SUMMARY

• Over 16 years of experience in IT industry with excellent exposure to all the phases of software development life cycle for Fortune 500 companies in Insurance, Banking, Securities, HiTech and Discrete Manufacturing sectors.
• Consistently delivers cost reductions and improved operational efficiencies. Cultivates client relationships and strives to exceed customer expectations.
• Highly attentive to detail, without losing sight of goal to deliver high quality products and services in a timely manner and Involved in Analysis, Design, Development and Implementation.
• Expert in IBM Mainframe Technologies such asCOBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and IMS DB/DC.
• Expert in using the tools such as File aid, Xpeditor, Endevor, CA - 7, QMF and SPUFI.
• Good exposure in Business Intelligence (BI) Tools likeSQLServerIntegration Services (SSIS).
• Versatile experience in providing 24X7 on call support.
• Involved in database design principles for normalization and denormalization techniques.
• Involved in tuning recommendations of SQL queries to reduce the CPU usage there by increasing productivity.
• Expertise in Project documentation, Flow charts, Structure charts, Coding, Testing and Quality audit reviews
• Led a teamasProject Leaderunder a Global Delivery Frameworkdriving up core performance Quality metrics.
• Expertise at driving projects through the entire Software Lifecycle, from inception to launch, while creating realistic schedules, proactively setting customer expectations, identifying and managing risks.
• A self-motivated professional and natural communicator possessing good technical, initiating, leadership and problem-solving skills and has proven to be a good team player.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: OS/390, MVS, UNIX, Windows XP/NT, and Windows 2003 Server

Hardware: System/390, System/370 IBM Mainframe and Windows Machines

Software/Tools: TSO, ISPF, Xpeditor, Strobe, Smart test, QMF, File Aid, SPUFI, CA-7, MANAGENOW, CASEPAC, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and AccessDatabasesDB2, IMS, SQL SERVER and VSAM

Languages: COBOL, JCL and SQL

Source Control: ENDEVOR, CHANGE MAN, LIMA, and MS VSS

Transaction Server: CICS

Middleware: MQ SERIES

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, IL

Senior Mainframe consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involvement in the entire system life cycle from requirements, design, development and deployment of the application.
• Developed the report programs based on the business requirements.
• Proactively identifying opportunities for change within the production environment.
• Representing the applications in quality audits and process reviews.
• Assisting (or, in some cases leading) development of research design, sampling plan, questionnaires and Programming.
• Involvement in the entire system life cycle from requirements, design, development and deployment of the application
• Maintain, strengthen and expand client relationships through team support which as a result of providing exceptional service to our clients.
• Worked on SSIS packages for transferring data from text files to SQL Server.
• Performed Coding for complex systems as per the standards.
• Developing test plan and scripts, conducting testing, and dealing with business partners to conduct end-user acceptance testing.
• Ensuring that all production changes are processed according to release management policies and procedures.
• Develop project plans, set milestones, coordinate internal resources and schedules to ensure project delivery and monitor progress against and internal commitments.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2,CICS, SQL SERVER, Endevor, File-Aid, SPUFI, MVS, TSO, ISPF, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio and MS Windows Server 2000.

Confidential, Cranston City, RI

Project Lead/ Senior Mainframe Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Understanding business and System Requirements through Interaction with Clients.
• Analyzed the requirements and seeking Functional Clarifications to create technical design documents.
• Preparing and Reviewing System Specification and interface documents.
• Worked on development and enhancement of the application programs for the BIC teller project.
• Modified the existing programs for the credit card system.
• Performed Unit Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance testing (UAT) support and bug fixes.
• Analyzed the entire system jobs to identify the oppournuties to fine tune the jobs in order to reduce the total batch stream time.
• Preparing and reviewing the defect status reports.
• Discussion with Developers regarding Testing Strategy and Query Clarifications
• Identifying the high-level rules and data needs, and sourcing for the outputs.
• Defining the integration requirements with other systems.
• Conduct technical and process related training sessions for the team.
• Prepared and updated all documentation necessary on time for Business continuity plans
• Handled Production implementation process for the assignments.
• Representing the applications in quality audits and process reviews.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, CA-7,Endevor, File-Aid, MVS, TSO, ISPF, CICSPLEX, MQ SERIES,MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio and MS Windows Server 2000.

Confidential, Camp Hill, PA

Programmer Analyst/ Senior Mainframe Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conducted JAD sessions with business teams for gathering requirements.
• Designed and created Functional Design Document and Technical Design Document for the system and database table changes.
• Developed new IMS DB/DC and COBOL programs as per the requirements.
• Ensured the SDLC process methodology and quality was followed during development and project documentation.
• Performed Unit Testing, System Testing, System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance testing (UAT) support and bug fixes.
• Successfully closed the review defects and tracked the re-work efforts.
• Reviewed detailed design specifications, technical design specifications and unit, system and integration test cases prepared by other team members.
• Coordinated and supported project resources during project lifecycle to ensure on schedule delivery and high quality results.
• Prepared Release notes and applications hand-off documentations for post-launch support teams.
• Working very closely with the Project Manager to manage the project team to deliver the project within the triple constraints (Time, Cost, Quality)

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, IMS, Endevor, File-Aid, SuperCE, SPUFI, MVS, TSO, ISPF, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio and MS Windows Server 2000.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered the project requirements, performed system analysis and Interacted with clients for GAP analysis.
• Drafted Project proposal with the detailed explanation about the various approaches can be followed and covers the various phases of the project.
• Designed IMS Database, PSB’s on mainframe and given case study project to the team members.
• Maintained an effort and schedule for deliverables, time tracking and preparing effort reports.
• Supported the production systems and to resolve issues.
• Developed high level design for the system and designed the table designs.
• Developed new IMS DB/DC programs as per the requirements and Coded / modified the COBOL programs as per the requirement specification.
• Managed team members, distributed the work and assisted them to complete the tasks with high quality.
• Maintained the coding and quality standards while developing the programs and project documents. Developed unit test cases and executed and verified program functionality.
• Performed Unit, System testing, Integration testing and supported clients with UAT.
• Reviewed detailed design specifications, technical design specifications and unit, system and integration test cases prepared by other team members.
• Led status meetings and conducted reviews as well as formal walkthroughs amongst various teams, and documented the proceedings.
• Monitored the development activities of the team and updated to the Management.
• Managed the project team during project lifecycle to deliver on schedule and high quality end results.
• Prepared delivery documents and made timely deliveries.
• Created Project proposal with the detailed explanation about the various approaches of the historic migration of the database and brought the project worth over $ 1 M.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, Endevor, Smart Test, QMF, File-Aid, SuperCE, SPUFI, MVS, TSO, ISPF, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio and MS Windows Server 2000.