SUMMARY

• 8+ experience in Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Implementation of various online and batch modules using Mainframe using COBOL, Easytrieve Plus, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and IMS DB/DC.
• Expertise in Design, Development, Application Analysis, Performance Tuning, maintenance and implementation of Mainframe applications using MVS/TSO and IBM tools.
• Expertise on Mainframe Utilities/Tools like File - Aid, Xpeditor, Endeavor, Changeman.
• Expertise in using IBM tools like IEBGENER, IDCAMS, IEFBR14, and SYNCSORT.
• In depth experience in unit testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing and documenting and resolving testing defects during all testing phases.
• Expertise in DB2, IMS DB, IMS DC, VSAM. Experiences on various file correction involved in the test and production environment of IMS-DB/DC and DB2.
• Experience on Requirements management, Scope management, Risk monitoring and Contingency planning and Disaster recovery exercise.
• Experience in Application development using Waterfall & Agile methodologies.
• In depth experience in unit testing, integration testing and end-to-end testing and documenting and resolving testing defects during all testing phases.
• Experience in Project Planning, Controlling, Executing & Monitoring, Resource Forecasting, Monitoring & Tracking Resource utilization, Service Level Agreement Management, Escalation Management, People Management, Team building & developing, Proposal preparation for New Projects, Technical & Functional guidance to the team members, Coordination & Communication to both Customer & Management, Status reporting to Customer & Management, Configuration & Risk Management, Software Quality Assurance and Quality standards implementation.
• Experience includes System Integration, Development, Maintenance, Conversion, Re-engineering, Production Support and Testing Projects involving Mainframe Technologies.
• Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player and able to work independently with minimal supervision or in a team as well.
• Exposure to architecting solutions in conjunction with SMEs and System architects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database: DB2, IMS

Language: COBOL

Tools: File Aid, VSAM, Endevor, Expediter, QMF, SPUFI, CA7, TSO, ISPF, NDM, FTP, Changeman, PD tools of IBM (FILE MANAGER, FILE MANAGER-IMS, FILE MANAGER-DB2, FAULT ANALYZER, DEBUGGER TOOL)

Scheduling Tools: CA7, ESP, Control-M

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, TN

Senior Mainframe Lead

Responsibilities:

• Attend Technical Work Group, Project Work Group and design calls for the architectural design of the mainframe applications
• Design discussion with DBA and File transfer admin
• Technical and functional guidance to the team
• Estimation for the requirements, estimation review and approval
• Engage and work with Quality Assurance team to ensure SOX compliance for the project
• Raise and Mitigate project Risks, Dependencies.
• Design, creation of Test plan and high level Test cases for the system
• Complex Coding, Testing and support for User Acceptance Testing
• Review the deliverable of self and peers to ensure error free delivery
• Source system analysis using COBOL, DB2, IMS, MQ, VSAM, JCL to understand the Key Data Elements.
• Technical analysis of the Jobs & Programs to understand the data & process flow in the current system.
• Involve in Workflow Design for the requirements, design document preparation
• Code complex programs, prepare test cases and test plans
• Perform Unit Testing, System Testing and support for User Acceptance Testing
• Review the deliverable of self and peers to ensure error free delivery
• Fixing any defects that incur during project development and implementation
• Coordinate development activities with different teams involving Environment team, Database management team, Infrastructure team, Business users team, Application development team, Quality management and testing teams
• Implementation plan creation and walkthrough with interface systems and business users
• Identify and Implement Best practices and learning’s
• Reengineering and fine tuning the applications for better optimization

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2 and VSAM, File-Aid, Expeditor, SPUFI, Eztrieve and FTP.

Confidential, CA

Senior Mainframe Developer/ Lead

Responsibilities:

• Identify process owners and other stakeholders to identify business processes and business rules
• Requirement Gathering for various What-if functionalities and solves.
• Document business requirements and facilitating approval by stakeholders
• Translate business requirements in to functional specification design documents
• Negotiate integration details with other technical teams and outside development partners
• Involve in system analysis, estimation and rewriting existing and writing new batch COBOL and online IMS DC programs to support business changes
• Technical and functional guidance (Technical Lead) to the team
• Analysis of Product specification documents across the different functional areas.
• Designed solutions to implement functionalities around complex what-if scenarios touching end to end policy life cycle and preparation of Functional Design & Technical design documents.
• Requirement gathering and walkthrough with business Technical design.
• Co-ordination with offshore developers and elucidating requirement to the team
• Test Matrix development for functional testing.
• Provided support during all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Prepared project status report and present to customer organization. Creation of detailed design document
• Setup Test plan and Test Cases and execute them to generate test results
• Code new IMS DC screens and write supporting Cobol programs to throw screens
• Coding new Cobol, amending existing Cobol programs per the requirements need
• Involve in unit testing, system testing and support user acceptance testing
• Review various Deliverables to ensure quality
• Implementation and System maintenance.
• Resolving the problem tickets
• Monitor & Tracking Project Metrics Periodically.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, GDG, VSAM, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Expeditor, SPUFI, Eztrieve, FTP.

Confidential

Offshore Technical Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Offshore Technical Lead for Large Group track and played a key role in different aspects of Accumulator update.
• Worked with client to understand the BRD and FRD.
• Conducting review meetings with different stakeholders.
• Preparing PROCESS FLOW diagrams.
• Developing and testing of extraction, transformation and load routines.
• Involved in the day-to-day development and implementation Process.
• Preparation of DATA AUDIT report.
• Involved in Unit, Integration and System testing.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, GDG, VSAM, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Expeditor, SPUFI, Eztrieve and FTP.

Confidential 

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation and documentation of the change requests using COBOL, DB2, VSAM, and JCL.
• Development of new programs using detailed design documents, Impact analysis.
• Code review and analysis and Preparation of functionality flow documents.
• Taken responsibility for overall quality and timely delivery of all offshore deliverables.
• Coordinated with the onsite team leads in accordance with Onsite/Offshore methodology.
• Involved in preparation of Test documents for Unit testing.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, GDG, VSAM, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, Expeditor, SPUFI, Eztrieve.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Coding COBOL Programs.
• Participated in Unit testing/System testing/UAT of COBOL modules.
• Participated in Validation of Test Data and Test data results.
• Participated in Loading and unloading of Test Data into DB2 tables using DB2 Utilities.
• Modified the IMS/DB2 databases using File - Aid to meet the testing criteria wherever required.

Environment: JCL, COBOL, IMS DB2, File-Aid, REXX, Abend-Aid, Expeditor, SPUFI.