SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of IT experience as an Mainframe COBOL Programmer in Development, Enhancement and Support of various projects on mainframe technologies such as COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, JCL, TELON, Z/OS, ISPF, OPCA, IBM - FILEMANAGER, IBM-DEBUG, FMI, SPUFI, QMF, FILEAID, ENDEVOR, EXPEDITOR, EASYTRIEVE, SELCOPY, MQ, FTP, SQL Server, HPQC, PANVALET in Banking, Finance, Insurance, Electricity & Gas Domains.
• Proven experience in requirement analysis, solution design, development, implementation and production support of Software Applications, with core specialization in Mainframe technologies in large organisations.

• 8 years’ experience working in Banking, Finance, Insurance, Electricity and Gas domain projects, which involves analysis, design, development, testing, support and implementation with a track record of quality of deliverables with high customer satisfaction scores.
• Expertise/Experience in COBOL,CICS, DB2, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, JCL, TELON, Z/OS, ISPF, OPCA, IBM-FILEMANAGER, IBM-DEBUG, FMI, SPUFI, QMF, FILEAID, ENDEVOR, EXPEDITOR, COOLGEN, EASYTRIEVE, SELCOPY,MQ,FTP,SQL Sever, HPQC,TELON,PANVALET.
• Experience in Requirements gathering, GAP analysis, Design, Estimations, Development, Testing and support.
• Experience in preparation of Deployment Plan. Involved in Project Implementations.
• Experience in whole SDLC software development lifecycle.
• Worked as Configuration Manager and involved in Quality Audits.
• Insurance INS21 certified from AI-CPCU and Worked as Subject Matter Expert for Agents Accounts application of Confidential Financial Services.
• Involved in Analysis, Estimation, Design, Preparation of functional & technical specifications, Coding, Debugging, Unit, System Testing, UAT and Post Implementation Support of applications.
• Experience in Production, On-call and BAU support projects.
• Strong experience in Application Support & Maintenance. Good at Trouble shooting and permanent fixes.
• Experience in creation of Checklists, Knowledge Transfer & Process/Technical documentation.
• Experience in BMC Remedy Incident Management, Change Management, HPQC/ALM tools.
• Experience in Peer reviews and Code-Walkthroughs.
• Involved in release Post-mortem meetings and root-cause analysis of Severity 1,2 tickets.
• Good experience DBMS like IMS, DB2, Oracle and Knowledge of M204.
• Conducted training sessions for juniors on COBOL, DB2,IMS,CICS.
• Good communication skills and involved in preparation of IBR(Initial Budget Review) for new project proposals.
• Sound analytical problem solving skills and ability to learn new technologies quickly.

SKILLS:

• Design, Development, Testing & Support
• Application Enhancement/Maintenance
• Production & BAU Support
• Estimations/Quality Audits
• Configuration Management
• Software Release & Change Management
• Testing & Deployment
• SDLC Methodologies
• Mainframe & SAP
• Insurance, Banking, Finance, Electricity & Gas Domain Knowledge

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, ASSEMBLER, JCL, VSAM.

Databases: DB2, IMS, SQL Server.

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

OLTP: CICS,IMS/DC.

Utilities: TSO/ISPF, FTP, MQ-Series, Move-IT.

Tools: IBM-DB2,IBM-FILEMANAGER,IBM-DEBUG,FMI,PANVALET,SDF,TELON, SPUFI, QMF, FILEAID, ENDEVOR, REXX, SCLM, OPCA, EASYTRIEVE,FILE-AID, DB2/IMS, SELCOPY, FTP, HPQC/ALM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Mainframe Developer

Confidential

Technology: COBOL,DB2,IMS, CICS,JCL, IBM-FMI,IBM-DEBUG,IBM-FA,ENDEVOR

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering and Feasibility study.
• Analysis of High Level Design Document and worked through process of risk assessment through integrations with existing business and preparing Functional & Technical specifications.
• Development of scripts, batch programming and other related development code.
• Coding of batch programs and generating new reports. Testing the existing functionality to make sure that the new changes are reflected in existing system.
• Preparation of Unit & system test plans and execution of test cases.
• Debugging the programs and Support to UAT Testing.
• Preparation of Work product reviews, post-delivery documents.
• Conducting walk-through and code reviews.
• Configuration management and conducting audits.
• Other maintenance related activities.
• Worked in Full SDLC of the project.
• Involved in Project Implementation and support.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM,IMS, TELON, PANVALET

Responsibilities:

• Performed analysis, code, unit and system integration testing & support.
• Involved in building new TELON screens.
• Performed scheduling changes in OPCA for few jobs.
• Performed Unit testing of batch programs. Supported SIT.
• Debugging the programs during the testing.
• Conducted Peer reviews and walkthroughs.
• Prepared Endevor Packages for Elements Promotion & Mass Back out.
• Involved in Creation of change record and ALM updates for test cases.
• Prepared Work product reviews, Post-delivery documents.
• Other maintenance related activities.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM,IMS, TELON, PANVALET

Responsibilities:

• Performed analysis, technical design, code, unit and system integration testing & support.
• Involved in Data Modeling and Data mappings.
• Built new batch programs and provided extract files.
• Created copybooks and validated the payments data from Flexcube using new batch program.
• Built batch program for new Transaction Reconciliation report.
• Performed Unit testing of batch programs. Supported SIT,UAT.
• Involved in Secure Data transfer of the files using Move-IT JCL scripts
• Conducted Peer reviews and walkthroughs.
• Prepared Endevor Packages for Elements Promotion &Mass Back out.
• Involved in Creation of change record and ALM updates for test cases.
• Prepared Work product reviews, Post-delivery documents.
• Worked on analysis of support team problem records and identified & implemented permanent fix for recurring issues.
• Built new online screens using TELON with minimal KT.

Confidential

Principal COBOL Developer

Technology: COBOL,PLI, DB2,IMS,CICS,JCL, IBM-FMI,IBM-DEBUG,IBM-FA,ENDEVOR

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and GAP Analysis.
• Providing IBR and Estimations.
• Analysis of High Level Design Document and preparing Functional & Technical specifications.
• Modifying the existing application programs as per the technical specifications.
• Coding of batch & CICS programs and decommissioning the JCL’s, reports and links to Ingenico (it’s a third party which provides credit card authorization services).
• Unit & system testing of online programs and batch programs.
• Debugging the programs during the testing.
• Involving in UAT Testing.
• Preparing Function Points document.
• Conducting walk-through and code reviews.
• Configuration management and conducting audits.
• Preparation of Work product reviews, Post-delivery documents.
• Other maintenance related activities.

Confidential

Subject Matter Expert/Principal Developer

Technology: COBOL,PLI,DB2,IMS,CICS,JCL, IBM-FMI,IBM-DEBUG,IBM-FA,ENDEVOR

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of High Level Design Document and preparing Functional & Technical specifications.
• Modifying the existing application programs as per the technical specifications.
• Coding of batch/CICS programs and proving adhoc data files when required by Allianz
• Secure Data transfer of the files using Move-IT JCL scripts.
• Unit & system testing of online programs and batch programs.
• Supporting UAT Testing.
• Preparation of Work product reviews, post-delivery documents.
• Other maintenance related activities.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Technology: COBOL,DB2,CICS,JCL, IBM-DB2,IBM-DEBUG,FTP,MQ

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of High Level Design Document and preparing Extended Technical Summary (Low Level Design Document).
• Modifying the existing application programs as per the Low Level Design Document.
• Coding of batch/common programs and establishing connection between servers using FTP.
• As an Onsite coordinator resolving the queries of off-shore team members.
• Unit testing of online programs and batch programs.
• Supporting System Testing.
• Preparation of post-delivery documents.
• Other maintenance related activities.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Technology: COBOL,DB2,CICS,JCL, IBM-DB2,IBM-DEBUG,FTP,MQ

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of High Level Design Document and preparing Extended Technical Summary (Low Level Design Document).
• Modifying the existing application programs as per the Low Level Design Document.
• Coding of batch program which is used to test the new policies Introduced by the client before implementation.
• Conducting Code Reviews and walk through.
• Unit testing of online programs and batch programs and MQ messages.
• Co ordinating well with SIEBEL and VB.NET Teams.
• Supporting System Testing.
• Preparation of post delivery documents.
• Other maintenance related activities.