Mainframe Developer Resume

SUMMARY

Over 30 years of Mainframe experience, including experience with migration tools including Changeman, Subversion, Harvest
Experienced in documentation of systems, design and development, writing business cases, release management, business process reengineering and testing
Experience working with Change Management Team while authorizing and approving release/change policies and packages
25 years of experience in IBM COBOL/CICS programming using DB2, JCL & SQL
15 years of experience in the design, development and testing of process delivery using SDLC processes
Expert SQL and relational database knowledge in debugging, programming and testing
Experienced in documentation of systems, design and development, writing business cases, root - cause analysis, software release management, versioning, business process, use cases, RUP, developing test plans, user acceptance testing, training and implementing new processes/technologies
Strong experience in mentoring/training
Ability to work independently with or without formalized requirements documents

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Texas Instruments IEF, Composer, Sterling Software/Computer Associates COOL: Gen, Advantage Gen, Allfusion: Gen, CGI/IBM PACBASE, CICS, COBOL, COBOL II
DOS, OS/MVS, OS2, Windows
IBM DB2, IMS, SPUFI, QMF, SQL, Oracle, MS Access
MS Office Suite, Lotus Notes, Internet Explorer, FileAid, AbendAid, JCL, TSO, ISPF, AQT, Intertest, Quality Center, ClearCase Eztrieve, ZEKE, JScan, Changeman, Harvest, Subversion, Xpediter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

Planned and directed all functions of the company - Enforced strong leadership skills to ensure efficient/effective utilization of corporate resources reengineering.
Established and integrated the functional strategies of the company utilizing business expertise to reach financial/operational goals and objectives.
Conducted weekly business meetings with the Project Manager, Team Leads, Clients and Business Analysts regarding Program Design Specifications
Interpreted Design Specifications to Technical Specifications and documentation
Modified and tested COBOL programs & Sub programs
Performed programming, debugging, testing and project tracking tasks
Executed JCL job steams and monitored batch jobs. Served as a code inspector and worked as an on call monitor for batch services
Tested in an IBM mainframe MVS/COBOL/CICS/IMS environment
Worked with DBA in making Model changes to database
Performed Code walkthrough with Team Leads, Quality Team and Business Analysts
Used Quality Center to list defects found in system testing
Delivered COBOL programs and CAB’s within deadlines

Environment: IBM Mainframe, JCL, CICS, DB2, COOL: Gen, SQL, DB2, InterTest, ISPF/TSO.

Change Management Team Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Provided a way for authorizing and approving IT changes as part of Nationwide’s Release policy
Maintained and the implemented the approved Change Packages
Maintained Change Packages for various development teams
Ensured all ChangeMan housekeeping jobs ran to a successful completion
Resolved any problems related to ChangeMan Packages when called upon by developers/managers
Charged with hands-on activities (Day to Day) in handling requests from developers
Used various Microsoft Tools in performing daily activities
Assisted with Change and Release Management documentation and controls
Used Quality Center to list defects found in system testing
Performed Quality Control walkthroughs with Team members

Environment: IBM Mainframe, ChangeMan, Harvest, Subversion, MS Excel, Word, Visio CICS, DB2, JCL, IMS, SQL, DB2, COBOL L, ISPF/TSO.

Mainframe Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Enhanced the Ohio Job Insurance Information Sub System (DOL Data Validation) utilizing COBOL, AQT, SQL and mainframe utilities to extract, compile and unit test
Held weekly business meetings with the Team Lead and Business Analysts regarding Program Design specifications and improvements
Documented, analyzed, and defined the user and system requirements
Performed programming, debugging, testing and project management tasks
Performed analysis of Ohio Unemployment Compensation benefits reporting of various Pop Data Extracts
Performed programming, debugging, testing and project tracking tasks
Executed JCL code in batch environment and monitor JCL batch services.
Tested in an IBM mainframe MVS/COBOL/CICS/IMS environment
Ensured all written artifacts complied with the State of Ohio SDLC policies and guidelines
Used IBM testing tool and used FileAid, DB2 Utilities, VSAM, AQT and SPUFI QMF to create test data
Modified and tested COBOL and SQL queries and used IBM Utilities
Performed COBOL/SQL Code walkthroughs and Quality Control walkthroughs with Team members
Worked within tight deadlines

Environment: IBM Mainframe, COBOL II, DB2, VSAM, AQT, JCL, SQL, IBM Testing Tools