SUMMARY

• 10 years of experience of in mainframe application development, analysis, design, testing and production support wif emphasis on teh H & PS (Health & Public Service Industry) and Financial Industry. ( Corporate Banking).
• Proficiency in Preparing Technical Design Documents and System Maintenance Technical Documents (SMTD) using teh Microsoft suite (Word, excel, PowerPoint) and Visio for design.
• Understanding of business analysis entailing requirements gathering / analysis, client interactions, liaising between teams, deployments, etc.
• 10 Years of experience in development, maintenance and enhancement mainframe projects using COBOL, TSO/ISPF, JCL, DB2, IMS DB, IMS DC, CICS and VSAM in teh Z/OS environment.
• Handling individual mainframe projects from analysis, design, development, testing to support using various tools like SPUFI, File - Manager, TSO/ISPF, DFSORT, IDCAMS, QMF, SCLM, ENDEAVOR, IBM Debug Tool and OPC.
• Having good experience on HTML, XML, JavaScript and Done code analysis of Java Applications.
• Having certification on DB2 Programmer and completed Training on BIG DATA (Hadoop).
• Extensive experience in creating test overviews, test plans and test cases using Quality Centre and providing close support to Quality Assurance teams
• Interacting wif clients for requirement gathering, finalization of business/functional specifications; generating and compiling reports based on findings; wif causes and solutions to systems issues
• Suggesting appropriate as well as technology-based solutions for enhancing functional efficiency of teh organization and achieving business excellence
• An TEMPeffective leader wif proven abilities in working wif cross cultural teams during teh project phase; guiding team members and enabling knowledge sharing among teh team
• A quick learner and teh ability to apply teh knowledge gained TEMPeffectively.
• Consistent feedback from managers from various geographies regarding excellent communication skills and ability to learn quickly.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, IMS DC, Knowledge of REXX, CICS and Overview of XML, HTML, Java WebServices and JavaScript

Operating Systems: Z/OS, Windows 98, 2000/NT and XP Professional

Development Tools: TSO/ISPF, File Manager, Software Configuration Library management (SCLM), Table Editor, ENDEAVOR, Ice Tool, HP Quality Centre and IBM Debugger

Databases: DB2, VSAM and IMS DB

Office Tools: Microsoft Office Word, Excel (Macros, Vlookup), PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, Agile Methodology, SharePoint and Lotus Notes.

Training: DB2 Application Developer and BIG DATA (Hadoop)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Senior Mainframe Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Technical design documents for different releases of teh project/tasks both for teh mainframe environment as well as teh front end.
• Analysis of various requirements, clarifying requirements wif various business representatives of various countries.
• Preparation of test overview, plan and test cases for mainframe environment.
• Execution of Unit test cases and completing coding and supporting system and user testing.
• Responsible for organizational implementation material deploying code and involving release activities.
• Post Production support in following up defects and re-tests.

Confidential

Mainframe Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Prepared teh knowledge capture document of teh Confidential application through meetings wif subject matter experts
• Functioned wif various Technical Engineering Teams setting up meetings in order to finalize teh design of a new migration project dat involved teh migration of legacy services to a new Java based platform.
• Analyzed teh mapping of Functional document wif corresponding Cobol.
• Involved in transforming COBOL and PL/1 code to pseudo code to help Java programmers.
• Used IMS DB in analyzing data and teh DB2 tables to query data in order to build system maintenance documents.
• Involved in creating design diagrams by using Microsoft Visio.
• Coordinated wif teh Offshore Team in order to execute development and testing

Confidential, Lincoln, NE

Mainframe Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed technical specifications and programs using COBOL, DB2, IMS DB, JCL and VASM to meet project requirements.
• Functioned on various projects throughout teh SDLC of requirements gathering, technical specifications, design and development and support of applications
• Provided support to teh fund conversion process, analysis, interfacing wif different business groups to resolve issues using DB2 SQL and JCL extensively in order to analyze data from migration between different mainframes.
• Developed system maintenance documents and other program specific documents
• Worked wif Offshore Resource Teams for development and testing
• Imparted training to teh resources to function as backup of teh system application
• Involved in team code, test planning and test results reviews
• Actively participated in weekly status calls wif teh team to highlight teh project status, accomplishments, risks and plans to mitigate teh risks
• Significantly made contributions in taking sole charge of teh fund conversion process in a very short period of time and learning new technical skills quickly

Confidential

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Solely responsible in design, development, testing and support using Cobol, DB2, JCL, VSAM and other tools like File Manager, DFSORT, IDCAMS and TSO/ISPF
• Developed and executed teh test plans in QA, and created test cases for teh business users UAT to ensure a successful rollout and requirements and functionality match
• Provided teh solutions dat meet both teh client and in-house expectations while seeking opportunities to provide value added service
• Analyzed teh program requirements and designed and developed program specifications.
• Conducted Unit Testing and Acceptance Testing
• Provided production support 24/7 for statement system as well as teh Defined Contribution system on rotation basis.
• Functioned wif Development Team through several development lifecycles based on teh SDLC Methodology
• Examined, documented and resolved critical issues including teh fixation of bugs
• Involved in design, drawing up functional requirements, coding, testing and support of implementation

Confidential

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Coded, tested and supported COBOL programs, DB2, JCL, IMS DB, IMS DC, VSAM, and IBM Debug tool.
• Conducted extensive research and analysis to ensure smooth transition on teh migration project. Research and analysis involved using extensive excel and coding COBOL programs to compare existing and future systems data.
• Formulated plans regarding project resource allocation and status updates to ensure efficient operations.
• Functioned as chief liaison between teh Client, Company and teh Offshore Team.
• Delivered presentations of teh different phases and goal of teh planned migration.
• Analyzed teh program requirements and designed and developed teh program specifications for a clearing system to ensure validations were done properly.
• Revised teh changed code to ensure teh quality and standard.
• Formulated Test Plans and Test Strategies.