SUMMARY:

• Proficient in mainframe Cobol CICS development with solid 20+ years of professional experience.
• Have 12+ Years of experience in working with financial domain clients.
• Proficient in working with COBOL, PL/1, CICS, DB2, VSAM, SDF2, CA - Datacom File-aid, Intertest etc.
• Well versed in development of XML and MQ Series based front-end and back-end systems using COBOL2, PL/1, CICS, Intertest, Xpediter, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, TableBase, InfoSystem, ChangeMan, CA7, MSWord, MS Excel, MQ Series, XML etc.
• Expertise in designing, developing, implementing applications using COBOL2, PL/1, CICS, Xpediter, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, REXX
• Sound proficiency in PL/1, COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, Datacom, MQ Series
• Hands-on expertise in working with JOB scheduler tools for Batch support.
• Strong exp in Application Maintenance & Support projects
• Exposure of working in Onshore & Offshore Model

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM Mainframes (370, 30xx, 43xx); PC/Workstations; IBM SYS/3; IBM 1401; ICL 1903; Burroughs 1728; IBM Series/1

Software: SQL/DB2/QMF/SPUFI/Platinum/Insight, CA-Datacom, DQRY, DBTX,CICS/VS/BMS/SDF2/, CSP, IMS, Adabase/Natural, VSAM, ChangeMan, Infoman,CA7, OS/VS/MVS/DOS,VM/CMS, TSO/ISPF/PDF/Dialog Manager, Clist, Script, $avers, File-Aid, Librarian, Vollie, Roscoe, Panvalet, TableBase, Windows 7, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access, Intertest, Xpediter, MQ Series, XML, FTP, FAQS, SelCopy, SharePoint

Languages: COBOL/2, PL/1, REXX, Assembler, Visual Basic, C, C++, HTML, JAVA, RPG, FORTRAN, Autocoder

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

LEAD MAINFRAME DEVELOPER

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, tested and implemented enhancements to various sections of Replenishment System for Estee Lauder.
• These also included creation and modifications of programs, copybooks, DB2 Tables, VSAM, GDGs, Flat files, Procs and JCLs.
• Used COBOL2, CICS, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, ChangeMan, FTP, TSO/ISPF, Microsoft Word, Excel and Project and SharePoint.

LEAD MAINFRAME DEVELOPER

Responsibilities:

• Performed analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation, to in corporate BCBS of Montana billing process into the existing BlueSTAR Billing System for the states of Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
• Developed and implemented a special delinquency payment handling process for Montana.
• Designed, coded, tested and implemented modifications to split processing and reports for small business customers (SHOP), from the main premium customers processing.
• Resolved ad hoc production-run problems.
• Used COBOL, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, IBM OPTIM, VSAM, JCL, PROC, TSO/ISPF, Endevor, FTP, NDM, File-Manager, InterTest, SyncSort etc.
• Analyzed and implemented Affordable Healthcare Act related modifications for BlueSTAR Billing System and specific programs.

LEAD MAINFRAME DEVELOPER

Responsibilities:

• Performed analysis, design, coding, testing and implementation, using SDLC techniques, for information retrieval of bank’s mainframe based financial systems for:
• Global Tracking Batch system GTR, utilizing skills like COBOL, DB2, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, PROC, File-aid, TSO/ISPF etc.
• Online system TRACQS using CICS, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, Intertest, Xpediter etc.
• Used SPUFI, QMF, Syncsort etc. for various adhoc reports.
• Also extensively used Endevor, FTP, File-Aid, File Manager, Intertest, etc..

LEAD MAINFRAME DEVELOPER

Responsibilities:

• Performed business and systems analysis of Global Foreign Exchange (GFX) trading system MANTEC, on IBM mainframe processing GFX trades in NY, London, Tokyo and Singapore, during their respective trading hours for all the global currencies.
• Performed analysis, coding, various levels of testing and implementation for enhancements and improvements in all parts of the MANTEC system including Trades Entry, Validation manager, Auto-verification process, Auto-confirmation process, Customer data maintenance etc.
• Used COBOL, PL/1, CICS, DB2, VSAM, SDF2, CA-Datacom File-aid, Intertest etc.
• Worked on streamlining the feeds to and from various remote systems like FXTS, TRAM, BART, SWIFT Alliance, Cash Manager, StorQm, etc., using MQ, FTP etc.
• Worked on retiring of Mantec system and successfully moving all the GFX trading to BOA systems without disrupting any business.

MAINFRAME / COBOL PROGRAMMER

Responsibilities:

• Participated in Detail design, development, and creation and implementation of test plans, for various projects in CitiSmart/AHS systems.
• Analyzed and prepared Detail Design and managed development of XML and MQ Series based several releases of software for the interface between PeopleSoft based front-end and CitiSmart back-end systems using COBOL2, PL/1, CICS, Intertest, Xpediter, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, TableBase, InfoSystem, ChangeMan, CA7, MSWord, MS Excel, MQ Series, XML etc.
• Managed System Testing and implementation of the system
• Analyzed and prepared Detail Design for various conversion projects, as listed below, to CitiSmart/AHS Systems.
• Converted California and Nevada based CalFed Group Bank systems
• Converted Citigold accounts
• Converted European American Bank (EAB) systems
• Converted of International Personal Banking (IPB) Systems
• Added new bank to Checking and Savings (CAS) system
• Developed, tested and implemented enhancements for above listed conversions to both batch and online programs using COBOL2, CICS, Intertest, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, REXX, VSAM, JCL, TableBase, InfoSystem, ChangeMan, CA7, MSWord, MS Excel, MQ Series etc.

PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed, evaluated, designed, developed, tested and managed enhancement to Listing Management System for Yellow Pages and White pages using COBOL2, CICS, Xpediter, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, REXX etc.
• Evaluated and analyzed enhancements for the Rollover and Canvass Management systems for the Yellow and White pages.

PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, tested and implemented Y2K upgrade for a large Replenishment System for Estee Lauder using COBOL2, CICS, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, Word, and Excel.
• Designed, tested and implemented modifications to the system for addition of a new division.

PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, implemented and managed Y2K upgrade for a large number of extremely visible applications for the biggest TV network of USA using COBOL2, PL/1, CICS, Xpediter, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, REXX
• Utilized a Platinum Technology package for help in scanning the existing code. Windowing and Oscar dates technique, among others, was used during remediation, and Xpediter was used for testing both batch and online programs

PROGRAMMER/ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed, implemented and managed several projects for CitiSmart/Workstation Systems over a period of time.
• Utilized skills including COBOL2, PL/1, CICS, Assembler, Intertest, File-Aid, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, VSAM, JCL, TableBase, InfoSystem, ChangeMan, Microman, Word, Excel, Access, VB.
• Some of the important projects involved were:
• Enhancements for GCR Upgrade processing
• Enhancements for RBS (where all the components of banking for a household are combined and information for every aspect of relationship with Citi corp is available at the workstations)
• CICS 4.1 Upgrade
• Y2K Upgrade
• Analyses and resolve production problems

PROGRAMMER

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and implemented a DB2 based Extract and Loading system for preparing DB2 tables for a PC based MIS reporting system
• Created databases, tablespaces, tables, indexes, views etc. and performed other DBA functions.

PROGRAMMER / ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• As a senior Systems Analyst, worked on enhancement and maintenance of both ONLINE and BATCH portions of Billing and Invoicing System.
• Rresponsibilities included analysis, design and development of various modules.
• Extensively used QMF and SPUFI to perform various DB2 functions and to generate various reports.

PROGRAMMER / ANALYST

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed Assets Verifications System for IBM Credit Corporation
• Maintained and enhanced BATCH and ONLINE parts of Remarketing and Inventory Control System
• Set up environment for parallel tests of RICS and upcoming new system