EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Result oriented professional with 11+ years’ experience in IT industry and 12+ years overall experience.
• 10 years of Mainframe Technologies experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals including 24 months onshore client facing experience.
• Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations, Project Management, technical Team Leader, Onsite coordinator and implementation of software applications in mainframe technology.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.
• Strong technical skills, database skills and development knowledge
• Experience in leading and managing teams. Handled multiple roles - Onsite coordinator, Team Lead, Software Architect, Developer and 3+ years of experience handling production support.
• Expertise knowledge in COBOL, DB2, MVS, JCL, CICS and VSAM.
• Familiar with Java, JSP, HTML,XML, CICS and PHP programming.
• Good working knowledge in PeopleSoft for Barclays Account
• Worked with Business for gathering requirement and documenting them.
• Translate the requirement into detail design, conduct functional workshop, walkthroughs and get approvals from stakeholder.
• Advance knowledge of credit card processing application viz Authorization, New Accounts, Statement and core processing.
• Good domain knowledge of credit card Processing, Financial Services and Healthcare Insurance.
• Good working Knowledge in water Fall SDLC and Agile Methodology Process.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

Programming languages: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, JDBC, easytrieve

Entreprise Technologies: CICS, Core Java 1.4, MQ Séries,File Transfer Protocol, InterpelCFT, IBM connecte direct Job, service Now, Test Director

Databases: DB2, IMS-DB, IDMS, My SQL, MS-Access

Reporting Tool: HP Exstream, DocuSign

Web Technologies: Java Script, HTML, PHP

Development Tools: Xpeditor, TSO ISPF, Endevor, File-Aid, Platinum, SPUFI, InterTest, DFSort

Operating System: MVS, ZOs, Unix

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, scope definition, sizing of upcoming projects/treatments.
• Understand system components, applications and associated specifications.
• Performing impact analysis. Analyze the requirement and find out the functional /technical requirement of the change.
• Finalize the high level changes and co-ordinate with the offshore team to get those implemented.
• Program code changes/enhancement.
• Code review as per code review checklist.
• Performance monitoring.
• Actively involved in preparing the supporting/quality documents for audits and project management.
• Have been the face of team when it comes interacting with the client.
• Taking technical interviews for recruitments.
• Mentoring and guiding new joiners to reach a comfort level in project.
• Handling On-call support for IST working hours.
• Responsible for taking automation communication of file transfer thru automated email generation from mainframe System.

Confidential, Minnesota

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading a project team in delivering solution to our customer in the healthcare sector.
• Worked closely with client for the entire Architecture of Migration of Claims Processing Application to new Highmark Application.
• Responsible for providing new and complex high quality solutions to satisfy the various business requirements
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control, aspects of the project.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Plays an important role in giving day to day direction to the project team and also in giving regular project status to the customer.
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in Rational Asset Analyzer and other leading-edge products and technology in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer
• Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets quality goals

Confidential

Team Member

Tools: COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, VSAM, Inter Test,DocuSign

Responsibilities:

• Translate requirement into detailed design, conduct functional workshop, technical walkthroughs
• Involvement in Requirement Clarifications from the Client.
• Analyzing and completing the adhoc requests by the client
• Analyzing SR requests sent by the client and providing solution in time.
• Coordinating the team members
• Responsible for deliverables from Offshore

Confidential

Designer and Mainframe Developer

Tools: COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, VSAM, Inter Test,Exstream

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the Functional Specification Documents.
• Preparing Detail design document
• Perform code changes to the existing components and also develop the new modules according to the Functional Specification Documents
• Unit Testing, Prepare Unit-Test Case Documents.
• De-bugging of the Components.
• Involvement in Requirement Clarifications from the Client.
• Involvement in the status calls with On-site Team.
• Fixing Defects raised during the System Testing.

Confidential, Minnesota

Tools: Pricer, Star, COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS, Inter Test.extream, DocuSign

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the Functional Specification Documents.
• Perform code changes to the existing components and also develop the new modules according to the Functional Specification Documents
• Unit Testing, Peer Review.
• De-bugging of the Components.
• Prepare Unit-Test Case Documents.
• Involvement in Requirement Clarifications from the Client.
• Involvement in the status calls with On-site Team.
• Fixing Defects raised during the System Testing.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Ability to roll one promo into another promo
• Product to product promo conversion, with Account Transfer
• Moving some or all of either purchase, cash or other promo balance to a promo.
• More than 10 promo schemes per product

Confidential

Developer

Tools: Used: UCLID, COBOL, JCL, Endevor.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a team member.
• Involved in development as per the designing ( coding, Unit Testing)
• Responsible for timely development and release of modules in phases.
• Involved in Problem Solving and maintaining a constant interaction with the Onsite and Configuration team for speedy closure of development related issues

Confidential

Mainframe and MQ Series Developer

Technologies used: Triumph, COBOL, DB2, Endevor, Expeditor, MQ-Series, Falcon

Responsibilities:

• Working as a team member
• Involved in development ( Coding, Unit Testing)
• Involved in System Testing and Release testing.