AVRS, IBM Utilities like Sync sort, IDCAMS, ICETOOL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mainframe Developer

Confidential, Portsmouth, NH

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business requirements and provide high level estimations.
• Responsible for analyzing the requirements and providing technical solutions to the Service Request (SR).
• Responsible for coding, Unit testing and deploying the code in test regions.
• Preparing necessary documents like TSD, UTP, UTR, Components list, Implementation plan.
• Creating change requests to deploy code into production and providing necessary support during and after production implementation.
• Provide UAT batch support by giving quick resolutions during afterhours.
• Co - ordination with the upstream and down systems.

Skills: IBM Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, CICS, CICS Web services, TSO/ISPF, Xpeditor, FTP, Intertest, File Aid, SDSF, $AVRS, CA7, IBM Utilities like Sync sort, IDCAMS, ICETOOL

Mainframe Developer

Confidential, Berlin, CT

Responsibilities:

• Project environment included COBOL, DB2, JCL, CA7.
• Created analysis and design documents and coordinated development, testing, deployment, documentation and training.
• Analyzed, designed and created new JCL JOBs, PROCs for daily, monthly & yearly Reporting purposes.
• Performed Root cause analysis to identify the cause of issues in the Test/Production environment by the team during SIT, UAT & implementation.
• Provided UAT support.
• Provide technical second - level product support for company's Application.
• Good Knowledge on Incident and Problem Management
• Implement permanent fixes to recurring problems in production.
• Resolving the tickets raised by the users.
• Analysis of requirements, code changes and code review activities
• Implementing the changes and unit, SIT testing done for the same.
• Ensuring timely delivery of work requests.

Mainframe Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project environment included COBOL, DB2, JCL, CA7. Created analysis and design documents and coordinated development, testing, deployment, documentation and training.
• Analyzed, designed and created new JCL JOBs, PROCs for daily, monthly & yearly Reporting purposes.
• Performed Root cause analysis to identify the cause of issues in the Test/Production environment by the team during SIT, UAT & implementation.
• Provided UAT support.
• Provide technical second - level product support for company's Application.
• Provide 24X7 oncall support in batch/online credit card processing and applications
• Good Knowledge on Incident and Problem Management
• Implement permanent fixes to recurring problems in production.
• Resolving the tickets raised by the users.
• Analysis of requirements, code changes and code review activities
• Implementing the changes and unit, SIT testing done for the same.
• Ensuring timely delivery of work requests.

Skills: IBM Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, CICS, CICS Web services, TSO/ISPF, Xpeditor, FTP, Intertest, File Aid, SDSF, $AVRS, CA7, IBM Utilities like Sync sort, IDCAMS, ICETOOL

Mainframe Developer/PROD Support

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• 24*7 On - call support Incident resolution
• Implement permanent fixes to recurring problems
• Helpdesk interaction
• Coordinate work with offshore and onsite teams to solve critical technical problems
• Coordinate with Third Party Vendors to resolve issues
• Raising the CR (Change Requests)

Skills: IBM Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, CICS, CICS Web services, TSO/ISPF, Xpeditor, FTP, Intertest, File Aid, SDSF, $AVRS, CA7, IBM Utilities like Sync sort, IDCAMS, ICETOOL