SUMMARY

• Sr. Mainframe application developer wif over 8+ years of extensive experience in Mainframe application development involving in complete software development life cycle.
• Extensive noledge and experience in requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of Mainframe applications.
• TEMPHas extensive noledge and experience in coding/developing programs in COBOL, ASSEMBLER
• TEMPHas very good noledge, experience in coding JCL and usage of different utilities (SORT, IEFBR14, IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, IDCAMS etc.) in JCL.
• Experienced in preparing test plans and testing batch programs using JCL and testing online programs using transactions in CICS screens.
• TEMPHas extensive experience in production support such as analysing production problems/job abends to find root cause and fixing the problems.
• Experienced in debugging COBOL, ASSEMBLER programs using IBM DEBUG tool to find root cause of batch job abend or online transaction failure in CICS.
• Experienced in accessing/updating DB2 by writing queries in SPUFI/AQT/programs and have good experience in accessing/updating VSAM files in programs/JCLs.
• Implemented many complex projects wifin given time and wifout any defects and got customer appreciations.
• Possesses excellent skills to analyse complex applications, improve software component designs to get benefits in terms of process effectiveness
• Experienced wif Offshore centric working model and worked as onsite technical lead.
• Led a team and played a major role in its growth by drastically reducing customer escalations/ complaints and acquiring customer confidence.
• Possesses excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills.
• Extremely well disciplined, organized, wif ability to multi - task and prioritize workload.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, ASSEMBLER, CICS, SQL

Databases: DB2,VSAM

Tools:, Utilities and Other Software: TSO/ISPF, ENDEVOR, TWS, RMS, IBM DEBUG, XPEDITER, FAULT ANALYZER, FILE MANAGER, SPUFI, ROSCOE, CCF, EASYTRIEVE, SAS, CA1, MS OFFICE, WINDOWS OS, IBM SYSTEM Z/OS

Domain Knowledge: Banking and Financial Services, Media and Information Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Cincinnati, Ohio

Senior mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases of software development life cycle
• Gather requirements from clients and converting business requirements into technical specifications.
• Coding COBOL, ASSEMBLER programs in different transaction processing application programs based on requirements
• Coding JCL to execute programs and for different data handling purposes
• Code to access/update VSAM, DB2 in programs/JCLs based on requirements
• Review code changes and compile the programs and fix compilation errors if any
• Prepare test plan and test programs using test JCLs for unit, integration and system testing
• Implement changes using CCF wif all necessary approvals from change implementation board.
• Perform post implementation validation by checking results of program/job run in production.
• Support and monitor critical applications involving transaction processing, such as Electronic Fund Transfer, merchant and financial institution settlement, card extracts and card production. These are crucial and core applications of Confidential .
• Analyze/debug production job abends/incidents by using IBM DEBUG tool and resolve them wifin defined SLAs
• Provide permanent fixes to recurring production problems by doing appropriate coding changes and testing them and implement the changes in production through internal change management process
• Perform quality assurance activities to ensure no change rejections or bad fixes.
• Monitor and validate the implemented fixes in production, are working as expected.
• Interface wif the requestor to gather the information about any production problem and research, provide appropriate solutions.
• Research and provide requested data/information to customer and answer their questions related to production process
• Recreate and resend activity, posting files to financial institutions for their transaction processing.
• Regularly update status of production incidents, service requests to customers by documenting progress in internal tool IRIS and deliver results wifin defined SLAs
• Generate ideas for automation of the existing applications/processes to reduce time/manual efforts and execute them wif the consultation of clients.

Confidential, Tampa, Florida

Senior mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Discuss requirements wif clients directly and prepare initial analysis document (IE) to convert the Clients requirements to technical specifications.
• Prepare detailed analysis document (DET) for complete details regarding code changes for achieving requirements.
• Development of code in COBOL or ASSEMBLER for new requirements and also code JCL changes to execute programs
• Code to access/update VSAM, DB2 in programs/JCLs based on requirements
• Reviewing the code changes, compiling programs by adding to ENDEVOR and fixing compilation errors if any
• Preparing test plan to describe the scenario for testing requirements for unit, integration testing.
• Test the changes using test JCLs and verify if test results satisfy the requirements and to make sure new changes do not hamper existing functionality
• Implementing code changes in production by adding to ENDEVOR and creating, executing package
• Perform post implementation validation of changes to make sure everything worked as expected
• Research and resolve production problems/job abends wifin SLA and fix code to permanently fix problem
• Code and test online programs in COBOL, ASSEMBLER and test them by performing online transactions and verify if results are CICS screens are as expected.
• Resolve online transaction abends in CICS screens, by debugging wif IBM debug tool wifin SLA
• Regularly update status of production incidents, service requests to customers by documenting progress in Service Desk and deliver results wifin defined SLAs
• Get coding, testing done by offshore and guide them to resolve problems if any
• Responsible for proper execution, delivery of projects at client location as onsite technical lead
• Getting constant feedback from clients and implementing process improvement solutions for quality deliverables

Confidential

Mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Discuss requirements wif onsite leads and prepare initial analysis document to convert the Clients requirements to technical specifications.
• Prepare detailed analysis document for complete details regarding code changes for achieving requirements.
• Development of code in COBOL or ASSEMBLER for new requirements and also code JCL changes to execute programs
• Code to access/update VSAM, DB2 in programs/JCLs based on requirements
• Reviewing the code changes, compiling programs and fixing compilation errors if any
• Preparing test plan to describe the scenario for testing requirements
• Test the changes and verify if test results satisfy the requirements and to make sure new changes do not hamper existing functionality
• Implementing code changes in production by adding to ENDEVOR and creating, executing package
• Perform post implementation validation of changes to make sure everything worked as expected
• Research and resolve production problems/job abends wifin SLA and fix code to permanently fix problem
• Resolve online transaction abends in CICS screens, by debugging wif IBM debug tool wifin SLA
• Regularly update status of production incidents, service requests to customers by documenting progress in Service Desk and deliver results wifin defined SLAs