SUMMARY

• Around 7.5+ years of professional experience in the Software Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Maintenance and production support on Banking and Social Security benefit domains on IBM Mainframe applications.
• Conversant with all phases of project Life Cycle including Requirement Analysis, Program Design, Development, Unit testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Maintenance and Documentation.
• Extensive experience with large databases including DB2 & ORACLE.
• Having work experience at Client place UK (New Castle)
• Extensive experience on various Mainframe Application Development, Systems programming and Testing Tools XPEDITER, SMARTTEST, IBM Debugger Tool, PERIGRIN, Confidential Internal R2DS Test Harness Tool and INTERTEST including FILE - AID for MVS/DB2,SYNCSORT,PL/1, MQ Series, QMF,POINTERS,STROBE, OMEGAMON and SPUFI.
• Extensive experience on various Mainframe Configuration Management Tools including ENDEAVOR, CHANGEMAN.
• Basic Knowledge of 5010 EDI Standards.
• Expertise in knowledge acquisition methods, system study, architecture analysis and making High Level Design and Low Level Design Documentation.
• Performed analysis of current functionality and recommend process improvements for enhancement.
• Highly motivated with the ability to work effectively in teams as well as independently.
• 24x7 production support as a primary response for both batch & online abends.
• Experience in all phases of Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) -- Requirements Gathering, Analysis, Construction, Unit Testing, and Support to various Testing techniques - Integration, Regression Test and Deployment Support.
• Roles played: Mainframe developer (Software Engineer), Senior mainframe developer (Senior Software Engineer), Mainframe Tester
• Interested/Willing to learn new technologies based on the business requirement (rapid adopting ability for the new technology).
• Worked with multiple interfaces (from different vendors) in sending/receiving data files as well as with different interfaces having different technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL,COBOL-II,MFCOBOL,JCL,REX,C,COBOL POINTERS,MQ Series, Easytrieve.

Business Intelligence: Informatica 6 and 7

Databases: DB2v10, IMS, VSAM and SQL/ORACLE,SQL Server.

Environment: s: OS/390, MVS/ESA, Z/OS,AIX, UNIX, Windows 2000 / NT / 98 / 95, MS Visio.

OLTP: CICS, XML AND HTML

Configuration Tools: ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN

App. Dev Tools: FILE-AID, FCT, SPUFI and QMF Testing/Debugger

Tools: XPEDITER, SMARTTEST, IBM Debugger Tool, R2DS Test Harness Tool, INTERTEST, IBM Debugger Tool, Traceability Matrix and QC

Tools: SUPERC, FILE-AID, XML, SDF, FCT, ABEND-AID, SYNCSORT, CA7,NDM, SDSF,ISPF, VISIO, OMEGAMAON,TSO,JES2, SharePoint, QTP and Peregrine Incident Management Tool,ACF2, VTAM,STROBE.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mainframe developer

Confidential, IL

Responsibilities:

• Prepared Design specification and program specification for several application programs in Event Manager and Campaign Engine.
• Involved in preparing functional specification for Event Manager Module.
• Extensive coding done in COBOL and DB2 for new programs. Also amended many existing code without effecting to existing functionality
• Performed restart logic for File driven and none file driven logic for several application programs.
• Prepared Test script for unit testing and executed.
• 24x7 production support, provide resolution to production job abends, attend conference calls with business operations, system managers if any issues in batch stream and Online stream.
• Gather requirements via discussions/meetings with business users and IT Management.
• Involved in batch / Online cycles monitoring and ABEND fixing which part of production support is and creating ABEND logs for future reference. Providing the permanent fix the frequently getting abends.
• Supported in UAT and System Testing and perform defect fix which part of Testing.
• Providing class room training related to technology & application to the team and new joiners.

Environment: COBOL,JCL,DB2,CICS,VSAM,TSO/ISPF,SPUFI,QMF,FILE-AID,XPEDITER,MS VISIO,QCHSBC R2DS Test Harness Tools and ENDEAVOR,ABEND-AID,OMEGAMON,REX,SYNCSORT,PL/1, IBM Debugger Tool,CA7,COBOL POINTERS, Easytrieve, MQ Series, SQL Server,JES.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Review Business Use cases, Initial Requirement (IR) documents and understand the requirements.
• Prepared several function documents like Functional Specification, Message Specification, and File Specification.
• Involved Coding new programs and amend existing programs.
• Prepared Test script for unit testing and executed.
• Involved in System Testing and Deployment Support
• 24x7 production support, provide resolution to production job abends, attend conference calls with business operations, system managers if any issues in batch stream and Online stream.
• Gather requirements via discussions/meetings with business users and IT Management.
• Involved in batch / Online cycles monitoring and ABEND fixing which part of production support is and creating ABEND logs for future reference. Providing the permanent fix the frequently getting abends.
• Participate in Client/Team meetings send regular status updates and Task assignments to the Team members.
• Full time first level production support for mainframe applications and always given high priority for the production issues. Analyze the production problems and take the action immediately. Perform code changes or data patching if necessary and all the QMS documents to be updated accordingly. If the issues due to other teams, co-ordinate with the other teams to follow up to solve immediately. And inform management on up-to-date status.
• Co-ordinate with off-shore team
• Providing class room training related to technology & application to the team and new joiners.

Environment: COBOL,MFCOBOL,JCL,DB2,CICS,VSAM,TSO/ISPF,SPUFI,QMF,FILE-ID,XPEDITER,XMLHSBC R2DS Test Harness Tools and ENDEAVOR,ABEND-AID,OMEGAMON,REX,SYNCSORT,PL/1, IBM Debugger Tool,CA7,COBOL POINTERS, MS VISIO,QC, Easytrieve, MQ Series, SQL Server, PRISM

Mainframe developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Children people of working age pensioners
• Disabled people and their careers.
• Design and monitor strategies through two client groups for
• Working Age and Children
• Pensions and Disability.
• CS2 online is application developed for CSA.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working on Enhancement and Maintenance type of Work Requests
• Following entire SDLC processes like Analysis, Estimation, Design, Coding, Testing,
• Implementation and Review.
• Solving Problem tickets/Incidents of severity 1,2 and 3 within time
• In depth analysis of application and fixing bugs if any and enhancing the system.
• Coordinating weekly Tec talk meetings.
• Preparing the test plans and test cases.
• Trouble shooting any issues while implementing new application programs.

Environment: COBOL,JCL,DB2,TSO/ISPF,SPUFI,MS-OFFICE,QMF, Peregrine Incident Management Tool, FILE- AID,XPEDITER,ENDEAVOR,MQ Series, PERIGRINE and IBM Debugger Tool

Mainframe Consultant

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements via discussions/meetings with users, IT Management.
• Analysis on Function Design and High Level Functional Design
• Preparing Technical Design, Test guidance and Review.
• In depth analysis of application and enhancing the system if any rectification .
• Task includes development of online screens(BMS Maps) and programs to display selection to open and close user accounts.
• Coordinating with the programmers while coding and Testing
• Work with Client IT Management & staff for co-ordination of System and end user testing.
• Participate in Client/Team meetings send regular status updates and Task assignments.
• Create weekly status report and participation in team meetings.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CHANGEMAN, INTERTEST, CICS,CICS BMS SCREENS,QMF, CA7,DB2, MQ Series and QC