PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 16+ years of professional experience in IT industry experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals and more than 10 years of Insurance domain.
• Working in Auto Owners Insurance as a contractor.
• Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations, and implementation of software applications including Mainframe applications.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.
• Organized, goal - oriented, self-starter, and ability to master new technologies manage multiple tasks while following through from start to completion.
• Experienced in analyzing business requirement at all stages of Software development of life cycle SDLC.
• Strong database skills, Mainframe programming and development knowledge
• Experience in leading and managing teams. Handled multiple roles - Onsite Coordinator, Developer, Production Support
• Executed software projects for Healthcare industry, Telecommunication and Auto Insurance
• Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self-motivated, quick learner, team player and Leader.
• Have over 16+ years of experience in Mainframe Technologies and Software Development. I have expertise in analyzing, designing, and building of applications in the areas of transportation logistics, insurance and Healthcare. I have worked extensively on Mainframe applications using programming languages like COBOL, JCL, Eazytrieve.
• I have been working on various IBM Mainframe projects as an IT Specialist. I have gained my experience through execution of hands-on projects. I have undergone the provided to me at IBM India on Mainframe technologies and tools like Endevor, FileManager, FileAid, FileAid for IMS DB DC, APA (Application Performance Analyzer). I have gained my soft skills like Business Communication skills, Client facing skills, How to improve client Satisfaction etc from various project experiences.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Mainframes Technologies: TSO, Endevor, FileManager, ChangeMan, File Aid, Fault Analyzer, CA7, VSAM

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, Eazytrieve

Database: DB2 & SQL, IMS DB

Mainframes Online GUI: IMS DC, CICS

Operating Systems: Windows XP, zOS

Methodologies: Agile Scrum, Waterfall, JIRA, IBM s QMS

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for enhancing the application programs of Collection & Disbursements, Attending kick off meetings with Business and other application teams as part of the new requirements or enhancement to the existing applications and providing the key inputs as per the requirements.
• Responsible for resolving resolving batch & online issues, planning, tracking using JIRA’s.
• Worked in Agile implementation environment. Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide regular status to the customer.
• Involved in converting Documerge to Documaker process for Invoices, Correspondence, and Cancelation letters.
• Develop solution for the requirements, conduct testing and perform analysis of the specifications as provided by the users or clients.
• Peer reviewing other declaration changes related to Personal property system.
• Responsible for system workflows, fixing critical issue in production environment, documentation to stream line the process. Project improvement includes - data related issue, invoice generation abends, educate the team about invoice generation, regression stream.
• Automated test stream to trigger by CA7 scheduling.

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, Stored Procedures, File Manager, Endevor, RDz/IDz, Documaker, MQ, Open Shift, CA7, Agile methodology, and JIRA board.

Confidential

Sr. Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for enhancing the CAPSIL life system, Attending kick off meetings with Life business and other application teams as part of new requirements or enhancements to the existing applications and providing the key inputs as per the requirements
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, scheduling, aspects of the modules of CAPSIL life system.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide regular status to the customer.
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading the efforts including programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Responsible for handling VSAM backup, online workflows, Portal subsystems which connects front end using MQ, and Production support. Resolved multiple high critical issues to reduce number of batch/online abends.

Environment: CAPSIL product, COBOL, IMS DB, DB2, PL/1, JCL, File Manager, VSAM, Endevor, RDz/IDz, MQ, Documerge, Documaker, CA7 and Optimus(Client Tool)

Confidential

Sr. Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, aspects of the modules of Farm & IM.
• Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide regular status to the customer.
• Responsible for releasing new and enhanced programs, analysis, coding, testing, production support. Project improvements including - declaration generation, new form additions, documentation.

Confidential

Business Analyst/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Acknowledge the HPSM inquiries raised by the users (Agents, ISC and others); provide help and resolution to users within the stipulated SLA guidelines.
• Monitoring of the database on daily basis by running the Control-D proactive reports.
• Monitor the daily error reports and fixes the DATA/DB discrepancies.
• Analyzed the business requirements by dividing them into subject areas and understood the data flow within the organization
• Updated existing reports functionality to catch more data discrepancies
• Conducted one-on-one sessions with business users to gather requirements for data discrepancies.
• Develop solution for the requirements, conduct testing and perform analysis of the specifications as provided by the users or clients.
• Develop code (Stored procedures/batch programs) as per the specifications and standards, testing them and making them ready to move to production.
• Interaction/working with the end users and delivering the work with quality and in time by maintaining good communication and coordination.
• Defect Support for New Application Programs for Service Area.
• Preparing Application Programs and SQLs to correct the data discrepancies present on the database and also to update the database with the latest changes.
• Bhanu involved in on request data analysis from the other teams with in the same area.

Environment: COBOL, DB2, File Aid, SPUFFI, QMF, IMSMENU, RMS, DataFlux and HPSM

Confidential

Sr. Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with onsite coordinators to analyze the business process and requirements and transforming requirements into Conceptual, logical and Physical component specification.
• Involved in estimation preparation.
• Prioritization of work items/requests.
• Task Assignment to the team and Reporting of project status.
• Organizing peer reviews of work products.
• Participated in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) of finished Reports and Dashboard and delivered the quality tested web application to the Logistics users.

Environment: COBOL, IMS DC, DB2, File Aid, SPUFFI, QMF, IMSMENU, RMS, and Test Director.

Confidential

Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Interact with project manager to understand about the team goals and work priority.
• Reviewed team member’s deliverables.
• Involved in defect prevention meeting to decide the root cause of the frequent defects.
• Involved in creating RACF groups for each application.

Environment: COBOL, PL/1, IMS DB, DB2, VSAM, File Aid, SPUFFI, QMF, and Test Director.

Confidential

Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the client specifications and developing the technical specification documents.
• Perform the necessary code changes in order to fit in the functional changes.
• Carry out the unit testing for the modules affected to check the performance of the new functionality changed and also to check that the existing functionality is not altered.
• Peer reviewing of technical specifications and programs those are done by the other team members and updating the quality documents.
• Provide appropriate programming and testing support to for the acceptance test phase carried out at onsite.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, File Aid, SPUFFI, QMF, and Test Director.

Confidential

Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the client specifications and developing the technical specification documents.
• Perform the necessary code changes in order to fit in the functional changes.
• Carry out the unit testing for the modules affected to check the performance of the new functionality changed and also to check that the existing functionality is not altered.
• Peer reviewing of technical specifications and programs those are done by the other team members and updating the quality documents.
• Provide appropriate programming and testing support to for the acceptance test phase carried out at onsite.
• Involved in requirement work estimation, conducting DPM, prepared DCL, prepared DGC and preparing MOM’s.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, Endevor, Expeditor, File Aid, SPUFFI, QMF, and Test Director.

Confidential

Mainframes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the client specifications and developing the technical specification documents.
• Perform the necessary code changes in order to fit in the functional changes.
• Carry out the unit testing for the modules affected to check the performance of the new functionality changed and also to check that the existing functionality is not altered.
• Provide appropriate programming and testing support to for the acceptance test phase carried out at onsite.
• Writing the SQL’s which will satisfies the client requirement.
• Involved in preparing MOM’s, DCL and DCF and MAR (Metric Analysis Report).

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, Expeditor, File Aid, SPUFFI, QMF, and Test Director.