CAREER PROFILE:

A highly accomplished and knowledgeable Mainframe Software Developer with extensive knowledge designing and maintaining IT applications to improve business productivity and efficiency; seeking a position as Software Developer, System Analyst, or Programmer/analyst to utilize my skills and proficiency in any recognized organization.

PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS:

• Dedicated professional driven, patient, and focused on quality and reliability.
• In - depth knowledge of software programming and development.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience with Legacy System Integration.
• Good production support skills.
• Goal-oriented and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to communicate effectively both oral and written.
• Ability to work well with a team; providing and seeking guidance as appropriate.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.
• US Citizen.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• COBOL, IDMS, JCL, TSO/ISPF
• ADSO, MAPC, OLQ, DMLO, ADSA
• EASYTRIEVE, CULPRIT, SPUFI SQL
• CICS, VSAM, FILEAID, FILEMANAGER, FTP
• ENDEVOR, PANVALET

EMPLOYMENT:

Mainframe Developer

Confidential, West Sacramento, CA

Responsibilities:

• Developed and Maintained batch processes base on user's work requests.
• Developed new reports to support weekly and monthly operations using COBOL and VSAM files.
• Developed new online screens to add, update, and inquiry Provider detail information using COBOL, MAPR, and CICS using VSAM files.
• Reviewed Developer’s code of online and batch program to verify quality standards base on Confidential ’s checklist.
• Participated as a Tester of Online Screens to report code failure and defects.
• Prepare One time jobs to initially load and prepare test data into the UIT, SIT, and UAT regions
• Reviewed JCL, PROC, and SYSIN cards through the development regions: UIT, SIT, and UAT.
• Developed reports paths to send customer’s electronic reports to the specific Server location.
• Participated as QA analyst on migration of components through the development regions: UIT, SIT, and UAT using Endeavor’s tools.

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Software Developer Sr.

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with end users to gather requirements to add new functionality to the application.
• Write program specifications to develop new Online and Batch processes.
• Created innovative and logical solutions to solve complex problems.
• Improved performance of batch processes to comply with schedules times windows.
• Developed new batch processes to support School's admin Year Cycle.
• Developed online screens to in corporate new functionality to the application.
• Maintained online screens to support user's work requests.
• Maintenance of Inbound/Outbound feeds to support changes to the Web Scoring Application.
• Developed reports to support user's work request.
• Provided on-call support to solve Daily, Weekly, or Monthly production problems.
• Helped and support IT consultants with application functionality.
• Maintained Batch and Online programs to support daily business request using ADSO, COBOL/IDMS, JCL, and TSO.
• Developed reports base on Daily Business Request using COBOL, EASYTRIEVE, & IDMS.

Confidential, Ocean, NJ

Sr. Mainframe Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements from Customer to design and document the new feeds process.
• Planned and designed new batch processes to send and receive data from the Web application.
• Identified database changes to add new elements to the Mainframe Application.
• Detailed program specifications for junior programmers to develop new feeds.
• Designed Unit and Integration testing plans to comply with the customer requirements.
• Implementation of new Inbound/Outbound feeds.
• Planned, designed, and coding of initial load process to provide historical data to the web application.
• Changed Online screens to add new feeds functionality using ADSO, MAPC, & IDD.
• Changed Batch programs to in corporate new feeds data using COBOL/IDMS.
• Development of ADHOC reports to support new feeds information using COBOL, EASYTRIEVE, & IDMS.
• Maintained Batch and Online programs to support daily business request using ADSO, COBOL/IDMS, JCL, & TSO.

Confidential, Woodbridge, NJ

QA Mainframe Tester

Responsibilities:

• Modified online programs to apply user-request changes before the conversion process.
• Provided on-call support to the Criminal Applications (PRGAV, JAIL, CAPS).
• Modified online programs to add new DB2 libraries and parameters to comply with internal reader JCL procedures.
• Changed online programs to scratch paging to comply with DB2 conversion tools.
• Planned, designed, and executed test scripts for online programs.
• Documented and analyzed defects discovered during parallel and regression testing using Mercury Test Director.
• Produced reports to verify test results using SPUFI for DB2 and OLQ for IDMS.
• Production Support to maintain online (CICS/DB2) and batch (COBOL/DB2) programs.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Sr. Mainframe Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conversion of 18 counties from a Legacy system to an IDMS database application.
• Maintained Batch and Online programs to support daily business request using ADSO, COBOL/IDMS, JCL, and TSO.
• Developed reports base on Daily Business Request using Easytrieve/IDMS.
• Developed an Online Report Writer Module using ADSO, COBOL/IDMS, Internal Reader, and JCL to support BA/QA analysts from 52 counties.
• Provided on-call support to daily, weekly, and monthly operations to 52 counties.
• Customer Support to translate daily Business request into programming solutions.
• Supervised and developed program specifications and test plans for junior programmers.
• Promoted to Lead Analyst after two years.
• Received and bonus for Job Well Done.

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Compiled-error frees all six packages of online programs using ADS/O, ADSA, MAPC.
• Creation of new Y2K routines for batch/online programs.
• Conversion of batch/online programs to include new Y2K routines.
• Improved performance of key online/batch programs using ADS/O and COBOL/IDMS.
• Generation of Y2K reports to establish before/after data compare.
• Provided Customer Support to translate daily Business request into programming solutions.
• Maintained Batch and Online programs of Rail/Tracking system using COBOL/IDMS, ADSO, and JCL.
• Improved performance of Daily, Weekly, and Monthly batch process using COBOL/IDMS, JCL, and TSO.
• Provided on-call support to daily, weekly, and monthly operations using COBOL/IDMS, JCL, and TSO.

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided application support to end-users of International Purchasing system.
• Carry out conversion of European Legacy system to an IDMS database application.
• Coded, tested, debugged, and maintained batch and online programs using COBOL/IDMS, ADSO, JCL.
• Developed reports to support user request using Easytrieve/IDMS.
• Improved performance of Daily, Weekly, and Monthly batch process using COBOL/IDMS, JCL, and TSO.
• Provided On-call support 24/7 to daily and weekly operations.

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Coded, tested, debugged, and maintained batch and online programs.
• Developed reports to support user request using Easytrieve/IDMS, CULPRIT.
• Developed Online Report Module to support end-user.
• Improved performance of Daily, Weekly, and Monthly batch process using COBOL/IDMS, JCL, and TSO.
• Provided On-call support to daily and weekly operations.

Confidential

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed and data mapping to create new databases entities and records.
• Designed, coded, tested, and debugged JCL process to initially load the database on a 48 hours time frame.
• Developed and tested batch programs to transfer files from Legacy system to new IDMS database.
• Developed reports to check the data before/after the conversion process.
• Carry out initial load from the inventory legacy system to the new IDMS database application.
• Promoted to Customer Support Analyst.
• Developed new online screens using ADS/O.