Mainframe Developer Resume

SUMMARY

Have around 9.7 years of extensive work experience in Mainframe Technologies, working in COBOL, PL1, JCL, CICS and DB2 on OS/390.
Have been involved in programming insurance business applications using IBM Mainframes.
Have been involved in programming banking security applications using IBM Mainframes and rational developer tools.
Able to pick up new technologies within a short stint and adapt to rapid change of environment.
Possess strong tasks and time management skills and good communication skills.
Certified with Basic Cobol and PL/I from Interskill learning United Kingdom.
Certified with INS 21 - General Insurance.
Certified in ITIL foundation.
Got the Best employee award from Great American Insurance Group in year 2008.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: MVS OS/390, Windows Family.

Languages: COBOL, JCL, PL1

OLTP: CICS, GEMINI, .Net

Database: DB2, VSAM (Access Method)

Version control Tools: Brown Stone Repository, PVCS, Panvalet

Debugging Tools: Xpeditor for Online and Batch

Code conversion Tools: APS, Mainframe Express, MFE Drag & Drop, Help screens and Quick hit screens, RCM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

Responsible for translating the business needs into IT solutions.
Independently identify and evaluate different IT-related potentials in relation to business needs.
Communicate, Cooperate and align mutual expectations with the business and external suppliers.
Plan, estimate and prioritize own assignments.
Responsible for working with distributed teams.
Responsible for performing scrum activities like daily scrum meetings with the onsite coordinators and local team.
Responsible for Implementing and support Sprint planning and retrospective activities.
Formulated and executed process flows and product backlog.
Creation of high level Design document.
Unit, System and User Acceptance Testing
Code/test Cases Reviews.
Modification and Enhancement of programs.
Resposnible for coordinating with UAT teams for resolving the defects.
Responsible for promoting the project to production.
Responsible for project handover to Operations support team.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

Work on Enterprise Change Requests (ECR) which involves analysis, coding, testing and documentation.
Communicating with business users for understanding the requirements and clarifying queries related to ECR.
Attending to calls related to policy problems in Production Applications.
Communicating with Business Users for understanding the problem and clarifying their queries.
Analyzing and resolving them within stipulated time as specified in SLA(Service Level Agreement)
Notifying the clients for high severity issues
If required, making Emergency Changes and moving them to Production.
Root Cause Analysis of the data and production problems
Training on Confidential System Architecture.
Batch Processing, Online transaction processing, policy administration to new comers.
24/7 Production On-call support.
Preparing Monthly Metrics Reports and presenting it to Client.
Involve in performing value add work, which increases productivity and customer satisfaction.
Disaster Recovery.