SUMMARY

• IBM Mainframe Application Developer with more than 13 years of experience in all the Software Development Life Cycle phases (SDLC) viz. requirement analysis, design, development, testing, documentation, implementation and post implementation changes/revisions using Waterfall and Agile project methodologies.
• Extensive knowledge & experience on the Life insurance, Dental insurance, Enrollments, Life insurance correspondence, Dental Claims eligibility, Claims Adjudication and Claims correspondence.
• Extensive experience in the Life insurance Policy administration COTS product Ingenium.
• Very Good Agile Scrum knowledge & working experience for delivering frequent, quality products for increasing business value to clients. Have SAFe 4 Practitioner certification.
• Have experience in working on Complex and very large projects (across geographies), perform successful Implementation and provided post implementation application support in the Mainframe environment.
• Extensive knowledge and experience on Legacy modernization & migration projects (Dental Claims VSAM to Db2 Data Conversion, Dental claims Legacy Migration projects).
• Hands on experience on Mainframe technologies using Enterprise COBOL, JCL, REXX, DB2, CICS.
• Have analyzed requirement specification, created design specification documents, developed array of code, prepared unit test plan, tested business scenarios, documented results using EXCEL and Word, performed design review, peer code review. Prepared system/program flows using MS Visio. Managed documents on the MS SharePoint during project execution.
• Good experience in debugging both batch and online systems using Xpeditor, ABEND aid.
• Extensive experience in working with the set of concepts & practices like Service Management, Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management and Knowledge Management as defined in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
• Have experience working in DevOps tools like Bit Bucket, Bamboo & UCD.
• Highly motivated individual with good analytical and communication skills to work independently and in teams, to deliver high quality deliverables.
• Proven experience in delivering projects on time and with good quality.
• Proven ability to manage deliverables well and handling tasks per project timelines.
• Good team player with ability to handle tasks and deliverables per priority.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, REXX, CICS

Database: DB2, VSAM

Reporting: Easytrieve

Version Control: Serena Change man

DevOps Tools: Bit Bucket, Bamboo, Urban Code Deploy

Tool: File Aid, File Manager, SAR, QMF, SPUFI, ISPF, IDZ, DFSORT, MS Office Suite, TSO, ISPF

Debugging Tool: Xpeditor

Scheduler: OPCE

COTS Product: Ingenium

Web Technologies: HTML, Java script, Ingenium Process Flows

Service Mgmt Tools: Service Now, Jira, Remedy

SDLC: Waterfall, Agile, Scrum.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Mainframe Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• For CI Claims Management project, work with business team to gather the requirements and convert the business requirement specification to high level design specification.
• Work with interfaces systems for work estimation, making changes with respect to the business requirement specification and follow - up with them regularly, until their changes are implemented as per the request from business.
• Performed Analysis, developed programs using COBOL, JCL, Db2 for claims management and correspondence.
• Performed unit testing of the claim changes, regression testing to make sure the existing system is not perturbed by the recent changes and debugging the code for solving any code issues and successful implementation of changes.
• Monitor both batch jobs and online, post implementation of changes.
• Worked on claims data conversion activities for client specific implementations.
• Worked on creating REXX tools for automating repetitive activities.
• Handled release management activities for all the Ingenium mainframe applications.
• Managed version control for all the releases using Change man and Bit bucket.
• Prepare weekly status reports for all stake holders and attend status calls for status reporting.

Confidential

Mainframe project Lead

Responsibilities:

• For Dental Claims maintenance project, worked with business team to gather the requirements and convert the business requirement specification to high level design specification.
• Develop programs using COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, and Db2 for claims adjudication and management, upstream, downstream feeds and correspondence.
• Analysis, testing and debugging the code for successful implementation of changes.
• Monitor both batch jobs and online, post implementation of changes.
• Work closely with Production support teams for any issues in the production online and batch trail issues to providing quick & efficient resolution.
• Worked on VSAM to Db2 data conversion for handling Claims related information. Worked with business, DBAs, product SMEs for database design and conversion. Worked with onshore/offshore teams for making related program changes for using the new Db2 claim related tables.
• Worked on Dental claims Legacy Migration project for migrating from dentist maintenance & monitoring mainframe application to distributed web application. Worked with business, client SMEs for migration activities to the new platform and involved in the design, development and validation.
• Work with interfaces systems for work estimation, making changes with respect to the business requirement specification and follow-up with them regularly, until their changes are implemented as per the request from business.
• Performed unit testing of the claim changes, regression testing to make sure the existing system is not perturbed by the recent changes and debugging the code for solving any code issues and successful implementation of changes.
• Monitor both batch jobs and online, post implementation of changes.
• Worked on claims data conversion activities for client specific implementations.
• Worked on creating REXX tools for automating repetitive activities.
• Handling FTP of feed files to internal and external via TSO Command menu in case of any issues in the scheduled FTP batch jobs.
• Prepare weekly status reports for all stake holders and attend status calls for status reporting.
• Worked on Easytrieve reports for generating impact report for priority issues.

Confidential

Mainframe project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Develop programs using COBOL, JCL, and Db2 for handling the payroll deduction billing enhancements.
• Analysis and debugging the code for successful implementation of changes.
• Monitor both batch jobs and online, post implementation of changes.
• Performed unit testing of the claim changes, regression testing to make sure the existing system is not perturbed by the recent changes
• Debugging the code for solving any code issues and successful implementation of changes.
• Work closely with Production support teams for any issues in the production online and batch trail issues to providing quick & efficient resolution.
• Worked on creating REXX tools for automating repetitive activities.
• Prepare weekly status reports for all stake holders and attend status calls for status reporting.
• Worked on Easytrieve reports for generating impact report for priority issues in production.
• Solve production support tickets and perform data corrections in production to resolve the issue.
• Handling FTP of feed files to internal and external via TSO Command menu in case of any issues in the scheduled FTP batch jobs.