SUMMARY

• Around 9 years of experience on IBM mainframe platform dat includes various development, maintenance and support projects using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS.
• Excellent client relationship management, currently working as mainframe developer and also managing onshore - offshore relationship.
• Good experience in teh areas of Requirement gathering, impact analysis, High level Design, development, Unit testing, Integration testing, Defect analysis, defect fixing, implementation and documentation.
• Experienced in banking domain and Insurance with teh following clients.
• Discussing teh requirements with Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Experienced in Agile and Waterfall Programming Methodologies.
• Proven ability to work under pressure within tight time frames and with minimal supervision.
• As a Trainer able to establish a common cause and a shared mindset with new joiners.
• Deep knowledge on Solution Designing and System Thinking.
• Proficient in developing and improving processes to stabilize services and process.
• Excellent verbal and written customer communication and presentation skills as well as teh ability to establish and maintain cordial relationships.
• Tracking teh progress of development through meetings, updating, and publishing it to teh different stakeholders.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platform: IBM Mainframe, IBM 9672, IBM 3090, IBM 4381, OS/390

Language: COBOL, SQL, JCL, VSAM, C, C++, Java, PL/SQL, CICS, HTML

Database: DB2, MVS, Z/OS

Scripts: REXX

Tools: ENDEAVOR, XPEDITOR, FILE MANAGER, FILE AID, ABEND AID, OPC, JIRA, CONFLUENCE, ISPF, SPUFI, XML TEST, IDCAM, SORT

Domain Knowledge: INSURANCE, BANKING, POLICY, CLAIMS, BILLING AND COLLECTIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and high-level design analysis.
• Tools and technologies used: Agile methodology, Java, XML,JIRA, Confluence, Endevor, SPUFI, XPED, PL/SQL, COBOL, JCL, REXX, CICS, Web Services, ISPF panel.
• Worked on policies, claims and billing and collections related high priority issues.
• Estimate and impact assessment.
• Worked on different type of web services.
• Coded complex COBOL modules to fetch teh different data from teh database and to send it to other system.
• Provided technical support to junior programmers during coding/debugging/testing and implementation.
• Worked on OPC scheduler to schedule teh jobs.
• Provided support for SIT/UAT issues.
• Design, develops, maintains complex COBOL programs to support business requirements.
• Provide technical leadership to small teams of COBOL application developers. Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues in a production COBOL/JCL/DB2 environment.
• Worked on utility IDCAM, ENDEVOR, EXPEDITOR.
• Worked on teh product support and maintenance activities.
• Worked on OPC scheduler to schedule teh batch jobs.
• Requirement and impact analysis for teh upcoming projects.
• Defining user stories and story point estimations based on task complexity.
• Identifying blockers and discussing them with Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Participate in Sprint planning, Demo, client review and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Updating user stories with required documentation according to development phase.
• Revising Standards Code QA Checklists as per lessons learned during each sprint.
• Participation in various account and Organization level activities such as designing new tools.

Confidential, Illinois

Sr. Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

• Tools and technologies used: Agile methodology, Endevor, DB2, XPED, PL/SQL, COBOL, JCL, JIRA, Confluence.
• Coded many online and batch Cobol modules.
• Worked on policy migration process.
• Responsible of analyzing teh existing Cobol programs and corrected teh logic as per teh requirement.
• Worked on Assyst and resolved many tickets based on teh severity level.
• Worked on different type of web services.
• Resolved multiple old Jira tickets.
• Weekend and evening on-call support as needed 24/7 system support, batch processing, production support.
• Worked on online and batch processes.
• Worked on development, production support and maintenance activities.
• Resolution of abends.
• Provided SIT/UAT testing support.
• Strong analytical and coding skills on large and complex on-line and batch mainframe applications.
• Worked on Code merge automation tool to reduce teh manual effort.
• Participation in various account and Organization level activities such as designing new tools.
• Worked on development, production support and maintenance activities.
• Defining user stories and story point estimations based on task complexity.
• Programming as per project standards.
• Attending daily Scrum Calls to mark teh progress.
• Identifying blockers and discussing them with Product Owners and stakeholders.
• Participate in Sprint planning, Demo, client review and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Updating user stories with required documentation according to development phase.

Confidential, Des Moines, IA

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Cycle monitoring and support activities.
• Develop functionalities & support applications, respond to incident tickets as assigned as part of a production support responsibility, follow a repeatable methodology in teh development, test & assist on installation of application software and adheres to quality standards.
• Understand teh existing business requirements and provide support accordingly.
• Developing enhanced modules on teh application, support developed teams.
• Worked as Defect preventive coordinator for every quarter delivery to ensure dat watever defects has been captured should not get repeated in next quarter.
• Actively participated in major/minor enhancements and bug fixes.
• Played a major role in automation of regular routine and adhoc activities.
• Conducted training for new joiners.
• Actively worked on Production Support activities.
• Update teh client with teh progress and getting approvals for each phase requirements,
• Testing, Implementation
• Performing teh peer reviews and documenting teh changes when required.
• Written complex DB2 queries.
• Debugging teh policy in both online and batch and resolving teh issues.
• Continuous Offshore support to clients.
• Estimate and impact assessment.
• Defining user stories and story point estimations based on task complexity.
• Updating user stories with required documentation according to development phase.
• Revising Standards Code QA Checklists as per lessons learned during each sprint.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

• Tacking teh recurring issues and getting teh permanent solution.
• Coded programs using Cobol and SQL on IBM mainframe, writing documentation, and interfacing with teh various departments for whom we provided a service.
• Worked on night shift to provide teh batch support.
• Written many complex JCL jobs and DB2 queries to extract teh data.
• Used JIRA to assign, track, report and audit teh issues in teh application.
• Used Confluence to update teh project documentation.
• Acknowledging and resolving teh tickets.
• Prepared teh test cases as per teh requirement.
• Programming as per project standards.
• With teh offshore-onsite model of teh project, was responsible for coordinating with teh Onsite. Representative for providing resolutions to issues, Abends & requests from Clients.
• Involved in Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, and Implementation of new modules.
• Supporting Integration, Functional and Regression testing phases, and production implementation.