SUMMARY

• 5 yrs of Experience in the Information Technology Industry. Worked on all phases of Software development life cycle including Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Documentation.
• Experienced in developing applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, MVS, OS/390, Z/OS, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, and FILE - AID.
• Strong experience on IBM Mainframes.
• Extensive experience with Changeman, FileAid, Xpediter, QMF, SPUFI, Mercury Quality Center and Jobtrac.
• Ability to work on multiple projects.
• Have extensively involved in the development of new programs and enhancement the existing programs.
• Good experience in preparing Requirement Analysis, Functional Specification, Design document and Program Specification.
• Good experience in all phases of systems life cycle Development, Testing (Unit test, System test, Integration Testing and Regression Testing) and Pre Production support.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent communication, presentation and inter personal skills, given an opportunity willing to work in a challenging and cross platform environments.
• Experienced to DB2 Utilities..

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, SQL

Databases: DB2, IMS DB and VSAM

Utilities: File-Aid, QMF, TSO/ISPF,SPUFI

Tools: Changeman, Xpeditor, Mercury Quality Center.

Hardware: ES OS/390, Z/OS, IBM PC FAMILY.

Operating Systems: MVS, Windows NT/98/2000/XP, Vista

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior Mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the project at various stages of SDLC -- requirements analysis, design, Coding, Programming, Implementation, Unit testing, Integration testing, support to Quality Assurance, User Acceptance testing & post-implementation support.
• Involved in development and testing of processing programs.
• Formulated and documented the test plans and project plans
• Created test results after system integration testing
• Worked with quality assurance team to make sure the project adheres to standards.
• Resolved the defects raised and had a follow-up in quality center.
• Involved in preparation of Implementation plan for moving the newly developed components to production.
• Involved in preparation of JCL documentation which includes instructions to set up the jobs and execution of jobs in System test environment.
• Coordinated production implementation of completed projects.
• Created Knowledge sharing documents for transition.
• Prepared Work Effort estimations for on time delivery of the project.

Environment: COBOL, DB2, IMS DB, JCL, SPUFI, Changeman

Confidential

Mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Performed initial analysis to identify all fields and played an instrumental role in creating data mapping.
• Performed GAP analysis on current system and documented recommended approach. Worked as part of a team to analyze validity of process flows for future enhancements and documented test scenarios.
• Preparation in developing, maintaining and migration into the test region of the JCL’s, procedures and programs libraries using Changeman as Configuration tool.
• DB2 database extraction was done using FILE-AID and modified for testing.
• Actively used SPUFI, QMF, FILEAID, and MVS Utilities.
• Created and modified test and production JCLs/Procs/Parms and provided on-going support.
• Analysis, design and construction/coding of batch programs
• Participated in test data and test case preparation and unit testing, test results documentation, review and UAT support.
• Created Implementation plan document.
• Responsible for migrating software code deliverables and technical solutions through the development, test and production environments.
• Involved in regression testing phase for the changes developed.
• Conducted Beta testing to validate the files.
• Provided the resolutions for the queries raised by the business users.
• Coordinated and assisted junior level with analysis, programming problems and debugging.
• Presentation about the new enhancement to the clients for formal sign off.

Environment: COBOL, IMS DB, DB2, JCL, Changeman, IBM OS/390, File Aid, Expediter, TSO/ISPF

Confidential

Mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Identified, analyzed the business requirements and processes for new development.
• Preparing Technical Specification Documents and responsible for coding the programs according to client standards.
• Used IDCAMS to define and generate GDG’s.
• Preparing checklist & development tracker in order to maintain consistency and quality
• Developed new programs and modified existing programs using COBOL, JCL and VSAM.
• Preparation of test data, test cases, test reports, regression testing and participating in test review meetings with QA team on weekly basis.
• Performed Unit testing and integration testing for the modules coded and support QA testing.
• Involved in code reviews and also conducted code walk thru’s with the Production support team.
• Responsible for resolving IR’s which will be raised by QA team while testing new functionalities that were added to the system.
• Responsible for resolving tickets and change requests which will be logged by the customers.
• Involved in documentation for the customer deliverables and also prepared user documentation.

Environment: COBOL, DB2,IMS DB, JCL, SPUFI, Changeman

Confidential

Mainframe developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved meeting with business analysts to gather their requirements and implement them in the system.
• Developed the Technical Specification documents.
• Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Implementation of the new functionalities.
• Involved in code reviews.
• Preparation of unit test cases, test data, test reports and test reviews.
• Weekly project status meeting with Client and maintaining MOM on every call.
• Support during User Acceptance Testing.

Environment: COBOL, IMS DB, JCL, Changeman.