IT Software Manager Resume Everett , Massachusetts - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

To obtain a position in your company which will allow me to utilize my strengths as a Mainframe Cobol Programmer.
I am seeking a position in which I can utilize my years of experience and the ability to work with and lead a team of developers who all have a passion for their jobs and who understand and share the vision and goals of the company.
Strong Management & Communication Skills .
Ability to motivate/challenge team members to think “outside the box” to get things done
Strong analytical skills and very strong ability to debug and analyze any production issues in a timely manner.
Ablity to offer up solutions both tactical and strategic.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Strong Mainframe skills: JCL, DB2, COBOL, SyncSort, VSAM, scheduling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Everett, Massachusetts

IT Software Manager

Responsibilities:

Manager of 8+ development resources made up of internal and vendor resources.
Responsible for the management of developer resources on the Eagle/PACE application.
Worked very closely with Business System Analyst, Product Managers and Project Managers
Responsible for the implementation of a Prod Support team for the application.
This allowed us to continue to work on the project portfolio and meet client deliverables and deadlines..
Responsible for Project estimation across all groups and resource allocation across all projects.
Responsible for the production implementation of all projects following the SDLC process.

IT Software Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Manager of 15+ development resources made up of internal and vendor resources.
Responsible for the management of developer resources on Mainframe Application Performance and Risk Analysis.
Worked within the SDLC process, tailoring it to be a hybrid of Waterfall and Iterative processing to help meet the TIME - to-Market demands. Exposure to Agile processing
Worked very closely with Business System Analyst, Product Managers and Project Managers
Established the working relationship with consultant vendor to augment staff. Creation of a Production Support team to handle all production issues and allow us to maintain project momentum and meet all client deliverables.
Responsible for cost saving of over $1 million in CPU reduction through Code rewrite, SQL query tuning and batch optimization.
Reduced Batch processing cycles. Took batch cycle from 6+ hours down to around 90 minutes through parallel processing. This allows system to meet all Client SLAs.
Created a 24/6.5 “real time” cycle from a mainframe COBOL batch system.
Responsible for project estimation, project implementation and resource allocation
Ability to adapt and adjust to conflicting priorities and priority shifts.

Confidential, Everett, Massachusetts

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Analyze user needs ( Business Requirements) and software requirements(Functional Requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
Determine system performance standards.
Write, update, and maintain computer programs or software packages to handle specific jobs such as tracking inventory, storing or retrieving data, or controlling other equipment.
Responsible to address and handle all Confidential issues prior to the the year 2000.
Responsible for the conversion of vendor application into a home grown Performance and Risk Analytics COBOL application.
Responsible for the conversion from a VSAM file system to a DB2 Database
Responsible for the production support for all installations

IT Consultant

Confidential, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Responsibilities:

Worked on the Confidential Brokerage System for Confidential compatability.
Analyzed, tested and verified several functions to ensure proper handling of Y2K.
Platforms included COBOL, DB2 & CICS

IT Consultant

Confidential, Medford, MA

Responsibilities:

Responsible for the Technical Design and Support of a Fund Accounting System for European Client
Responsibilities included cration of test plans coordination across various geopgrpahical locations.
Support of user acceptance test
Production Support 24/7

Programmer Analyst

Confidential, North reading, Massachusetts

Responsibilities:

Responsible for all phases of SDLC from requirements gathering through implementation.
Worked as an individual contributor and also leads small tams on some projects.
Technical advisor to junior level team members.
Platforms included COBOL, DB2 & CICS