SUMMARY:

• 7 Years of experience in mainframes technology using programming languages like COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, Easy trieve, CA7
• Experience supporting banking and finance, securities (BFSI) and Energy/utility industry
• Experience working on MVS platform using TSO.
• Experience working with overseas customers and understanding project requirements before project kickoff - mainly BFSI domain
• Have thorough understanding of end to end software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Knowledge of programming in mainframe operating environment and in Cobol
• Responsible in programming and developing, performing unit tests
• Strong designing skills with extensive usage and knowledge in SDLC.
• Strong experience in using tools like ENDEVOR (version control), XPEDITOR and Trace Master (debugging)
• Mentoring and new engineers on programming languages for mainframe technology

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming languages: COBOL, Easy trieve JCL, DB2, VSAM and CICS

Tools: ENDEVOR, INTERTEST, SPUFI and TSO/ISPF, CA7, QC (Quality Center)

Testing: Coding and testing of APIs (Application program interface) Using SOAP and IWS

Soft skills: Quick learner of new programming tools, good communication and presentation skills

Others: Good knowledge in C, C++, RDBMS, OS CONCEPTS and JAVA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Daily scrum call and status reporting.
• Meeting with business and product owner for requirement gathering.
• Identify and communication with upstream and downstream impacted systems/ applications.
• Preparing high-level design documents.
• Development, unit testing and system testing.
• UAT Support with Business team.
• Change Management Process as per Humana standard.
• Preparing and maintaining weekly and monthly project status report.
• Offshore-Onshore Coordination.
• Production Implementation and subsequent support activities.
• Project Handover Discussion with production support team.

Environment: Mainframe-Z/OS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, SQL, Animator, FILEAID, Stored Procedure, FTP, SPUFI, Platinum, Microsoft Visio, Version One, and Squids.

Confidential

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Design, Development, Unit Testing and Implementation of various Projects and Work Requests in GIW space. Developed the new code or change the existing code.
• Responsible for creating comprehensive test data, test plan and test cases for Unit testing Involved in peer code review.
• Enhance computer system functionality using COBOL programs
• Have used Quality control for tracking the defects.
• Responsible for planning, tracking, change control for the Work requests assigned to me.
• Responsible for following the quality process and maintaining proper documentation of the tasks in hand.
• Coordinating with the Testing team and assisting them in creating the test data for system testing and supporting the UAT phase of the Install.
• Interact with Onsite team members and discuss technical problems and report bugs.
• Also was part of mentoring, providing the knowledge transfer and performing the code review of Co-developers and providing sign-off's

Environment: IBM Mainframe: OS-390, COBOL, EAZYTRIEVE, JCL, DB2, CA7 and Endevor

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients and also designing the requirement.
• Prepared unit test plan.
• COBOL coding for the Sim corp module and creation of the procs and JCL's.
• Conducted unit testing on all the modules of the project.
• Prepared unit test report.
• Checking the Quality standards of various aspects of the project in accordance with the company and client Quality guidelines.

Environment: Mainframe, COBOL, VSAM, JCL, Endevor

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients
• Prepared unit test plan
• COBOL, IDMS coding for the MOE module.
• Conducted unit testing on all the modules of the project
• Prepared unit test report
• Checking the Quality standards of various aspects of the project in accordance with the company and client Quality guidelines

Environment: Mainframe, COBOL, IDMS, JCL, Endevor, Control M

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients
• Prepared unit test plan
• COBOL, DB2 coding for the POST BASE LINED FUNCTONAL module.
• Conducted unit testing on all the modules of the project
• Prepared unit test report
• Checking the Quality standards of various aspects of the project in accordance with the company and client Quality guidelines
• Providing knowledge transfer and technical for new joiners.

Environment: Mainframe, COBOL, DB2, JCL, Endevor, Xpediter, BMC

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Coding and Development.
• Checking the Quality standards of various aspects of the project in accordance with the company Quality guidelines.
• Generation of reports and presentation of the project.
• Helped in integration of the project.
• Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients.

Environment: MVS, CICS and TSO

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developing the system of client requirement and standard.
• Coding and implementing the COBOL codes for the programs.
• Preparation of test cases and error log for the code.

Environment: JCL, VSAM and CICS, MVS, DB2, CICS, TSO and SDF