SUMMARY

• Over 5 years of IT experience in Mainframe applications. Extremely well organized, with proven ability to multi - task and prioritize workload.
• Have Capital market and Insurance domain Experience
• Experienced in Waterfall Delivery models highly skilled and shown eminence in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Requirements, Analysis, Documentation, Design, Build and Testing / Support - in the process of implementing a comprehensive Reporting Solutions.
• Expertise in batch programming languages such as COBOL, JCL, SQL, Easytrieve
• Have technical experience in Databases solutions involving SQL Server, DB2, IDMS and VSAM.
• Expertise in developing online applications using CICS, IMS DB, DB2 Stored Procedures
• Expertise in version control tools like Endevor; database query tools like SPUFI, QMF, Debugging tool Expeditor
• Strong customer interaction skills and has Excellent communication, analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Excellent facilitation skills in conducting business meetings, walkthroughs, brain storming sessions, knowledge sharing session
• Excellent understanding & hands on experience in Domain value analysis, Relationship analysis and Business importance analysis.
• Involved in the analysis and solving of several Adhoc Production Request / issues
• Excellent ‘Interpersonal & Communication’ skills with the ability to coordinate & work in a team.
• Experienced in ‘Leading’ projects and ‘Teams’ based on the Onsite / Offshore model
• Won many laurels and appreciations from BNY Mellon Shareowner Services client project managers and business team for good project execution and defect-free delivery. Also Won Cognizant’s STAR .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, SQL, and REXX

Databases: DB2, VSAM,SQL,Oracle IDMS and MS Access

OLTP: CICS, DB2 Stored Procedures

Tools: Endevor, FTP, DBOL, SPUFI, Endevor, INSYNC, Start Tool, OPCA, SYNCSORT

Utilities: IBM Utilities, DFSORT

Operating Systems: OS 390 and Z/OS,Unix,Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirement gathering, requirement analysis for new functionality.
• Closely work with Business users and stakeholders and prepare Functional specifications and Business Requirement Documents.
• Participate in Weekly status calls and project review discussion/review meetings/walk thru meetings
• Coding COBOL, MQ Series, CICS and VSAM programs and JCL/PROC changes.
• Unit testing and creation of UTR document.
• Post-Install activity: Preparing reports for results validation and documenting.

Environment: IBM Mainframe Z/OS, COBOL, VSAM, CICS, JCL, MQ Series, SQL, DFSORT

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participating in JAD sessions(Kick Off Project meetings), Closely work with Business Users and Stakeholders, Onsite Team and Offshore Development & Testing teams on a daily basis.
• Impact Analysis and creating Design documents - HLD and LLD
• Coding COBOL, IDMS, DB2, CICS and VSAM programs and JCL/PROC changes.
• Unit testing and creation of UTR document.
• Peer review of HLD/DDD and Cobol, JCL/PROC changes
• Participating in workgroup meetings to represent project status.
• Presenting HLD/DDD, Code in code review meetings
• Involved in pre-install activities - preparing Remedy Change request, Go No-Go documents.
• Monitoring batch cycles during implementation.
• Attended daily status call with internal team and weekly calls with client and updated the status report.
• Post-Install activity: Preparing DB2 programs to create reports for result verification and validation.

Environment: IBM Mainframe Z/OS, COBOL, IDMS, DB2, VSAM, CICS, JCL, Stored Procedures, SPUFI, SORT

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requirement gathering, requirement analysis for Discretionary projects and Lights On releases.
• Gathered the requirements for System Gap Analysis, Conversion-Data Mapping & Data Cleansing activities.
• Worked on coding one time conversion programs in COBOL, DB2 and IDMS.
• Involved in Stored Procedure enhancements of target system.
• Preparing Test JCL/PROCs for conducting Unit Testing and preparation of UTR
• Resolving System Integration Testing(SIT) issues/abends
• Peer reviews and performance tuning.
• Batch cycle support during implementation

Environment: IBM Mainframe Z/OS, COBOL, DB2, IDMS, VSAM, CICS, JCL, Stored Procedures, SPUFI, DFSORT, REXX, other utilities

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysing the Cobol, IDMS, DB2, VSAM programs for route cause analysis
• Doing program modifications for small enhancements and bug fixes
• Preparation of test data, JCL/PROCs for testing of the bug fixed components
• Coding DB2 and IDMS database extract programs
• Coding Cobol-DB2 database extracts and COBOL-VSAM one time file maintenance programs
• Running Join queries in SPUFI as part of program analysis

Environment: IBM Mainframe OS/390, COBOL, DB2, IDMS, VSAM, JCL, FTP, QMF, SPUFI, Endevor.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Wrote COBOL programs with embedded SQL to access the data from DB2.
• Preparing the design according to the requirements and test plan with all possible test cases.
• Testing (Unit testing, System testing, Regression testing, User Acceptance Testing)
• Supported production environment and provided technical support for the team.
• Preparing Status Reports in spread sheets
• Involved in fixing the defects and generating reports as per requirement.

Environment: IBM Mainframe OS/390, COBOL, DB2, IDMS, VSAM, JCL, FTP, DFSort, QMF, SPUFI, Endevor, STAR tool.