SUMMARY

• With over 20 years’ experience this candidate provides full systems life - cycle development service in the architectural design, application development and support of mainframe systems.
• Well adept in communicating with stakeholder and within team environs
• Routinely code new and remediate existing legacy systems source code using Assembler, COBOL, CICS, IMS and DB2
• Versed in system package creation, configuration, elevation and migration via Control-M, Remedy, SCLM and a wide variety of vendor software and development tools
• Served as Storage and Data Administrator, responsible for systems configurations, incident reporting and remediation, data management/warehousing, disaster recovery processes, systems storage media configuration and ABARs protocols
• Skilled in converting user requirements to functional technical design specs to implemented deliverables within protocol and service levels
• Routinely provide functional test scripts for enterprise or project level endeavors.
• Versed in the leveraging of off shore teams in maintenance and development environs
• Years of experience in providing timely deliverables that are within specification and standards

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Assembler, Eztrieve, CICS, COBOL, Quikjob, RPG III & IV, SAS, SQL, Tran-Pro, JCL

Database Applications: DB2, IMS, Millennium, Oracle, QMF, Platinum, Powerhouse, Teradata, Tessaract, Total

Mainframe Utilities: ABARS, EDI, FTP, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, MQ Series, NDM, Quikjob, SNDM, TSO/ISPF, VSAM

Development Tools: Expediter, File-Aid, File Manager, Intertest, IBM Debugger Lotus Notes, MS Office Suite: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access, Visio, Power Point, Share Point

Configuration Management: CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, CA-Endeavor, Control-M, IBM-SCLM, RACF, Serena Changeman, Zeke

Operating Systems: MS Windows, z/OS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Milford, Ohio

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the designing and development of client’s actuarial and ledger applications per Systems Requirement Specification
• Perform current state analysis of client source code and operating system.
• Develop the required technical design documentation and adjoining illustrations
• Design and draft the SMS document for business unit approval
• Remediate source code in accordance to the applications specification
• Perform functional test of modified source code modules
• Contribute in testing plan development and validation stratagems

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

L2 Systems Support

Responsibilities:

• Participate in L2 Production Support and Production Management activities
• Monitors the operating efficiency of existing application systems and
• Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems, including coding, testing, debugging and installing system fixes, program remediation and system reconfiguration.
• Monitor/troubleshoot mainframe and distributed applications, batch cycle runs stat
• Performing system IR maintenance and evergreen activities
• Identifying impacts based upon individual or collaborate systems analysis to identify processing and configuration/processing issues
• Provides coding/testing of fixes, creates remedy incident and change records
• Participates in the shift turnover (daily scrum) meetings with off shore team

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Lead Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Served as Technical Lead of off shore team responsible in the designing, development, coding and testing of retail system development project applications.
• Monitor batch scheduling of targeted jobs performance
• Review, analyze, code and modify system applications per specifications
• Maintain required program development status and phase validation reporting
• Participate in application coding walkthroughs, package configuration and testing scripts preps/validation.

Confidential - Indianapolis, Indiana

Consultant-Production Support

Responsibilities:

• Assist in providing 24/7 support in the on-going day to day IR resolution activities and administrative functions related to maintenance, job scheduling environment of Confidential ’s Financial systems
• Facilitate migration of systems packages through the various phases of development and its relocation
• Developed required test plans/scripts for unit, systems and UAT testing.
• Provide guidance and scheduling recommendations to the application teams.
• Served as team lead for Disaster Recovery and CDS documentation projects

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Lead Consultant-Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Provided L1/L2 support of Confidential ’s Timekeeping Systems and its associated applications Production incidents
• Supported client’s ATR (Automated Time Reporting) and Employee Records mainframe systems
• Performed all required remediation of ATR batch and online E/R systems
• Facilitated routine on-demand reporting request and data extracts
• Served as technical administrator and primary contact on client’s time keeping systems WorkBrain issues
• Actively participate in the extraction, relocation and restoration of data for disaster recovery storage and drills

Confidential - Bloomington, Minnesota

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with client to develop requirements
• Converted business requirements to high/low level technical design specs for offshore team
• Worked with and responded to offshore questions regarding design, coding and testing
• Majority of development and testing is completed offshore
• Monthly releases require movement of code, document creation for release, and availability for problem resolution as the need arises.

Confidential - Los Angeles, Ca

Lead Consultant-Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the development and testing of clients GPS monitoring project.
• Participated in systems designing requirements gathering and planning sessions with clients and associates
• Developed technical specification documents in response to user requirements goals and objectives
• Participated in code and design reviews
• Developed, reengineered, tested, and elevated reusable module components
• Served in maintenance capacity providing remediation of client’s production incident reporting issues.

Confidential - Cincinnati, Ohio

Consultant-Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, coded and implemented objectives of client’s A/P system, RVP
• Participated in the gathering of business systems requirements
• Documented the process flow and that of derived system architecture
• Developed technical specification documents in response to those requirements goals and objectives
• Coded and tested modular program in accordance to those specifications
• Utilized Expediter, Intertest, CA-Platinum and File-Aid tools to facilitate the necessary functional/unit tests
• Migrated systems packages through the development phases

Confidential - Dayton, Ohio

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for COBOL, CICS, DB2 design and coding objectives
• Provided end-user support and ongoing training on new online application systems
• Diagnosed application failures, identified operating inefficiencies, and developed system change requirements to improve service levels
• Provided subject matter expertise (SME), supported, and consulted project teams in the configuration, prototyping, documentation, conversion, training, and implementation of new and modified application systems

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Assembler, COBOL, CICS and DB2 design, development and coding objectives
• Used Install/1 application templates to write reusable subroutine modules for client’s Inventory management system
• Created DB2 transformations and stored procedures
• Led automation gap analysis and provide resolution designs
• Developed process flow mapping for key processes and standard business practices
• Facilitated integration protocols in auditing migration packages requirements
• Assumed responsibilities for deliverable tracking and its correspondence
• Worked closely within the matrix to identify and meet business/user requirements

Confidential - Columbus, Georgia

Application Architect-Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Provided full service architectural support of Confidential Insurance Policyholder/Premium Systems
• Participated in project requirements gathering and planning sessions with clients and associates
• Provided design recommendations for systems enhancements and recommended methodology
• Assist in the extraction, relocation and restoration of data for disaster recovery storage and drills
• Wrote High/Low level technical design specifications
• Participated in code and design reviews
• Developed, reengineered, tested, and elevated reusable module components
• Assist in providing 24/7 support of Confidential policy systems applications in a primary or secondary capacity

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Senior Consultant Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Identified resource requirements and assigned tasks to team members; retain status reporting
• Resolved critical issues (IRs) affecting the Medicaid system, and coordinated the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management.
• Served as technical liaison to Medicaid insurance providers and claimants
• Mentored team and subordinated members in areas to strengthen knowledge and system exposure
• Facilitated reporting of Medicaid financial payments, reimbursement, and recoupment
• Performed data transformation processing to facilitate data warehousing ETL
• Assisted in providing full lifecycle support of the Medicaid financial systems

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Mainframe Intern

Responsibilities:

• Created and modified COBOL/CICS programs, Assembler macros/subroutines and JCL procedures in accordance with customers’ specifications
• Performed ad hoc SQL reporting tasks using Spufi and QMF
• Gained significant exposure to CICS via tutorials, mentored and modified assignments incrementing from small to midrange in size and complexity
• Provided non-interval reporting and systems incident reporting and resolution