SUMMARY

• Ten years 10 months of experience in mainframe Application developing and Testing of Client Application and Leading the team.
• Highly proficient IT professional wif proven analytical abilities and organization skills wif over 10 years of in - depth techno-functional experience in mainframes involving application Design & Development, business requirement gathering, functional/technical specification, user training and post implementation maintenance & application enhancements, on-call and production support, etc.
• Expertise in mainframe banking and Financial and petrochemical processes throughout lifecycle, including design, configuration, development, integration, testing, and deployment.
• Expertise in the detailed Unit Testing as part of deliverables and assisted & supported the QA for Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and Business Users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing.
• Experienced in leading Team at offshore and coordinating wif onsite SMEs/ Business Users/Tech Leads/Project Champions and mentor the team members.
• Strong technical skills including Cobol, JCL, DB2, IMS, VSAM, FOCUS, FILE AID, SPUFI, QMF, ENDEVOR, Changeman, CA7, Jobtrac, FTP etc.
• Experience in developing interfaces, reports, and processes using Cobol, FTP and FOCUS.
• Experience in Agile methodologies. Participated in the retrospective and grooming sessions as an active member.
• Strong database skills, analyzing skills, Troubleshoot and development noledge
• Expertise in handling incident management, defect management and noledge management.
• Experience in testing and issue resolution during the parallel test and the post production support.
• Expertise in application programming and database concepts.
• Experience in developing and modifying online screen using IMS.
• Expertise in setting up test data and responsible for preparation and execution of test cases.
• Expertise in coordinating effectively wif development team, business partners and end users.
• Expertise in handling 24x7 On-call support model.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, Ezytrive, IMS, FOCUS.

Data Base: DB2, MS-Access.

Database Tools: QMF, Spufi.

Utility Tools: Endeaver, Changeman, Infoman, File-Aid, File-Aid for DB2, File - Aid for IMSSpufi, QMF, Apptune, Manage Now, Jobtrac, CA7, HP QC, Clarify, Remedy, Team Track, Clearquest, File-manager for DB2 and IMS, SSIS (Basics).

Schedulers: CA7, Jobtrac.

Domain: Petrochemical, Banking & Finance (Credit Cards & Payments).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Olympia, WA

Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of client’s current system and the ACES (Automated Client Eligibility System) application feature.
• Prepare new business process design based on the application functional enhancement requirement.
• Prepare the design of deliverables based on understanding of the customer requirements as provided by Technical and Business Consultants to exactly meet the requirements.
• Use in-depth noledge and experience wif IBM tools used by Confidential, to perform debugging activities and ensure dat coding deliverables exactly meet the requirements for Confidential .
• Perform impact analysis of coding changes done using COBOL/DB2/IMS and track source code versions and changes by utilizing noledge of Software Configuration Lifecycle Management since it is highly complex computational algorithms.
• Apply in-depth noledge and technical experience of COBOL, DB2, JCL (Job Control Language), IMS (Information Management System) and VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) to design and write new MF application programs.
• Analyze the business requirements and present the design functionalities wif their level of estimate presented for timely deliverables.
• Ensure the XML data is received in correct format and processed so dat Letters can be created and sent to clients wif the benefits details.
• Prepare UAT master plan and guide the end-user for UAT steps.
• Perform Unit Testing as part of deliverables and assisted & supported the QA for Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and Business Users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing.
• Create technical operations manual, design documents.
• Provide production support and work on the tickets/issues raised as part of the application support.

Confidential, West Chester, PA

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of client’s system and the AR (Accounts Receivable) application feature.
• Prepare and perform the new business process design based on the application.
• Prepare the design of deliverables based on understanding of the customer requirements as provided by Technical and Business Consultants to exactly meet the requirements.
• Perform review of design, source code and related artifacts for the various development activities being handled by team members.
• Perform impact analysis of coding changes done using COBOL/DB2/IMS and track source code versions and changes by utilizing noledge of Software Configuration Lifecycle Management.
• Use in-depth noledge and experience wif IBM tools, to perform debugging activities and ensure dat coding deliverables exactly meet the requirements.
• Applied in-depth noledge and technical experience of COBOL, DB2, JCL (Job Control Language), IMS (Information Management System) and VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) to design and wrote new Cobol programs.
• Analyze the business requirements and present the design functionalities wif their level of estimate presented for timely deliverables.
• Developed new IMS online screens as part of business enhancements for customer.
• Modified existing and set up new interfaces wif different systems for data transmission.
• Modified the existing bank transmission to SFG (Sterling file gateway) for secure transmission of financial data.
• Developed new FTP interfaces for data transmission wif third party vendors.
• Perform Unit Testing as part of deliverables and assisted & supported the QA for Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and Business Users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing.
• Ensured financial data processing of data received from Banks via ACH, wires, etc.
• Developed new draft process to ensure payments are received from customers as part of petrochemical products sold.
• Developed new process and interfaces to receive credit card data for customers to make sure Confidential gets paid as part of accounts receivable application.
• Developed reports for business users using FOCUS.
• Provided critical application financial data in forms of reports as part of MF data migration to SSIS.
• Modified the production jobs schedule as part of application Holiday processing.
• Created application calendars in Mainframes for jobs to ensure jobs execute as designed as per application processing.
• Prepare UAT master plan and guide the end-user for UAT steps.
• Provide technical training material, master plan and schedule.
• Create technical operations manual and design documents.
• Provided 24x7 production support and work on the tickets/issues raised as part of the application support to make sure business continuity.

Confidential

Senior System Executive

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of client’s system and application feature to create designs for new application development.
• Perform execution of test batch cycle and ensure all issues are resolved on timely basis.
• Perform ABEND resolution and fixing them to ensure application is available for processing.
• Responsible for permanent remediation of the ABEND.
• Prepared application test data and test cases for new application development.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of client’s system and application feature to develop new functional and technical designs.
• Prepare the design of deliverables based on understanding of the customer requirements as provided by Technical and Business Consultants to exactly meet the requirements.
• Apply in-depth noledge and technical experience of COBOL, DB2, JCL (Job Control Language), IMS (Information Management System) and VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) to design and write new MF application programs.
• Develop new Cobol programs and Jobs as per the software requirement and functional design requirements.
• Provide 24x7 application support to ensure business continuity and data processing.
• Provide support and resolve various ABEND and fixing them.
• Provide permanent remediation of the ABEND in production environment
• Responsible for reporting the production status (Weekly Status reports) of the project to the senior management.
• Communication wif Application owner (Client) in form of discussions, suggestive sessions, and status calls.
• Prepare UT plan for new application enhancements and prepare test data.
• Perform Unit Testing as part of deliverables and assisted & supported the QA for Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and Business Users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing.
• Involved in production verification testing after the implementation of the product/application.
• Ensure before-time, quality deliverables.
• Coordinate wif Business users for performing User Acceptance Testing.
• Coordinate wif external teams for performing Integration testing.

Confidential

Analyst Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Perform application Design & Development as part of new business enhancement.
• Perform business requirement gathering, functional/technical specification, user training and post implementation maintenance & application enhancements.
• Perform the overall flow and design of the new application enhancement.
• Apply noledge and technical experience of COBOL, DB2, JCL (Job Control Language), IMS (Information Management System) and VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method) to design and write new MF application programs.
• Created Confidential specific Change Management Request and Issue Management Request.
• Creation & Deployment of stored proc.
• Perform Unit Testing as part of deliverables and assisted & supported the QA for Systems Integration Testing (SIT) and Business Users for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing.
• Involved in production verification testing after the implementation of the product/application.
• Provide on-call support for critical issues to ensure business continuity and processing.
• Ensure before-time, quality deliverables.
• Coordinate wif Business users for performing User Acceptance Testing.
• Coordinate wif external teams for performing Integration testing.