EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• 7+ years of Mainframe experience in Application Design, Development, Testing and Production support and maintenance projects.
• Involved in complete software development life cycle (SDLC) of the Requirements gathering, Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing and Implementation.
• Experience includes preparation of Functional Specification, Technical Specification which includes High level design and Low level design.
• Extensive experience in Batch and Online Application development.
• Extensive working experience on COBOL, JCL Technologies and average experience in SAS.
• Extensive working experience on databases DB2 and VSAM.
• Extensive working experience on mainframe tools like TSO, ISPF, SDF, FILEAID, SPUFI, QMF, NDM, SAR, FTP.
• Extensive working experience on Batch Debugging tool XPEDITOR.
• Extensive working experience on version control tool ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN.
• Having working experience in preparing documents using Visio, Ms - word, MS-Excel.
• Experience in using CA7 and Control M Job scheduler.
• Experience in preparing Estimation for the Deliverables.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly understand clients' business needs.
• Very good experience in gathering requirements and analysing technical impact.
• Experience in creating Test strategies, Test Plan, Test data and validating the Test Results.
• Experience in Unit Testing, Integrated Testing and User Acceptance Testing.
• Participated in daily meetings with the team, walkthroughs and defect tracking meetings
• Experience in using the HP Quality centre.
• Have Experience in print technologies like AFP, STREAMWEAVER, xPression and SAR
• Good understanding of Business practices in the verticals like Healthcare, Banking & Financial Services.
• Conversant with software quality processes (PCMM LEVEL 5).
• Good Team player, having interest towards exploring, learning and using new Tools & Software quickly as required.
• Excellent communication, team spirit, hardworking and leadership skill.
• Excellent exposure in interacting with clients and providing Co-ordination between onsite and offshore.
• Coordinating the technical team with Business team, Test team, and Support team.

TECHNICAL SKILLSET

Operating system: Z/OS, OS/390, MVS/ESA, Windows7/XP/NT

Programming languages: COBOL, JCL, SAS

Databases: DB2 and VSAM.

Tools and Utilities: FILEAID, SPUFI, QMF, XPEDITOR, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, Sync sort, IDCAMS, IBM File manager, IBM Utilities, NDM, FTP, Super-c, CA7, Abendaid and SAR.

Version control tools: ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Lead / Sr. Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the requirements and preparing the Functional Design Document FDD (High level and Low level designs) using MS-Word.
• Perform Impact analysis and creating process flow diagrams and technical specifications using Visio, MS-Word, MS-Excel and PowerPoint.
• Conduct Design walkthroughs and obtain sign-off from stake holders.
• Preparing Estimations /LOE for the deliverables.
• Creation of New programs, changes/modification to existing programs written in COBOL, JCL, PROC, DB2, VSAM, and Flat files.
• Simulating the test conditions with the help of tools like FILE-AID.
• Preparing and writing test cases in Quality Centre.
• Perform Unit testing, SIT and User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Performing Quality Review’s to assure the quality along with the correctness of the deliverable.
• Prepare Implementation and back out plans for Production Implementation.
• Raising Requests using TSRM to get the approvals and to work with Batch support system for implementation activities.
• Provide Production Support and Co-ordinate business validation during Production Implementation.
• Address the defects logged in Rational Clear Quest (Quality Control) and document resolution.
• Support the project throughout the warranty period.
• Prepare status reports and distribute to Release Management for effective tracking.
• Use Control-M to schedule the Jobs and check the job flow
• Performing debugging analysis using Abend Aid and Xpediter for Cobol-DB2 modules.
• Prepared Adhoc reports using Ms-Excel.
• Sending the Adhoc reports to required recipients from Mainframe using FTP.
• Use of tools like FILE-AID, SAR, JCL and Control-M to ease the daily performed work effort.
• Coordinating between offshore and onsite.

Environment & Tools: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, SQL, File Aid, SDF, SAR, SPUFI, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, Quality Centre, IBM Rational Clear Quest, Super-C, Abend Aid, NDM, FTP, and Control-M.

Confidential

Sr. Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the requirements and preparing the Functional documents (High level and Low level designs) using MS-Word.
• Perform Impact analysis and creating process flow diagrams and technical specifications using Visio, MS-Word, MS-Excel and PowerPoint.
• Conduct Design walkthroughs and obtain sign-off from stake holders.
• Preparing Estimations for the deliverables.
• Creation of New programs, changes/modification to existing programs written in COBOL, JCL, SAS, Procs,, VSAM, and Flat files.
• Simulating the test conditions with the help of tools like FILE-AID.
• Perform Unit testing and User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Performing Quality Review’s to assure the quality along with the correctness of the deliverable.
• Prepare Implementation and back out plans for Production Implementation.
• Provided Production Support during Production Implementation.
• Prepare status reports and distribute to Release Management for effective tracking.
• Use CA 7 to schedule the Jobs and check the job flow
• Use of tools like FILE-AID, SAR, JCL and CA 7 to ease the daily performed work effort.

Environment & Tools: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, File Aid, XPEDITOR, ENDEVOR and CA 7

Confidential

Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the requirements from the business requirement document BRD and preparing the High Level Design document using MS-Word.
• Perform Impact analysis and creating process flow diagrams and technical specifications or Low Level Design Document using Visio, MS-Word, MS-Excel and PowerPoint.
• Preparation of Unit Test Plans for various modules to test them.
• Creation of New programs, changes/modification to existing programs written in COBOL, JCL, PROCS, DB2, VSAM, and Flat files.
• Preparation of System testing JCLs and other setup.
• Simulating the test conditions with the help of tools like FILE-AID.
• Execution of system testing cycles (various JCL’s) and handing over the results to QA.
• Perform Unit testing and User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Performing Peer reviews to assure the quality along with the correctness of the deliverable.
• Preparation of deployment setup for moving various components to Production.
• Provided Production Support during Production Implementation.
• Prepare status reports and distribute to Project Management for effective tracking.
• Use CA7 to schedule the Jobs and check the job flow
• Use of tools like FILE-AID, SDF, JCL, CA7 to ease the daily performed work effort.

Environment & Tools: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, File Aid, SPUFI, XPEDITOR, SDF, ENDEVOR, NDM and CA7

Confidential

Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the requirements and preparing the Functional documents using MS-Word.
• Preparing estimations for the CRs.
• Perform Impact analysis and creating process flow diagrams and technical specifications using Visio, MS-Word, MS-Excel and PowerPoint.
• Creation of New programs, changes/modification to existing programs written in COBOL, JCL, Procs, DB2, VSAM, and Flat files.
• Simulating the test conditions with the help of tools like FILE-AID.
• Perform Unit testing and User Acceptance Test (UAT).
• Provided Production Support during Production Implementation.
• Prepare status reports and distribute to Project Management for effective tracking.
• Use CA7 to schedule the Jobs and check the job flow
• Use of tools like FILE-AID, JCL, CA7 to ease the daily performed work effort.
• Participated in Defect Prevention Meeting.

Environment & Tools: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, FileAid, SDF, SPUFI, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, NDM, Abend Aid and CA7