SUMMARY

• H1 - B Consultant with 10 Years of IT experience with expertise in Mainframe Technology seeking a C2C opportunity.
• Extensive experience in working on distinct phases of SDLC, from Systems Analysis, Design, Programming, Testing and Debugging to Implementation, Maintenance and Production Support.
• Proficient in gathering, analyzing and translating business requirements to high-level technical design.
• 3 years of onsite experience as Senior Mainframe Developer based in Confidential providing 24*7 production cycle and IT support.
• Expert in programming and troubleshooting batch programs using Cobol, SORT, Easytrieve and JCL.
• Knowledge of online processing using CICS file systems using VSAM, and database management using SQL and DB2. Rich experience in using version control tools like Endeavor.
• Detailed understanding of Life Insurance Policy Administration using Cyberlife® subsystems (and their interdependencies) for e.g. Policy Issue, Riders, Benefits, Waivers, Loans, Grace processing, Premiums & Reinstatements, Termination, NFO and Claims, Correspondence, Billing, Agents & Commissions.
• Extensively involved in the Training and Mentoring new joiners, Peer Reviews, code walkthroughs and Defect management using JIRA.
• Effective communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player and individual contributor.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Mainframe Technologies: BOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, Stored Procedures, Endeavor, File-Aid, Easytrieve, Xpeditor, SQL, TSO/ISPF, CA7, Production Support, REXX, DUMPMASTER, SYNCSORT, ICETOOL, Z O/S.

Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access, Microsoft Outlook, Lotus Notes, Windows 7/XP.

Project Management: AGILE, SCRUM, PMP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidentia - Buffalo, NY

Mainframe Technology Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Gather and analyze requirements obtained by interacting directly with End - Users, Business Analysts and client s in-house IT department.
• Perform feasibility research, create a successful design and development model for a highly-customized code solution. Once development plan is approved, perform coding, unit and integration testing.
• Participate in status meetings and create necessary documents containing requirement analysis, design, code reviews and approvals, test results, deployment decisions.
• Develop and manage schedule of activities to be performed by self and individual team members from end-to-end development and testing phases.
• Deploy clients existing data to this new customized solution.
• Run comparison reports dat helped to discover a 90% differential matching between the clients data on legacy system and the data on the new system.
• Provide 24*7 production support for the new system, actively involved in immediate troubleshooting and code resolution.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, Endeavor, File-Aid, Easytrieve, TSO/ISPF, CA7, DUMPMASTER, SYNCSORT, ICETOOL

Confidential - Jacksonville, IL

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• As a senior programmer on the team, directly interacted with all stakeholders Client IT Department, Program Managers and Business Analysts for understanding their requirements and for providing them with timely status checks during the design, development, testing and implementation.
• Translate the requirements into technical design, document procedures, process flows/workflow diagrams and exception handling.
• Formulate code solution as per design, independently and working closely with the junior members of Development team to advise concerning changes on program/code level.
• Work with Business Analysts to aid in creating integration test plans and load suitable cases into testing environment.
• Resolve Productions Cycle issues as Primary Level techno - functional production support specialist in various subsystems policy issue, accounting, loans, agents and commissions.
• Mentor new-joiners in understanding procedures and frameworks.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, Stored Procedures, IMS, Endeavor, File-Aid, Easytrieve, TSO/ISPF, CA7, DUMPMASTER, SYNCSORT, ICETOOL

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance - includes problem analysis and troubleshooting, co-relate the requirements with business functions, developing code solution and testing.
• Enhancements - as per client requests and as per new release upgrades. Ensure dat customization requested by the client adheres to business logic and the requirements specified has no negative impact on the existing system. Also check dat the customization should not has any adverse impact on an interdependent subsystem.
• Production/test region support - includes scheduling and monitoring of batch cycles offering 24*7 support and successfully resolve ongoing issues for transaction processing system.
• Develop prototypes to gain in-depth understanding of Clients business needs, design an optimal code solution and comprehensive test plan.
• Recognize areas of improvement and evaluate alternative code solutions using the combined impact of technical skills and domain experience.
• Independently developed tools to automate features of subsystems and aid defect free data migration thereby reducing per policy administration costs for the client by 20%.
• Implemented CMMi Level-5 procedures and process in the development and deployment of project. Ensure excellent data quality for the deliverables.
• Involved in consolidation of 11 disparate systems on older 9901 release of CSC's life insurance product CYBERLIFE into 2 CICS and Batch environments on newer 0901 release of CYBERLIFE.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Endeavor, File-Aid, Easytrieve, TSO/ISPF, CA7, DUMPMASTER, SYNCSORT, ICETOOL