PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 10+ years of experience in Analysis, Design, Implementation and testing, Support, Root Cause analysis, Batch Applications and Online applications
• Experience on complete software development life cycle (SDLC) with software development models like Agile, Prototype, RUP and Water fall model.
• Extensive Knowledge on various Functional areas such as Finance, Banking and Insurance Business Application Systems
• Proficient in MVS,Z/OS,COBOL,JCL,VSAM,DB2,IDMS,CICS,SAS,IMS and Tools like Change Man, Endevor, Xpeditor, File - Aid, Easytrieve, HP Quality Center, ALM, JIRA, File Master, Intertest, SOAP, XML etc.,
• Extensive experience in SQL, stored procedures, Cursors, triggers with DB2 databases.
• Worked in Healthcare, insurance, banking, Financial & telecommunications domain projects
• Expertise in creating Business Requirements Document (BRD), preparing Functional Design Document (FDD), Detailed Technical Design Document (TDD),Effort estimation, coding standards, design / code/Test cases review and test result documents.
• As part of the evolving knowledge got trained in SAS.
• Worked on monitoring the daily, weekly and monthly automated jobs using COBOL, JCL, SAS and DB2 in mainframe environment.
• Knowledge on Risk Management and Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity (DR-BC) Plan
• Proven strength on Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Achievement Oriented with excellent people management skills and an ability to manage stress.
• Strong Oral and written communication, Initiation, Accountability, interpersonal, learning and organizing skills matched with the ability to manage time and people effectively.
• Strong team player with organizational and analytical skills.
• Undergone training in Time Management, Project action Planning, Cross culture, interacting with client, Assertiveness skills and Effective Team meetings.
• Update QMS (Quality Management System) documents like Project initiation, Project action plan, Detailed Requirements Specifications, Impact Analysis, File Specifications, System Run Chart (flow chart), Data Base Requirements, Program Specifications, Operation Manual, Program Development, Coding, Unit Test Plan, System Test plan, Inter System Test plan, Implementation plan and Post implementation check
• Excellent working knowledge in DB2.
• Hands on experience creating tables and stored procedures
• Self -motivated, highly committed to responsibilities and ability to work independently. Ability to perform well within cross-functional teams

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, VS COBOL II, Easytrieve, JCL, SAS, PL/SQL

Operating Systems: Z/OS, MVS, MVS/ESA, OS/390

Databases:   IDMS, DB2, Oracle, SQL, VSAM, IMS OLTPCICS, MQ

Schedulers: CA-7 Scheduler

Mainframe Tools: TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, ALM, HP Quality Center, Xpeditor, QMF, SPUFI, IBM Utilities like Syncsort, Sort etc, C-List, CA7, JIRA

Client Applications: Oracle R11i and R12 Modules like supply chain management, order management, AP, AR, SOA, Jdeveloper etc.

Confidential

Lead Mainframe support

Responsibilities:

• Provide L2 Support for the user working on 900+ applications related to the Entitlement.
• We should support the users in creating the request related to Roles/Entitlements, split Access, Profile Restoring, Modify the group or the membership etc
• We should give L2 support on daily, weekly, Monthly and yearly batch support related to mainframe RACF.
• We should provide L2 support for the user in modifying, Accessing and creating user authentication to various CICS regions
• Participate in requirement gathering and analysis phase of the project in documenting the business requirements by conducting workshops/meetings with various business users.
• Performs Design, Programming, Testing.
• Researches System Enhancements and Problems.
• Effectively involved in Business Logic implementation using COBOL, JCL. VSAM, DB2 And related Tools such as DB2-File-aid, File-aid, Expeditor, Endeavor, QMF and SPUFI, Insight.
• Worked on Production Support, Large Projects, Small Projects, and Programs.
• Have Strong P&C Insurance Domain Knowledge.
• Involved in coding of batch modules using COBOL, JCL, VSAM and DB2.
• Created test cases, prepared test data and setting up test environments and execution for the newly created programs.
• Implemented the Business logic using COBOL II, in order to process the Continuous Replenishment
• Conducted self-reviews for all the work products & test cases.

Environment: RUBMA OS/390, MVS, Z/OS,TSO/ISPF, OS-2, PMSC, VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, QMF, Endevor, Xpeditor, File-aid, XML, Clarity, Service Now, MS-Office tools MS-WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, Power-Point, Entitlement Tool, MAC troubleshooting tool, startool, OPCC.

Confidential, IL

Mainframe Developer and Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirement gathering and analysis phase of the project in documenting the business requirements by conducting workshops/meetings with various business users.
• Performs Design, Programming, Testing.
• Researches System Enhancements and Problems.
• Effectively involved in Business Logic implementation using COBOL, JCL. VSAM, DB2,IMS And related Tools such as DB2-File-aid, File-aid, Expeditor, Endeavor, QMF and SPUFI, Insight.
• Worked on Production Support, Large Projects, Small Projects, and Programs.
• Have Strong P&C Insurance Domain Knowledge.
• Involved in coding of batch modules using COBOL, JCL, VSAM and DB2.
• Created test cases, prepared test data and setting up test environments and execution for the newly created programs.
• Implemented the Business logic using COBOL II, in order to process the Continuous Replenishment
• Conducted self reviews for all the work products & test cases.

Environment: OS/390, MVS, Z/OS,TSO/ISPF, OS-2, PMSC, VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, QMF, Endevor, Xpeditor, File-aid, XML, Clarity, BMC Remedy, MS-Office tools MS-WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, Power-Point

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirement gathering and analysis phase of the project in documenting the business requirements by conducting workshops/meetings with various business users.
• Performs Design, Programming, Testing.
• Researches System Enhancements and Problems.
• Effectively involved in Business Logic implementation using COBOL, JCL. VSAM, SAS, DB2 And related Tools such as DB2-File-aid, File-aid, Expeditor, Endevor, QMF and SPUFI, Insight.
• Worked on Production Support, Large Projects, Small Projects, and Programs.
• Involved in Working with WBI Middle ware teams, Oracle Insbridge teams for Inter system testing.
• Conduct regular technical and functional workshops/meetings to walkthrough the understanding of the requirements to client business and IT community and identify the gaps and bridge them with by providing appropriate solutions for implementation.
• Involve in solution definition phase of the project for identified business requirements and providing impact assessment on TAP application and its secondary and tertiary upstream downstream interfaces.
• Generate Functional design documents, detailed design documents for the new requirements/enhancements.
• Address functional queries/issues raised by business users by proposing right action plans
• Coordination with client business and IT teams and also with onsite and offshore teams to ensure smooth resolution of all open issues during the planning and execution of the project
• Interaction with offshore team to discuss requirements and to ensure quality output
• Ensure quality documentation by reviewing and provide feedback to offshore team
• Identify hurdles in project and schedule meetings with corresponding teams to get the right attention from all teams to solve/avoid issues.
• Ensuring to enable teams to timely delivery of all the agreed project deliverables
• Participate in project review meetings with customer and onsite/offshore PMO team.
• Ensure controlled change management of scope and other related components
• Coordinate with the other vendors for query resolution.
• Defect meetings with UAT team to discuss on the defects and provide solutions.
• Have Strong P&C Insurance Domain Knowledge.
• Involved in coding of batch modules using COBOL, JCL, VSAM, SAS and DB2.
• Involved in coding Online Modules using CICS.
• Created test cases, prepared test data and setting up test environments and execution for the newly created programs.
• Implemented the Business logic using COBOL II, in order to process the Continuous Replenishment
• Conducted self reviews for all the work products & test cases.
• Done Performance Tuning using Insight DB2 tool.

Environment: OS/390, MVS, Z/OS,TSO/ISPF, OS-2, PMSC, VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SAS, CICS, QMF, Endevor, Xpeditor, File-aid, XML, Clarity, BMC Remedy, MS-Office tools MS-WORD, EXCEL, VISIO, Power-Point

Regence Blue cross and blue shield

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in understanding the client’s system.
• Coordinating with onsite team for getting the requirements from client.
• Involved in writing new programs/Modifications to existing programs using CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM.
• Participated in requirements analysis and system design activities
• Develop application code and perform unit testing
• Provided support in system and regression testing
• Provided support to the technical team in developing documents
• Participated in peer reviews and other quality assurance activities
• Provided production support.
• Involved in building CICS screens using BMS macros
• Involved in preparing test scripts and executing test results.
• Involved in writing complex SQL queries using SPUFI/QMF.
• Involved in writing scratch batch/online programs.
• Worked extensively on debugging tools.
• Involved in Perform testing (unit, integration and system test)
• Have designed documents using VISIO.
• Worked on the reply and mailing processes of claims
• Involved in improving the batch processing by removing the dependencies on the jobs

Environment: OS/390, TSO/ISPF, VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SPUFI, MS-Office, File-Aid, Expeditor, Intertest, XML, SOAP

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analysis, design, testing, and reviews for all the bi-monthly releases
• Preparation of Program Specifications as per the Functional Specification
• Implemented the Business logic using COBOL II, VSAM in order to process the Continuous Replenishment
• Implemented CICS Screens using BMS macros.
• Responsible for Code Check-out and Check-in procedure and Change Control creations/approval’s follow-up using BMC Remedy.
• Involved in preparation of post implementation Data validation plans across cross applications, documentation and meetings.
• Created test cases, prepared test data and setting up test environments and execution for the newly created programs
• Conducted self-reviews for all the work products & test cases
• Involved in preparation of post implementation validation plans and meetings

Environment: OS/390, TSO/ISPF, VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2,IMS, SPUFI and QMF

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in understanding the client’s system.
• Coordinating with onsite team for getting the requirements from client.
• Involved in writing new Stored Procedures and Triggers to new or existing programs based on the client requirement using COBOL, DB2.
• To prepare documents for interfaces of CPT using Stored procedures
• Participated in requirements analysis and system design activities
• Develop application code and perform unit testing
• Provided support in system and regression testing
• Provided support to the technical team in developing documents using VISIO
• Participated in peer reviews and other quality assurance activities
• Involved in preparing test scripts and executing test results.
• Involved in writing complex SQL queries using SPUFI/QMF.
• Involved in Perform testing (unit, integration and system test)

Environment: OS/390, TSO/ISPF, VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SPUFI, PL/SQL

Confidential, UK

Mainframe Developer.

Responsibilities:

• Improve batch processing efficiency
• Improve operational quality with reduced development time
• Coded and tested the new bonus events setup screens and their new functionality.
• Reduced the cost of the loyalty processing on Vision+
• Participate in Business discussions and to understand the various products involved in the Loyalty enhancements
• Actively participate in meetings and explain the ongoing projects progress and business involved
• Participate in Technical discussions and put the Flow diagrams, Technical specifications, Field Level mappings about the existing process as well as new enhancements
• Improve Service to our customers and clients

Environment: MVS OS/390, Windows 2000, COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, Vision Plus, Change man, Expeditor, File-Aid

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• To analyze the business requirement and produce the impact analysis
• To design the code such that data flow from the rating structure to the print of sales statement
• To introduce the temporary variables to identify the flow of values between the modules
• To do impact analysis on the copybook changes and its impacted programs
• To identify the source and destination of the variables
• To develop Technical and Functional specifications.
• To develop program specifications and Coding.
• To develop the unit and system test Scripts.
• To develop the control cards using Easytrieve and SAS.
• Migrating files from Mainframe environment using UNIX commands and shell scripting.
• To support once the deployment is done.

Environment: MVS OS/390, Windows 2000, MVS COBOL /COBOL-2, JCL, VSAM, Change man, File-Aid