SUMMARY

• 8+ Years of progressive experience in Business Analysis, Design, Development, Maintenance, Production Support, Coding, Testing, Documentation, Quality Assurance Mainframe platform using COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, CICS, FTP.
• Worked extensively on COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, Net Express and Good hands on Easytrieve, Rexx, and CICS.
• Worked on Vantage and WMA product i.e. A CSC's product use to administer Life insurance and Annuity policies, Business Rules tables, Product wizard, Allowable value management AVM, XML gateway.
• Good knowledge on Waterfall model, RUP Rational Unified process Agile methodology.
• Strong experience on coordination skills to lead onsite - offshore teams throughout all phases.
• Worked on entire Software Development Cycle right from Requirement Gathering, Converting Business requirements into technical specifications, Impact Analysis, Root cause Analysis for problems or incidents, Estimation, Design High Level and Detail, Coding, Maintenance, and production support, Unit testing and Integration Testing.
• Have experience in Data mapping and process flow analysis.
• Worked on system performance tuning.
• Very energetic, hardworking, highly self-motivated team player with strong problem-solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Key Skills: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IBM Utilities, SQL, Rexx, CICS

Operating Systems: IBM Mainframe Z/OS, MVS, Windows 9x/2000/XP, MVS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, SQL

Database: DB2

Tools: TSO, ISPF, ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN, FILEAID, File Manager, FILEDB2, QMF, XPEDITOR, MANAGENOW, REXX, JHS, JOBTRAC, CA-7, CA-11, INTERTEST, BRIAN MAN, SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEM SCS, Abend aid, QMF, SPUFI, VIDD, MS access, JIRA, Micro Focus, Beyond Compare, Net Express.

Access Method: VSAM

Automation Office: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Outlook, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Office and MS Project

Products: Vantage, Wealth Management Accelerator wmA, Product wizard, Allowable Value Management AVM.

Sorting technique: SYNCSORT, DFSSORT

Key Skills: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IBM Utilities, SQL, Rexx, CICS

Operating Systems: IBM Mainframe Z/OS, MVS, Windows 9x/2000/XP, MVS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, SQL

Database: DB2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked through all the project life cycle SDLC Software Development Life Cycle which is a Waterfall methodology starting from high level design to system/integration testing.
• Prepared High level and Low Technical Design Doc as per Business design doc provided by Business system analyst.
• Review the tech specs and participate in the tech spec meeting.
• Perform Impact analysis of the system to identify code changes.
• Coding Cobol-DB2 modules
• Used various IBM utilities like DFSORT, IEBGENER, and IDCAMS to write various jobs depending on requirements.
• Maintenance of JCLs, PROCs, PARMs and Loads for application.
• Write complex queries using SPUFI to perform various operations on the database.
• Create unit test plan and execute Unit Testing.
• Provide root cause analysis of defect and resolution of it in System testing phase.
• Used XPEDITOR to debug both online and batch programs.
• Worked towards providing value add to customers in addition to Client satisfaction.
• Live movement of project into production with version control tool Endevor.
• Providing Fix in case of abends or defects.
• Post production warranty support.

Environment: Cobol, JCL, DB2, TSO, ISPF, COBOL, Xpeditor, Endevor, Fileaid-DB2, File-aid, IBM Utilities with Waterfall Methodology

Confidential, EL Paso, TX

Mainframe Developer and Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Participated in a kick off meeting which officially initiates the project.
• Participate in JAD Joint Application Design and discuss the project requirement in detail with the impacted stakeholders.
• Acted as a single point of contact for offshore and onshore team members.
• Worked closely with functional and technical project leads, subject Matter Experts SMEs and other business groups to identify, analyze Business requirements
• Worked through all the project life cycle SDLC Software Development Life Cycle which is a Waterfall methodology starting from high level design to system/integration testing.
• Prepared Technical Design Doc as per Business design doc provided by Business system analyst
• Review the tech specs and participate in the tech spec meeting.
• Perform Impact analysis of system
• Coding Cobol-DB2 modules.
• Create unit test plan and execute Unit Testing.
• Coordinating with Business analyst and project team member in System testing phase.
• Worked towards providing value add to customers in addition to Client satisfaction.
• Live movement of project into production with version control tool Endevor
• Providing Fix in case of abends or defects.
• Post production warranty support.
• Providing On call support five days a week.

Environment: Cobol, JCL, VSAM, DB2, TSO, ISPF and IBM Mainframe Rational tools, Endevor, IBM Utilities with Waterfall Methodology

Confidential, TX

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as core technical team member
• Prepared Technical Design Doc as per Business need in enhancement and development of projects
• Coding and Unit Testing.
• Provided Fix in case of defects or change control in system testing and UAT phase
• Working with Business system analysts in case of new change control is raised to understand the need for it. Implemented Code in Production using version control tools.
• Implemented the code in production with Endevor
• Monitoring Batch cycle execution.
• Handled tickets on basis of their Severity and meeting the SLAs
• Created Business Checkouts which required Sending Daily Reports to business
• Handled Abends occurred during Jobs execution and giving the temporary solution to the problem

Environment: Cobol, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IBM Utilities, Endevor, Xpeditor, Abend aid, Jobtrac, File Manager with Waterfall and Agile Methodology

Confidential

Mainframe Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed Vantage code version 15.16 to upgrade it to wMA 9.2.0 version
• Prepared code modification log for every system Annuity, UL and TRAD to keep track of Mod
• Impact analysis of new modification provided by Confidential
• Performed Retrofitting and Coding
• Prepared Unit test plan for Online Vantage screens vs wMA screens and performed Unit Testing.
• Provided Fix in case of abends or defects with defects estimation
• Coordinated with Business analyst in System testing phase
• Participated in UAT testing performed by Confidential and Live production move.
• Working on performance improvement initiatives

Environment: Cobol, JCL, DB2, CICS, IBM Utilities, Endevor, Xpeditor, Fileaid-DB2 with Waterfall Methodology