PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Over 33 years of Applications Software Development and Technical Management experience in Private, Federal and State Government sectors, in the domains of Retail, Telecom, P & C Insurance (personal lines), Health Insurance, Banking, Finance, Treasuries, Judiciary, Medicare & Medicaid etc.
• Thorough in Software Methodologies, Structured Systems Applications Development and all aspects of Software Engineering & Software Development Life Cycle; PMP in good - standing.
• Goal-oriented team player with strong programming and organizational skills, often appreciated and rewarded by supervisors, customers and stakeholders for significant contributions to their projects.

• Lead and participate in the coordination of customer or client program/project related requests.
• Interview the customer to obtain their business requirements and write requirements document and translate into functional specifications.
• Create schedules with deliverables, dates and resources necessary to complete an IT task or request.
• Review change requests for impact on my projects.
• Break down the high level requirements, write functional specifications and write program code specifications, develop DFDs, CADs, FlowCharts etc. for Project team members, and determine the best design for implementing the requirement.
• Architect, Author, Compile and maintain COBOL programs by making significant updates to COBOL code handling Files, DB2 & IMS databases I/O.
• Lead and participate in Code walk throughs / Peer reviews and serve as mentor to junior peers.
• Lead and participate in lessons learned meetings.
• Perform Unit, System, regression and user acceptance testing.
• Brainstorming with peers to resolve complex issues, requirements or process improvements.
• As and when needed, write Business Executive Summary Reports, give IT related presentations to upper management or executive groups, and customers & clients etc.

CAREER OBJECTIVES:

To play a key role in my customers’ business operations through my experience and expertise in Mainframe (COBOL) Applications Software Development and by building strategic solutions for their business needs.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

Technology - General: Software Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering (Systems Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation, Maintenance, Quality Assurance & Control etc.), Software Methodologies (Waterfall & Agile), Client Relations, Project Management etc.

Operating Systems Data Communications: MVS, ESA, OS, 390, Z/OS, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Miicrosoft DOSCICS, IMS/TM, MQ Series, LU6.2 etc.

Languages, Development Aids used: Enterprise COBOL for MVS, Microsoft COBOL, MicroFocus COBOL, VS COBOL II, JCL, Rexx, SQL, TSO, ISPF, TPX, EasyTrieve, QMF, SPUFI, File-Aid, Insync, Syncsort, IBM Utilities, CA1, CA7, FAU, Omegamon, PlayBack, Quikjobs, Xpediter, IBM Debug, Strobe, External & Native DB2 Stored Procedures, Abend-Aid, NETMAN, INFOPAC, FTP, SDSF, IOF, SAR, NDM, QuickRef, ViaSoft, Visual Basic 6.0, ASPs, Visual InterDev, HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, Mainframe (COBOL) Express, NetExpress, SPF etc.

Change ControlConfiguration Mgmt.: Changeman, Endevor, Librarian - Elips, Panvalet, Visual SourceSafe, PVCS etc.

Data Base Management Systems used: DB2, IMS DB, SQL Server, VSAM, ISAM, SFS(Vsam-like for Windows), Oracle 8, Oracle SQL Developer, SQL Plus, PL/SQL, FoxPro 2.0, MS-Access 2.0, 95, dBASE, III+ etc.

Tools: Jira, Confluence, ALM, CMIS, Infoman, Peregrine, Test Director, NIKU, Lotus Notes, Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project 2007), Microsoft Exchange 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2003, Toad, Data Studio, DB Visualizer, DBeaver etc.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Windsor Mills, MD

Mainframe (COBOL & DB2) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• providing DB2 support from the back-end Mainframe to one of the teams developing Debt Management System application front-end; Current tasks include understanding & assisting in translation of business requirements into physical & logical data models and creation of DB2 tables on the Mainframe; setting up jobs to load data into & unload data from DB2 tables in development & validation environments, executing SPUFI to insert, update or delete data in DB2 tables, and to verify & ensure data availability & integrity, queries incorporated into application front-end.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS, JCL, DB2, SPUFI, QMF, BMC Load & Unload utilities, XML, DBVisualizer, DBeaver, etc.

Confidential, Windsor Mills, MD

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Tasks include analyzing business requirements, designing, preparing program specifications, coding, compiling, testing and implementing Batch and Online applications on the Confidential Mainframe (COBOL), as per project timelines and set quality standards.
• Tasks also include Unloading Beneficiary data for analysis and dissemination to Partner Systems of Confidential for various Project requirements etc.
• As and when required, I volunteer to peer review and assist in completing their tasks, and serve as a mentor to junior peers.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS, JCL, COBOL II, CICS, DB2, Native DB2 Stored Procedures, VSAM, XML, Endevor, MQ Series, File-aid, Data Studio, BMC Load & Unload utilities etc.

Confidential, Annapolis, MD

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Tasks included analyzing requirements, designing, preparing program specifications, coding, compiling, testing and implementing batch and online applications on the Mainframe (COBOL), developing Custom Tokens for forms & notices using VBScript XML parsing, supporting production and resolving production issues in a timely manner and as per project timelines and set quality standards.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS, JCL, COBOL II, CICS, IMS, VSAM, Librarian, Elips, MQ Series, File-aid for IMS and DB2, LU6.2, Oracle SQL Developer, VBScript XML parsing, Visual Studio etc.

Confidential, Eddystone, PA

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Tasks included analyzing requirements, designing, preparing program specifications, coding, compiling, testing and implementing batch and online applications on the company’s Windows based platform, supporting production and resolving production issues as per project timelines and set quality standards.

Environment: Windows based PCs and servers, Batch scripting(.BAT files), MicroFocus COBOL, CICS for windows, SFS(Vsam like for Windows), NetExpress, SPF(ISPF like for Windows) etc.

Confidential, West Norriton, PA

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Tasks included data analysis, profiling & mapping, design, writing program specifications, coding changes in COBOL programs, procs, parms, JCLs, preparing and executing unit, system, user acceptance test scripts, coordinating and monitoring data exchange through FTP between IBM Mainframe and UNIX, Informatica environments, setting up the production environment to implement the changes in their Production environment.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS; JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, Librarian, Elips, FTP, File Manager, QMF, SPUFI, JCL etc.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• my tasks were coding, compiling, testing & implementing COBOL, DB2 programs & jobs using JCL and various tools on their Mainframe.
• I volunteered to peer review and assisted juniors in completing their tasks, and served as a mentor to junior peers.

Environment: IBM Mainframe (COBOL); Z/OS; JCL, COBOL, DB2, Native DB2 Stored Procedures, VSAM, Librarian, Elips, FTP, Syncsort, FileAid Xpediter, QMF, SPUFI, JCL, Procs, Parms, Quality Center etc.

Confidential, Malvern, PA

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant

Responsibilities:

• design & development for a Money Movement & Reconciliation project; my tasks were coding, compiling, testing & implementing COBOL, DB2 programs, DB2 Stored Procedures and jobs using JCL and various tools on their Mainframe to generate various periodic reports.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS; JCL, COBOL, DB2, Stored Procedures; VSAM, Endevor, Infopac, FTP, Insync, Mainframe (COBOL) Express(MFE), QMF, SPUFI JCL, Procs, Parms etc.

Confidential, Jefferson City, MO

Mainframe Consultant

Responsibilities:

• involved in phase I conversion of their MMIS application data & code from VSAM to DB2(coding, compiling, testing & implementing changes in existing COBOL / CICS / DB2 programs) using various tools on their Mainframe.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//Z/OS//JCL/COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM/Endevor etc.