SUMMARY

• 13 + years of experience in IT industry with expertise in Mainframe application development that includes requirement Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing, Deployment, Production batch trial monitoring, Scheduling of production jobs and handling quality procedures pertaining to these areas.
• Extensively Worked on COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SAS and CICS.
• Experienced in working with version control tools like Endevor, Changeman and ESP.
• Complete knowledge on Agile and SCRUM structure of software development by conducting meetings and coordinating with the team members to meet the deliverables.
• Strong analytical, debugging skills with experience in fixing ad hoc production issues.
• Extensive experience in handling high priority Incidents and resolving the production issues.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to new environments and emerging new technologies.
• Sound knowledge in Healthcare, Banking and Finance, Automobile Domains.
• Recognized for excellent communication, technical and interpersonal skills and a fast learner

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: IBM Mainframe.

Operating Systems: MVS, Windows, MS - DOS, Unix.

Languages: Cobol, JCL, VSAM, CICS and SAS

Databases: DB2, IMS DB

Tools: Utilities Spufi, QMF, File-Aid, File-Aid DB2, BMC, Expediter, TSO-ISPF, Microsoft Office products, Endevor, Changeman, ESP, Panvalet.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Translating the Business requirements into functional specifications.
• I am responsible for developing Cobol,Db2, CICS Mainframe programs
• Interacting with business customers for requirement gathering, estimation of tasks and project planning, identifying and resolving issues System study and disseminating the information within the team.
• I am involved in creating Business User stories with Scrum master and helping testers to resolve defects.
• Responsible for Completing the User stories assigned in a Sprint and raising the Impediments with Product owner and Scrum Master.

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Developer and Onsite coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Translating the Business requirements into functional specifications.
• I am responsible for developing Cobol-Db2 Mainframe programs
• Interacting with business customers for requirement gathering, estimation of tasks and project planning, identifying and resolving issues System study and disseminating the information within the team.
• I am involved in creating Business User stories with Scrum master and helping testers to resolve defects.
• Responsible for Completing the User stories assigned in a Sprint and raising the Impediments with Product owner and Scrum Master.
• I am currently responsible for leading the team of 5.
• I am responsible for overall quality and timely delivery of all offshore deliverables.
• I am responsible for conducting business KT to offshore team to understand the application functioning.
• My responsibilities involve coordinating the development activities with the offshore for timely and bug free deliverables.
• I was involved in providing the sign-off to core engineering teams upon performing extensive testing for any server migration or software upgrades in various environments.
• I was involved in Facilitating the supporting documents for Project Audits (from Auditors) or Surveys, from the Business.
• I am also responsible for Mentoring the juniors and newly joined team members and bringing them up to speed for project needs.
• I am responsible for Production support activities and resolving the Mainframe job failures.

Confidential

Technical lead, Senior Developer and Onsite coordinator

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for implementing 500 Mainframe Jobs as a part of this project, given limited time to complete this project, I had to quickly understand their system and provided solutions and deliver the project in time with high quality, this has helped to gain future business with the client.
• I was responsible for coordinating the development activities at the offshore and taken responsibilities for timely and bug free deliverables.
• To improve the productivity of offshore, I was continuously working with associates and gathered the area where the knowledge transfer needs to be provided, then providing them the required information.
• I have worked on resolving Adhoc queries from business.
• I was responsible of implementing 300+ ARP customers and 100 Lock box Customers.

Confidential

Technical lead, Senior Developer and Application SME

Responsibilities:

• I was Responsible for translating the Business requirements into functional specifications.
• I was Responsible for was Interacting with business customers for requirement gathering, estimation of tasks and project planning, identifying and resolving issues.
• I was involved in System study and disseminating the information within the team.
• I was Responsible for overall quality and timely delivery of all offshore deliverables
• I was responsible for process improvements, for which I have conducted business KT to offshore team to understand the application functioning.
• I was responsible for coordinating the development activities with the offshore for timely and bug free deliverables.
• I was involved in Facilitating the supporting documents for Project Audits (from Auditors) or Surveys, from the Business.
• My responsibilities also include mentoring the juniors and bringing them up to speed for project needs, Timely update to management to keep them up to date on the issues and resolutions.
• I was good in Catering the need of the Business Clients when there is need for quick turnaround
• I was an application SME for 29 Applications and responsible for resolving production issue.
• I was involved in minor enhancement to these applications.

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for actively involved in day to day meetings and provide valuable suggestions.
• I was responsible for conducting KT session for the team members and have explained them about the process involved in the system
• I was responsible for interacting with team members and provide them with valuable suggestions and solutions to analyze and understand requirements.
• I was responsible for developing 14 new Cobol-Db2 programs required for the project.
• I was responsible for coordinating the development activities at the offshore and also taken responsibilities for timely and bug free deliverables.
• To improve the productivity of offshore, I had a one to one conversation with associates and gathered the area where the knowledge transfer needs to be provided.
• I was responsible for resolving Adhoc queries from business.
• With the Strict fixed timelines to complete this project, I had to quickly learn their system and provide solutions and has delivered the project in time with high quality which helped to gain future business with the client.

Confidential

Module Lead & Developer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in all the phases of the software development life cycle
• I was an active team member who worked on the project day to day deliverables.
• As a Module lead, I had managed a team on 3 members and have resolved their doubts in day to day development and train them on Basics of Health care.
• I was responsible for coordinating the development activities at the offshore and taken responsibilities for timely and bug free deliverables.
• I was responsible for creating Adhoc Mainframe reports for the Business clients.
• I also worked in Project-Specific Tools like File Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in all the phases of the software development life cycle
• I was an active team member who worked on the project day to day deliverables.
• I was responsible for coordinating the development activities at the offshore and taken responsibilities for timely and bug free deliverables.
• I also worked in Project-Specific Tools like File Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor and OPC.