SUMMARY

• 7 Years IT experience in Development, Maintenance, and Support of application software on IBM Mainframe Systems and Midrange technologies. Worked in Banking and Manufacturing Domains.
• Functional responsibilities: Requirements gathering, functional gap analysis, application design, configuration, test script generation/execution, writing training guides, training end users, and production support.
• Technical lead and Developer activities: Interfacing with users, identifying functional and technical gaps, estimating work, designing custom solutions, and programming, leading developers, scheduling, producing documentation, and providing production support.
• Specialized in COBOL, JCL, CA7, CICS, VSAM, MQ, DB2, IMS DB, SQL and MVS.
• Worked on problems involving the evaluation of specifications for complex business requirements, processes (new, enhancements, maintenance) and developed the solutions.
• Involved in documentation using MS Office tools, proven ability to learn and adapt quickly, motivated self - starter and enthusiastic team member.
• Hands on experience working on tools like Expeditor, Endeavor, Change Man, File-Aid, FTP, NDM, HTML, SPUFI, QMF, ISPF/TSO etc.
• Excellent analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent team member with problem-solving and trouble-shooting capabilities, Quick Learner, highly motivated.
• Good Team player, having interest towards exploring, learning and using new Tools & Software quickly as required.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• AbendAid
• ChangeMan
• CICS
• COBOL
• DB2 Stored Procedures
• MQ
• Endeavor
• File-Aid
• FTP
• IBM DB2 Utilities
• Toad for Oracle
• Informatica 9.5.1
• BMC Remedy
• CA7
• ISPF
• JCL - MVS
• MFCOBOL
• MS Office Tools
• Lotus Notes
• QMF
• REXX
• IBM/DB2
• COBOL-DB2
• Debug Tool
• IBM OS/JCL (MVS)
• Unix
• RACF
• SPUFI
• SQL
• Super-CE
• Sync sort
• VSAM
• XML
• Expediter
• IMS DB/DC
• MQSeries
• Easytrieve
• Teradata Studio
• Service Now
• Banking
• Manufacturing
• Healthcare

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mainframe Application Developer/Support

Confidential, Cleveland OH

Responsibilities:

• Working as Mainframe developer for ADV, BBA, TCH, HDS and NDH applications as a part of ICD data ware house project.
• Project execution by following the software development life cycle starting from Planning, Requirement analysis, Design, Development, Integration and Test, Deployment and Evaluation.
• Analyzing business requirements and providing IT solutions on application functionalities. Do design, develop, test, and deploy new features using Z/OS platform COBOL, and JCL programs.
• Prepare the Functional Solutions and Technical Specification document.
• Develop the code for the design specified in the Technical specification document.
• Prepare the Unit test plan and execute the test cases for developed code.
• Prepare the test cases for System integration testing and execute it. Perform the Integration testing/System testing.
• Schedule and implement these production Change Request (CR) within given time frames.
• Do presentations to effectively communicate with the business users and stake holders in the meetings.
• Developed SQL queries to interact with Oracle database for Line of Business validation.
• Providing IT Solutions for the business requirements.
• Worked on projects which used Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Worked in Agile and Iterative development environment, where applications were developed in Mainframe Application.
• Research application issues and ownership of fixing problems in a timely manner.
• Developed business requirement specification documents as well as high-level project plan.
• On-call person for support for applications under ICD data ware house project.
• Regular meetings with Business Analysts and calls with client manages to discuss the work progress and issues.
• Fix the failure for making the batch to complete within the stipulated time maintaining the SLA (Service Level Agreement). Each failure needs to be included in the production support log using Service Now tool.
• Mainframe job monitoring and job monitoring in production region using CA7 tool. Hold or release any downstream job if required.
• Worked on recreation and resend of customer’s production mainframe posting files.
• Delete and create new special versions of client file as per format mentioned with incident ticket.
• Production support of client’s file transmission gateways like FTP and NDM.

Environment: Z/OS, MVS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, Endevor, File aid, Systemware, FTP, NDM, ABENDAID, SQL, DB2, Informatica, Oracle, Teradata, Service Now, Unix, Toad, Putty

Mainframe Developer/Support

Confidential, Cincinnati OH

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Lockbox, EDI and Healthcare applications which were part of Commercial Treasury Management
• Worked on Vector Connection production upgrade project. Vector Connection is third party vendors which provide Confidential various EDI program to support Healthcare client’s applications.
• Analysis of client provided design documents to develop High level and low-level designs to proceed with development.
• Developing new COBOL programs and JCLs for EDI data based on the requirement and designs documents.
• Modify and enhance the existing programs as per the requirements and the given Technical design document within the given time lines. Worked on impacted 1000+ components for this vector connection upgrade which includes programs, jobs, copybooks, jobs and control cards
• Preparation of Test cases and carrying out Unit Testing, System Integration and Regression Testing and documenting the Unit test results by following Quality procedures
• Root Cause Analysis for production issues and suggested/implemented their solutions for Retail and Wholesale Lockbox applications.
• Played a key role in optimizing production application processes to resolve development loop holes resulting to production issues.
• Conducting Code walkthrough/review via meeting and presentations of proposed implementation.

Environment: Z/OS, MVS, COBOL, EDI, JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, CCF, File manager, SAR, ABENDAID, SQL, TWS, AQT, Remedy, IBM Debug Tool

Mainframe Developer

Confidential, Detroit MI

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Sales Code Expansion project for Call Centre and Warranty application. There was change in DB2 table layout and IMS segment length.
• Analyzing and developing new programs in COBOL, DB2, IMS and CICS or modifying existing programs as per requirement.
• Prepare the Unit test plan and execute the test cases for developed code.
• Perform the Integration testing/System testing. Prepare the test cases for System integration testing and execute it.
• Perform User acceptance testing with the involvement of users.
• Carrying out severity analysis of reported bugs and debugging.
• Writing system specifications, translating user requirements into technical specifications, preparation of requirements documents, formulating the requirements into design specifications and tracking project progress.
• Performed the Code walkthrough and Unit test scripts review for all the project and also ensured that review is done for all the deliverables.
• Identified and communicated project issues / risks to higher management.

Environment: Z/OS, MVS, COBOL, EDI,, CICS, IMS DB, DB2 JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, File manager, Job log, SAR, ABENDAID, SQL, PL/SQL, DB2, Changeman.

Mainframe Developer

Confidential, Plantation FL

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing software specifications and identification of GRMS (Global Risk Management Systems) application functionalities for design, development of COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS programs to in corporate the new business.
• Participating the requirement gathering from customer, understand their architecture systems
• Developing new programs and new Job in GRMS applications using COBOL, JCL and IMS DB/DC and CICS.
• Coordinating with business clients, supporting, migrating the application and implementing the process as per specifications provided.
• Performing requirements gathering and analysis, estimating time required for project completion, preparing schedules, design documentation, design reviews and development, testing and deployment of application enhancements.
• Reviewing work products and deploying the application in the test environment and initiating the process of user acceptance testing. It includes fixing of bugs and technical errors that may come up during this phase.
• Supporting the system components during system testing, integration testing and during promotion of these components to production environment.

Environment: Z/OS, MVS, COBOL, EasyTrieve Plus, CICS, DB2 JCL, VSAM, TSO, ISPF, Endevor, File manager, Joblog, SAR, ABENDAID, SQL, PL/SQL, DB2, Expeditor, DB2 stored Procedure