SUMMARY

• Over 6 years of experience in Information Technology includes Analysis, Design, Development and Testing on various applications in Mainframe environment.
• Expertise includes IBM Mainframe programming.
• 4 Years in COBOL, MVS, CICS, VSAM, DB2, and JCL.
• Worked closely with users and project managers to understand system requirements to write and test Cobol programs.
• Experience with VisionPlus System in CMS, CDM, LTS, VMX module.
• Have good knowledge in Oracle PL/SQL and Java.
• Experience with Java design patterns; Experience with Tomcat, Jboss, Websphere and JDBC
• Experience in system Analysis, design and application development, flowcharting, unit and system testing, performance testing, test plan preparation, testing validations, program debugging.
• Experience of high level Design, Functional Analysis, Impact Analysis, Low level Design, Coding, Testing, Implementation, Validation, and Verification of results.
• Self - motivated and high target oriented individual with application development experience on IBM Mainframes using COBOL/CICS/DB2.
• Expertise in developing EAI applications.
• Mainframe testing skills including modifying the JCLs creating the data using SPUFI and executing the JCLs for validating the data in DB2 tables.
• Testing skills include performing regression, integration, volume and stress testing as well as development, execution, maintenance of test plans, test specifications and test scenarios.
• Knowledge of QA process and testing methodology.
• Experience with verifying business requirements.
• Good Understanding of product lifecycles.
• Strong in Analysis & Designing the system to implement the business requirements.
• Have strong interpersonal and communication skills, an adept team player and a quick learner.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, SQL, TCP/IP, JAVA, VB6, and HTML.

Databases: Oracle, MS Access, SQL Server, and DB2.

Software Packages: MS Office, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes.

Web Technologies: JAVA, J2EE, XML, HTML, JSP, Visual Basic

Operating Systems: Win XP, UNIX, MS Windows 95/98/2000, Windows NT.

RDBMS: DB2-UDB, VSAM, ISAM, Oracle 9i/8.x, MS Access

Productivity Tools: TSO/ISPF, IDCAMS, QMF/SPUFI, FILE-AID, DataAger, Datatrak, Autoroute, Changeman.

Hardware: IBM 3090, IBM ES9672, IBM 4331, IBM 4381, IBM-AS400, PC

Software: QMF FOR DB2, TSO/ISPF, EXPEDITER, FILE-AID, CHANGEMAN, FILE-AID FOR DB2, EASYTRIEVE, FILETAB, CA-JCL CHECK, COMPAREX, CA-INTERTEST, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, SORT UTILITIES, QUIKJOB, MQ SERIES, QEDIT, INTER-TEST, IOF, MS-Office, Lotus Notes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Buffalo, New York

Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirements by constant communication with clients and vendors.
• Involved in the creation and review of business requirements.
• Prepared test cases and test scripts based on user requirements.
• Used MS Word in reporting/tracking defects.
• Preparation of Test Data and Expected Results for later testing.
• Performed Automated Quality Assurance Testing on web pages and Client Server Applications using SOATest, Jmeter and Loadrunner.
• Involved in checking security privileges, regression, integration, stress, and performance testing of the application.
• Created and maintained documentation for system flow and technical design, and user reference.
• Created and maintained Test cases manually and automated them Using SOATest to test the application functionality against user requirements
• Created test data to test the business functions supported by the application. Conducted comparison of the output reports generated from the application.
• Done Unit Testing, detected the Bugs and fixed them. Also involved in White-Box testing and did the verification and data validation.
• Various programs were developed & tested and moved into Production.
• Develop the VMx services of Customer Locate, Card to Account inquiry, Demographic inquiry and update.
• Done the retrofit from VMx 8.20 to VMx 8.23 version.
• Run the CICS job to define PCT,PPT
• Defined the TCPIP port and address on CICS region.
• Created VRMH/VRAH/VRIH online map and program, create VMCI file.
• Developed performance report follow VisionPlus standard, write the relative JCLs.
• Used Inter-test to debug online program.
• The project required implementing the Signon by pass conversion. The conversion required analyzing the program structure both ONLINE / BATCH. Was responsible for resolving the translation issues generated, through interpretation of code to determine proper course of action.
• Involved in requirements gathering, coding, testing and documentation

Environment: COBOL, CICS, JCL, TSO (ISPF), EASYTRIEVE, SYNCSORT, XPEDITER and MVS/XA/ESASOATest, INTER-TEST, IOF, MS Word.

Confidential

Technical Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed the Business and System Requirements of the CEB bank Account Interface application
• Preparing test procedures and review them with the related Development team.
• Designed application modules based on the requirement specifications
• Developed the codes using MVS, COBOL, CICS, DB2, TSO (ISPF) and tested all these fields by passing the test data and then moved the modified codes as a tester in production after customer sign off.
• Created the online programs and moving them to production which has the details about their goods.
• Involved in system enhancement, up-gradation, and maintenance.
• Wrote structured COPY books and data validation routines.
• Used VisionPlus Common routine VR20WS to developed the daily report that client required
• Reviewed the existing system code.
• Create test data and tailor JCLs, control cards, and parameters.
• Systems were successfully implemented & Source was Moved Using ENDEVOR.
• Involved in developing a test plan for the system, which included designing, documenting, executing, and verifying the test cases and test scenarios to cover overall QA testing cycle
• Modification of Cobol/CICS/VSAM Programs
• Tested Batch & CICS using Inter-Test.
• Used FILEAID for analyzing the VSAM files
• Testing the enhancements in the Project Scopes Infrastructure application.
• Participate in Project Management Team meetings (PMT).

Environment: COBOL-II, VSAM, CICS, DB2, OS/MVS/JCL, TSO(ISPF), IOF,INTER0-TEST, ENDEVOR, WINDOWS NT 4.0.

Programmer Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in researching and analyzing the requirements of customer.
• Participated in 823 retrofit of part of CMS module
• Customized AROMO01 to add Multi-Scheme flag, and AROME02 to add Multi-Scheme processing.
• Customized ARTD02, ARSD04-07.
• Create test data and tailor JCLs, control cards, and proc.
• Used java to generate a data-conversion tools to get and compress data from Mainframe
• Prepared test cases and test scripts based on user requirements.
• Used FILEAID for analyzing the VSAM files
• Involved in system enhancement, up-gradation, and maintenance.
• Wrote structured COPY books and data validation routines.
• Used MS Word in reporting/tracking defects.
• Preparation of Test Data and Expected Results for later testing.
• Responsible for logging test migration documents, from development to test and test to production.

Environment: COBOL-II, VSAM, CICS, DB2, OS/MVS/JCL, TSO(ISPF), IOF,INTER0-TEST, ENDEVOR, WINDOWS NT 4.0.

Confidential

System Mainframe programmer

Responsibilities:

• Developed new application programs using CICS, DB2, and COBOL-II. New JCL and Procedures were written for a Module called (MAI) Merchant Account Initiation. New CICS Maps were created using BMS Macros. New Queries were added in the programs using DB2 to improve the performance.
• Analyzed and maintained a global processing Credit Card Transaction Systems using COBOL-II, DB2, CICS, VSAM, JCL and FILE-AID.
• Code changes were programmed in COBOL, DB2 and CICS to improve the performance. JCL changes were made and created new Procedures.
• Unit, Regression and SYSTEM level testing were done and test plans were prepared as per the requirements of the client.
• Writing COBOL-DB2 and COBOL programs.
• Preparing test cases and test results.
• Design, Coding, Testing, Maintenance and Support.
• Coordination with the onsite manager and offshore team to execute the tasks

Environment: TSO(ISPF), CICS, VS - COBOL II, DB2, FILE-AID, JCL, PROCEDURES, VSAM, ELIPS, CEDF, SPUFI, QMF.

System Mainframe programmer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gathered user requirements and developed requirements specification.
• Designed application modules based on the requirement specifications, and developed and unit tested the code.
• Created the online programs and moving them to production
• Involved in system enhancement, up-gradation, and maintenance.
• Wrote structured COPY books and data validation routines.
• Reviewed the existing system code.
• Created & Updated DB2 to Run Repair & Run-Stats Jobs for Databases
• Created JCL for Loading and Extracting Data from Various DB2 Tables for testing - Tables were moved into Oracle Databases.
• Systems were successfully implemented & Source was Moved Using ENDEVOR.
• Determine Job Flow VSAM & DB2 Database Usage in Current Environment.
• Modification of Cobol/DB2/CICS/VSAM Programs
• Tested Batch & CICS/DB2 Programs using Inter-Test.
• Heavy of use of SPUFI & QMF SQL.
• Created JCL for Loading DB2 Tables Using IBM Utilities

Environment: TSO (ISPF), CICS, VS - COBOL II, DB2, FILE-AID, JCL, PROCEDURES, VSAM, ELIPS, CEDF, SPUFI, QMF.