SUMMARY

• 13+ years of strong work experience in Information Technology as Sr. Programmer Analyst with main focus on Analysis, Development, Maintenance, Trouble shooting, and Enhancement & Testing on IBM Mainframe environment.
• Experience in Government, Healthcare, Social Services, Insurance, Retail and Banking applications.
• In - depth knowledge of project documentation especially preparing Requirement analysis document, complex test plans and design test cases.
• Extensive experience in Coding & Unit Testing of applications on IBM Mainframe platform.
• Involved in different levels of Testing: Unit Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing and Performance testing in both On-line and Batch environments.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments at the same time.
• Expertise in developing applications using Stored Procedures.
• Expertise in Coding and Testing the Stored Procedures using COBOL II, DB2 and DB2 Development Tool.
• Expertise in developing applications using Mainframe technologies TSO/ISPF, JES3, COBOL II, VS COBOL II, JCL, DB2, CICS, MQ-SERIES, EZTRIEVE, VSAM, JAVA, J2EE, JSP and HTML.
• Expertise in SPUFI, QMF, CA-VIEW, CA-7 SCHEDULER, PLATINUM, SOFTECH, INSYNC & FILE-AID
• Proficient in IBM utilities and tools like Endevor, Changeman, Librarian, X-Pediter, Tracemaster, InterTest & Abend-Aid as testing tools or Data manipulation and Data cleansing.
• Provided post-implementation support and preparing documents.
• Involved in Production implementation upon successful user acceptance testing.
• Involved in Production support for mainframe applications and always given high priority for the production issues. Analyze the production problems and take the action immediately. Perform code changes or data patching if necessary and all the support documents to be updated accordingly. If the issues due to other teams, co-ordinate with the other teams to follow up to solve immediately.
• Highly proficient in understanding new technologies accomplishing projects goals successfully.
• Excellent problem solving and team building skills.
• Having vast experience, excellent communication and interpersonal skills which contribute to timely completion of project deliverable well ahead of schedule.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LANGUAGES: COBOL, VS COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, JCL, SQL, JAVA, J2EE, JSP, HTML, Java Script C & C++

DBMS: DB2, & SQL-SERVER

IDE: SPUFI, PLATINUM, SOFTECH, QMF & ABEND-AID

OPERATING SYSTEM / ENVIRONMENT: MVS/ESA, Z/OS, OS/390, WINDOWS NT/XP, MS-DOS, WINDOWS XP, MS VISIO, & UNIX

HARDWARE: IBM 3090

FILE ORGANIZATIONS: VSAM, PDS & GDG

OLTP: CICS, MQ-SERIES

TOOLS: ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN, LIBRARIAN, X-PEDITER, TRACEMASTER, INTERTEST, FILE-AID, INSYNC, DOC BUILDER, SHARE POINT, CA-VIEW, CA-7 SCHEDULER, TSO/ISPF & INFOMAN

IBM UTILITIES: IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, IEHLIST, IEBCOMPR, DFSORT & SYNCSORT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Jefferson City, MO

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in code maintenance and changing the code as per the new requirement.
• Involved in preparing the Unit Test Plan and executing the test cases and documenting the test results.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes and changed the code.
• Extensively involved in fixing the production issues for all the sub-systems.
• JCL's and PROC's were written to run the programs and the results were verified.
• Involved in debugging the COBOL code by using InterTest to resolve the issue.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes and changed the code.
• Working in development support for QA Testing and System Testing.
• Review of Tasks to ensure the quality of tasks done by the other team members.
• Involved in data fixing for production issues.
• Reviewing the already modified programs and discussing about defects in team meeting.
• Involved in maintaining the job runs in Production.
• Interact with on-call support team to fix the production issues.

Environment: IBM MAINFRANE 3090, COBOL II, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, JCL, PROCS, CICS, INTERTEST, LIBRARIAN, SPUFI, QMF, INSYNC, ABEND-AID, CA-7 SCHEDULER, JAVA SCRIPT & JIRA.

Confidential, Omaha, NE

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in design, development, construction & support.
• Extensively working on coding the new and changing the existing programs.
• JCL's and PROC's were written to run the programs and the results were verified.
• Extensively involved in debugging the code by using X-Pediter.
• Debugging the code to ensure correct results.
• Extensively involved in coding and testing the DB2 Stored Procedures.
• Documentation, Preparing test data and Test results.
• Involved in coding and testing the CICS programs.
• Interacted in design review and Test results review meetings.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes and changed the code.
• Analyzed and troubleshoot program code and corrected errors as required.
• Maintaining the job runs in Production.
• Involved in fixing the Production issues.

Environment: IBM MAINFRANE 3090, COBOL II, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, DB2 STORED PROCEDURE, JCL, SYNCSORT, PROCS, CICS, X-PEDITER, LIBRARIAN, SPUFI, FILE-AID, DB2 DEVELOPMENT TOOL, ABEND-AID, CA-7 SCHEDULER & CONFLUENCE.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering, scoping & estimation.
• Involved in design, development, construction & support.
• Construct programs based on program specifications, as per applicable language standards.
• Extensively working on coding the new and changing the existing programs.
• JCL's and PROC's were written to run the programs and the results were verified.
• Extensively working on several service requests raised by the DHHS.
• Extensively involved in debugging the code by using X-Pediter.
• Involved in code maintenance and changing the code as per the Service Requests.
• Debugging the code to ensure correct results.
• Extensively involved in coding and testing the DB2 Stored Procedures.
• Coding and Testing the Eztrieve Programs.
• Involved in preparing the user acceptance testing documents.
• Extensively involved in Report generation Programs.
• Interacted in client design review and Test results review meetings.
• Involved in testing the JAVA online screens.
• Review of Tasks to ensure the quality of tasks done by the other team members.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes and changed the code.
• Extensively working in Endevor and Lotus Notes Package creations.
• Played key role in project deliverables to the client.
• Preparation and Review of functionality design, program specs, Integration Production
• Implementation documents, Test plan preparation and system Test environment set up.
• Interacting with development team and business clients to resolve the issues in System/Integration testing.

Environment: IBM COMPATIBLE PC, IBM MAINFRANE 3090, COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, JCL, MVS, TSO/ISPF, DB2, DB2 STORED PROCEDURE, JCL, SYNCSORT, PROCS, IMS, CICS, X-PEDITER, ENDEVOR, SOFTECH, QMF, SPUFI, PLATINUM,FILE-AID, DB2 DEVELOPMENT TOOL, ABEND-AID, CA-7 SCHEDULER, JAVA, J2EE, EJB, JSP, HTML, CSS, Java Script, DOC BUILDER & SHARE POINT.

Confidential, Essex, MD

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement gathering from client/BA’s/Stakeholders and involved in analysis and estimation effort.
• Involved in preparation of DSD, TECH documents throughout the SDLC and participated in the TPRC meetings.
• Involved in code maintenance and changing the code as per the new requirement.
• Involved in preparing the Unit Test Plan and executing the test cases and documenting the test results.
• Extensively involved in debugging the COBOL code by using X-Pediter.
• Worked in development support for System Testing & UAT.
• Extensively working in Endevor and Lotus Notes Package creations.
• Maintaining the job runs in Production.
• Involved in code maintenance and changing the code as per the new requirement.
• Involved in fixing the Production issues.
• Review of Tasks to ensure the quality of tasks done by the other team members.
• Review and exhaustive testing of the programs.

Environment: TSO/ISPF, COBOL II, JCL, DB2, JCL, SYNCSORT, PROCS, CICS, X-PEDITER, ENDEVOR, QMF, SPUFI, FILEAID, JAVA, J2EE, EJB & JSP.

Confidential, Albany, NY

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in project estimation and time lines.
• Analysis, Design and Coding the Programs as per the Specification in Project design Document (PDD).
• Extensively involved in Claims and Financial Subsystem changes.
• Involved in Processing Part-A, Part-B, Part-C, Part-D and Pharmacy Claims.
• Construct programs based on program specifications, as per applicable language standards.
• Extensively involved in developing new COBOL Reports and results are verified in the Mainframe Reports and Mobius Reports.
• Involved in coding and testing the JAVA online screens.
• Involved in Testing the Stored Procedures using the JAVA front end screens.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes and changed the code.
• Coded new programs for Death Transactions to terminate the Clients Medicaid, Medicare and Claim process.
• Involved in code maintenance and changing the code as per the Service Requests.
• JCL's and PROC's were written to run the programs and the results are verified in the Mainframe and Mobius Reports.
• Extensively involved in Report generation Programs.
• Extensively involved in changing the EZTRIEVE programs to COBOL programs for WMS (Welfare Management System) PART-A auto accretion process.
• Extensively involved in processing HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT) EDI transaction and CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) transactions and changed the programs as per the new requirements.
• Extensively involved in debugging the COBOL code by using X-Pediter.
• Extensively working on several service requests raised by the DOH.
• Review of Tasks to ensure the quality of tasks done by the other team members.
• Debugging the code to ensure correct results.
• Interacted in client design review and Test results review meetings.
• Involved in preparing the Unit Test Plan and executing the test cases.
• Testing SQL statements outside the application program before embedding them in the program code.
• Working in development support for System Integration Testing (SIT).
• Extensively working in Endevor and Lotus Notes Package creations.
• Maintaining the job runs in Production.
• Involved in fixing the Production issues.
• Monitor the Jobs on a day to day basis and take corrective action wherever necessary.
• Involved in preparing the user acceptance testing documents.
• Updating the Technical design document (TDD) after Implementation of the Project.

Environment: Z/OS, JES3, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, DB2, STORED PROCEDURES, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, SYNCSORT, PROC’S, CICS, TELON, ENDEVOR, CA-VIEW, CA-7 SCHEDULER, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, X-PEDITER, PLATINUM, MS OFFICE, MS EXCEL, MS VISIO, JAVA, J2EE, JSP & MOBIUS REPORTING TOOL.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathering the Requirements.
• Requirement Analysis based on the specifications sent by the Client.
• Creation of Document of Understanding for the requirements.
• Estimation for the task as per standards followed in the organization.
• Preparing of Design document according to the new requirements.
• Extensively involved in converting EZTRIVE Report programs to COBOL Report programs for EOS mail process.
• Involved in coding and testing the JAVA online screens.
• Extensively worked in Stored Procedures.
• Testing the Stored Procedures thru DD2 Development Tool and JAVA Front end Screens.
• Prepared job streams and developed JCL’s and PROC’s as per requirement.
• Extensively involved in coding new Stored Procedure programs for HIDE and TRAP maintenance system.
• Extensively involved in coordinating the on-site and offshore team.
• Documentation, Preparing test data and Test results.
• Review and exhaustive testing of the programs.
• Involved in code maintenance and changing the code as per the new requirement.
• Review of Tasks to ensure the quality of tasks done by the other team members.
• Played key role in project deliverables to the client.
• Raised defects and discussed the same in team meetings to resolve the defects in time.
• Played important role in the implementation of programs into production.
• Responsible for processing data, fixing production Issues.
• Involved in preparing the overall support documents.
• Coordinate work with offshore and onsite teams to solve critical technical problems.

Environment: Z/OS, JES3, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, DB2, STORED PROCEDURES, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, SYNCSORT, PROCS, VSAM, CICS, MQ-SERIES, ENDEVOR, PLATINUM, SOFTECH, X-PEDITER, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, MS OFFICE, MS EXCEL, MS VISIO, JAVA, J2EE, JSP & DB2 Development Tool.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided On-Call support for Dispatching Products application which has several Daily, Weekly and Monthly cycles.
• Requirement Analysis based on the specifications sent by the Client.
• Creation of Document of Understanding for the requirements.
• Coding the Programs as per the new requirement.
• Extensively involved in converting the EZTRIEVE programs to COBOL programs for CDC Allocation process.
• Changing the code as per the new Service Requests received from the client.
• Involved the coding the new and change the existing Stored Procedures as per the requirements.
• Testing the Stored Procedures thru DD2 Development Tool and JAVA Front end Screens.
• Developed Job stream’s using JCL’s and PROC’s.
• Extensively involved in coordinating the on-site and offshore team.
• Exhaustive testing of the programs.
• Documentation, Preparing test data and Test results.
• Review of Tasks to ensure the quality of tasks done by the other team members.
• Debugging the code to ensure correct results.
• Assisted in Regression and parallel system testing runs to help in implementing the New Module.
• Resolve user requests and on-line problems in production.
• Trained Team Members to make them understand the system flow.

Environment: Z/OS, JES3, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, STORED ROCEDURES, JCL, PROCS, SYNCSORT, VSAM, CICS, MQ-SERIES, ENDEVOR, PLATINUM, SOFTECH, X-PEDITER, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, MS OFFICE, MS EXCEL, MS VISIO, JAVA, J2EE, JSP & DB2 Development Tool.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Mainframe Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Coding the modules as per the client’s requirements.
• Supporting the transition using batch processing JCL and PROCS and overriding the parameters using Batch JCL.
• Loading new products data into DB2 tables using VSAM files.
• Preparing requirements specification interface documents.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes.
• Involved in coding the new COBOL programs as per the Project Design Document.
• Involved in coding and testing the EZTRIEVE programs.
• Performed code changes in modules after Physical & Logical interface document has been reviewed.
• Preparing of Design document according to the new requirements.
• Responsible for unit testing and also helped in regression testing before implementation of the modules into the production.
• Reviewing the already modified programs and discussing about defects in team meeting.
• Debugging the code to ensure correct results.
• Scheduling the Jobs to run in Production.

Environment: Z/OS, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, PROCS, SYNCSORT, VSAM, CICS, CHANGEMAN, X-PEDITER, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, INFOMAN, MS OFFICE, MS EXCEL, MS VISIO & CA-7 SCHEDULER.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Mainframe Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Requirement Analysis based on the specifications sent by the Client.
• Creation of Document of Understanding for the requirements.
• Estimation for the task as per standards followed in the organization.
• Business requirements analyzing and involved in the preparation of design documents.
• Involved in changing the code as per the Service requests from the clients.
• Created screens using Screen Section and CICS as back-end.
• Involved in changing the COBOL code for CICS screens.
• Review and exhaustive testing of the programs.
• Participated in preparation of checklist guidelines for unit and integration testing.
• Documentation, Preparing test data and Test results.
• Analyzed and troubleshoot program code and corrected errors as required.

Environment: Z/OS, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, EZTRIEVE, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, PROCS, SYNCSORT, VSAM, CICS, CHANGEMAN, X-PEDITER, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, MS OFFICE, MS EXCEL & MS VISIO.

Confidential, NJ

Mainframe Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the creation of technical specifications documents.
• Documenting the programs and analysis of the functionality.
• Involved in the creation of physical and logical interface documents.
• Coding new Programs as per the requirement.
• Involved in analyzing the code for new changes and changed the code.
• Extensively involved in debugging the code by using X-Pediter.
• Preparation of Unit & Functional Test cases and capturing test results as per the test cases.
• Executed Mainframe Programs for Batch Jobs and conducted comprehensive testing of the system.
• Perform analysis to provide permanent solutions for the problems encountered during batch cycle and on-line issues logged by users in Production.

Environment: Z/OS, TSO/ISPF, VS COBOL II, CHANGEMAN, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, PROCS, SYNCSORT, VSAM, CICS, X-PEDITER, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID, MS OFFICE & MS EXCEL.