SUMMARY

• Experienced IT professional with experience in all aspects of testing, programming, management, and support.
• A proven track record of developing effective scripts and test cases to identify potential issues and minimize errors.
• Skilled in analyzing processes to identify and capitalize upon areas of improvement in efficiency and cost control.

• Software Testing
• Project Management
• Production Support
• Software Development Lifecycle
• Business Systems Testing
• Data Modeling and ETL
• Process and Data Migration
• Process Automation
• Quality Assurance Testing
• End User System Testing
• Process Improvement
• Cost Control
• Team Leadership
• Test Case Development
• Systems Analysis

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware: IBM Mainframes (OS 390/z), SUN Solaris, PC/NT, AIX

Mainframe: ASM, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, REXX, IMS, DLI, DB2, SQL, TSO, CICS, Fileaid, Control - M, Syncsort, DFSORT

UNIX: /Linux/Windows C/C++, C#, SQL/SQLPLUS, HTML, Java, Perl, Apache, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Python, Selenium

IDEs: MicroFocus, Eclipse, Visual Studio, NetBeans, PyCharm

Frameworks: jQuery, AngularJS, .NET, Spring

Additional Skills: Waterfall, Agile, Fiddler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Designer

Responsibilities:

• Capitalized upon experience while playing a key role during the completion of engineering analyses and the development of designs for an Confidential - mechanical device.
• Produced documentation as required.

Confidential

QA Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Identified and reported any potential bugs or errors within AJAX software applications through the development and execution of comprehensive QA testing.
• Performed Accessibility Verification testing for compliance with ADA Section 508 for software accessibility for the disabled.

Confidential

Mainframe Production Support / Data Migration Specialist - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Delivered comprehensive production support for Mainframe, Windows, and UNIX systems during the seamless migration of data from Pathmark to A&P systems.
• Designed and executed effective strategies for Mainframe data extractions while utilizing Perl to develop highly efficient automated data transfer processes.

Confidential

Project Manager / Mainframe Test Team Lead - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Utilized hands-on leadership and professional development for Quality Assurance staff located in the US, Mexico, Netherlands, and India to ensure the successful completion of all objectives.
• Assisted team in manual testing of sql maintenance programs. Performed hands-on assistance as required.
• Directly led teams throughout testing operations involving IBM’s Human Resources Operational Data Manager tool.
• Acquired the information needed to complete production support for systems using DB2 and LDAP.
• Leveraged in-depth test cases to identify any areas of concern or errors within multiple platforms.
• Acquired Human Resources data input from multiple sources on a worldwide basis by using Extraction, Transformation, and Load (ETL) applications.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills by coordinating work between multiple offshore teams.

Confidential

Production Support / Mainframe Data Migration Specialist - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Created effective resolutions and strategies for any issues discovered on 25+ systems for High Point Insurance during the completion of production support operations.
• Directly supported the seamless migration of customer systems through ETL by developing and implementing a C-code preprocessor utilized for processing variable-length EBCDIC binary files on UNIX or PC platforms.

Confidential

IT Specialist - Mainframe Optimization - Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded the development of performance enhancements which slashed mainframe CPU charges and reduced annual CPU costs by $1.8M within two years.
• Identified and capitalized upon an opportunity to reduce annual operating costs by $600K by leading the migration of SAS/C applications from Mainframe to a highly efficient UNIX platform.
• Acquired an annual savings of $90K for CPU costs by creating an innovative OS 390 assembler which replaced COBOL string parsing.
• Analyzed issues located within Confidential & Confidential ’s Universal Billing Edge applications programs to determine the root cause of issues and design effective production support strategies.
• Played a key role during the maintenance of production performance and data recovery projects by creating code and scripts based in C, csh, and ksh on an as needed basis.
• Performed systems analysis to highlight cost-saving opportunities. Organized test plans and scheduled test milestones. Performed hands-on end-to-end testing of system. Tested end-user CDI product prior to shipment to customers.

Confidential

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Ensured the continued success of a testing environment utilized for tracking application module performance throughout the course of multiple releases.
• Supported the completion of performance enhancement initiatives through the delivery of CPU-sec/record coefficient data and statistical analyses.
• Introduced enhancements within the Capacity Planning software to assist in predicting biller performance.
• Controlled the maintenance, upkeep, and stability of the Margevich Division intranet web page.
• Acquired an annual savings of $700K within billing processes through the creation and implementation of major improvements within the code.
• Developed and modified program modules and JCL utilizing COBOL II, VSAM files, and IMS database calls.
• Utilized HTML during the launch of an intranet web page designed to enhance staff communication.
• Led the development and implementation of a relational database based in Microsoft Access Visual Basic.
• Authored a module based in C utilized for modifying file input for ARCAD system on a UNIX platform.