EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• IT experience includes (i.e. Mainframe Architect/Consultant), in the area of project management, execution and implementation with key emphasis on analysis/design of business processes, Software systems, Software life cycle and methodology, Development/Testing, Project implementation, Support, User & documentation.
• Around 10+ Yrs.
• Onsite experience (USA) as Onsite Lead
• Good experience in BFS, Insurance & Healthcare industries in different lines of business & also good exposure to Retail & Manufacturing industries etc.
• Good experience on Development, Maintenance/Enhancement & also on Testing projects
• Hands on Mainframe skills (both Online/Batch) as well as Software Testing.
• Expertise in Healthcare industry process (i.e. mainly in Claims processing,, EnB etc.)
• Good exposure to ‘Transformation’, ‘Modernization’ & also ‘Migration’ project and currently working for Confidential on “FACETS Transformation” project in Claims functional area.
• Actively involved in various phase of SDLC i.e. Requirement analysis, Design, Code change, Unit Testing etc. and having good experience in complete Life Cycle from the requirements stage to Project Closure.
• Good exposure to various phases of the testing cycle (i.e. STLC) such as System Integration Testing, Functional Testing, Regression testing, Performance Testing, End to End Testing and UAT Testing. (Including Preparation of test environment/data, Designing/Reviewing the unit/system/user level test cases, Test strategy, supports executing the test cases & logging defects etc.)
• Worked on Test Management tools like HP Quality center, RTC etc.
• Expertise in various testing methodologies, techniques and standards
• Good Technical/Functional, Analytical skills & managing skills.
• Coordinating with the multiple Application teams - clients / onsite / offshore team for gathering requirements, status updates and issue handling.
• Strong Team Lead with excellent inter-personal, written/oral communication skills
• Ability to meet deadlines with no compromise on the quality of the work product.
• Good Knowledge in DevOps (e.g. GIT, Jenkins etc.) & also AWS Cloud (e.g. Lambda, EC2 etc.) Technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: OS/390, Z/OS, Windows NT 4.0/95/98/XP, DOS 6.22, COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, Natural, REXX, Ezytrieve, IMS DB/DC

Databases: DB2(including SP), ADABAS, MS Access, IMS DB

Tools: File-Aid, File Manager, Startool Endevor, Change man, SCLM XPEDITER, Interest QMF, SARS, CA-7, MQ SeriesFACETS, HP ALM, ERP etc.

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL/VSAM, CICS, Ezytrieve, Natural, REXX

SKILLS SUMMARY:

Mainframe Technology: 11+ Yrs. of exp. on Development/Enhancement & Maintenance projects

Software Testing: 5+ Yrs. of exp. on Testing projects which includes Mainframe/Facets/ERP Technology

Project Management: 3+ Yrs. of exp. on Maintenance/Enhancement/Testing projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NY

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement for Testing & worked along with the Project Manager, Technology leads and other Project leads to come up with the project plan.
• Test management including Test planning, developed a Testing Strategy and presented it to the client in a walk - through session.
• Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget) & make sure creation of Test plan accordingly.
• Held review sessions with the client work stream Leads to walk them through each Test Plan and updated the plans based on client s feedback.
• Single point contact between onsite and offshore team, Co-ordination with onsite for issue resolution.
• Assisted Testing team for the Test deliverables as per STLC -Designing/Reviewing the system/user level test cases, Preparation of test environment/dataExecuting the test cases and logging defects etc.
• Test coverage analysis & optimization of Test cases, assisted team for creating RTM
• Review it thoroughly in order to make sure nothing is missed, performing risk analysis & make sure to get customer acceptance on the deliverables (i.e. conducted Walk-thru session on Test design & result)
• Ensure timely delivery of different testing milestones & the adherence to the company's Quality processes and procedures. Keep track of all Change request, Work Request for production changes
• Worked very closely with Test data management (i.e. TDM) Team in claim/ area.
• Provided KT/ on Facets frontend/backend to new joinee and helped them to create transaction etc.
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status & Closure reporting with both the Business & Development teams.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential, CA

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential, CA

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential, MA

Test Arch/Manager (Mainframe)

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement for Testing & worked along with the Project Manager, Technology leads and other Project leads to come up with the project plan.
• Test management including Test planning, developed a Testing Strategy and presented it to the client in a walk - through session.
• Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget) & make sure creation of Test plan accordingly.
• Held review sessions with the client work stream Leads to walk them through each Test Plan and updated the plans based on client s feedback.
• Single point contact between onsite and offshore team, Co-ordination with onsite for issue resolution.
• Assisted Testing team for the Test deliverables as per STLC - Designing/Reviewing the system/user level test cases, Preparation of test environment/dataExecuting the test cases and logging defects etc.
• Test coverage analysis & optimization of Test cases, assisted team for creating RTM Review it thoroughly in order to make sure nothing is missed, performing risk analysis whenever needed
• Make sure to get customer acceptance on the deliverables
• Ensure timely delivery of different testing milestones & the adherence to the company's Quality processes and procedures. Keep track of all Change request, Work Request for production changes
• Worked very closely with Test data management (i.e. TDM) Team in claim/ area.
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status & Closure reporting with both the Business & Development teams.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget
• Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential, New Jersey

Tech PM (Mainframe)

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation/Review of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Test Lead/Mainframe

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement for Testing.
• Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Test planning, Test strategy/Approach and ensuring smooth implementation Of testing methodologies
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Designing/Reviewing the system/user level test cases, Preparation of test environment/data & RTM preparation
• Executing the test cases and logging defects.
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status & Closure reporting
• With both the Business & Development teams.
• Ensure timely delivery of different testing milestones & the adherence to the company's Quality processes and procedures.
• Keep track of all Change request, Work Request for production changes
• Act as the single point of contact between Development and Testers for iterationsTesting and deployment activities. Prepares/updates the metrics dashboard at the end
• Of a phase or at the completion of project.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.

Confidential, NJ

Tech Lead/Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of business requirement
• Documentation of high - level Project Scope, Timeline and Budget
• Effort estimation (in terms of time, resource & budget).
• Mapping requirements and providing them best fit solutions involving evaluation & definition of scope of project and finalizations of project requirements.
• Team Management by proper resource utilization and work allocation.
• Creation of Design for Technical solution
• Code Development as per Technical design & Unit testing
• Support to Mainframe Modernization (i.e. Jacada Integrator)
• SIT/UAT support & Implementation of Project
• Handling the Reviews, Meeting and Status, Ensure timely delivery as per milestones
• Closure reporting with Business, Development and Testing teams
• Ensure the adherence to the company's Quality processes/procedures, timely delivery as per testing milestones & creating weekly/monthly status report.
• Handling multiple Application teams - clients/onsite/offshore team for gathering requirementsstatus updates and issue handling.