SUMMARY:

• Over 12 years of experience in InformationTechnology including analysis and design, implementation and processintegration on mainframe.
• Experience in system Analysis, design andapplication development, flowcharting, unit and system testing, performancetesting, test plan preparation, testing validations, program debugging.
• Experience of high level Design, FunctionalAnalysis, Impact Analysis, Low level Design, Coding, Testing, Implementation,Validation and Verification of results.
• Excellent understanding of product lifecycles(PLC) withprimary focus on requirementsdefinition, documentation and systems design validation to ensure that theproject deliverables are implemented
• Proficient in IBM Mainframe Technologies such asPL 1, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2, EASYTRIEVE, XPEDITOR, INTERTEST, FILEAID,Sync Sort, Easy triveetc in MVS environment and has enough working experiencein J2EE, Microsoft .net and UML.
• Having Experience as a Tech Lead/ ProgrammerAnalyst/Onsite Coordinator (Technical Lead) in mainframe and client/serverenvironments.
• Versatile experience in providing 24X7 on callsupport.
• Expertise in obtaining project requirements fromuser and manager, formulating the requirements into functional and technicalspecifications.
• Having versatile experience in resource handling,team mentoring, task estimation- scheduling- tracking,
• Full understanding of all phases of Project LifeCycle/SDLC including Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Development,Implementation, Testing, Software quality standards and configurationmanagement and change management and Quality procedures.
• Writing Easytrieve/COBOL/JCL programs forgenerating adhoc reports and extracts for the businesspersons for importantaudits and also for other business improvements purposes.
• Expertise in Project documentation , Flow charts,Structure charts, Coding, Testing and Quality audit reviews
• Extensively worked on MS Office Tools(EXCEL, WORD, VISIO, POWERPOINT and ACCESS)and Mercury Interactive.
• Good Programming and Communication Skills withexcellent work ethics, easy adaptability to demanding time schedules coupledwith positive user interaction and excellent team spirit.
• Exceptional ability to quickly master newconcepts.
• Excellent ability to determine appropriate systemtest scenarios, create end-user Business procedure guides, and provide hands-onguidance and training where necessary

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Hardware: IBMMainframe, Pentium PC
• Language: COBOL,CICS, MQ,PL 1
• OS: OS/MVS,Win 95/NT/98/2000/XP
• Librarian products: Endeavor, PanvaletandChangeman
• Databases': DB2, VSAM,IMS, SQL SERVER, MS-Access
• Utilities: TSO/ISPF,SPUFI, VSAM, ENDEVOR, EXPEDITER, SYNCSORT, IDMS,MVS UTILITIES, INSYNCH, VISIO, EXCEL, WORD,FILE-AID, RACF, PANAVALET, TSO/SDSF,z/ESA,JAVA,HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Sunbury, PA May 2012 to Current
Sr. MainframeDeveloper

Billing and Invoiceproject deals with distribution of food products from warehouse to the Stores.The data receive from different storesfor products like frozen food, grocery andnonfoods.Each product has an item-codethat storescan use to order.Eachitem-code is associates that to warehouse and dept. number .The invoice is created for each orders and sent back to thewarehouseas grocery and perishable items. FTP is used to receive and send
files from the storeandwarehouse.

• Responsiblefor analyzing BRD's and UserSpecifications and creatingand modifyingCOBOL programs fordata manipulation,I/O files and reports.
• Extensive use ofDITTO for defining , editing and updating VSAM files.
• Useof DOS/VSE operating system for creating job procedures andsubmitting batch programs.
• Processing Batch procedure jobs for testing and productionenvironment.
• Created jobs to copy production files at specific checkpoints whilerunningschedule jobs in prod.Environment.
• Loading the data into the test files , and keeping the record countsfor respective files
• Extensive use of these files to process thru the programs in batchtest environment.
• Created programs to compare the record counts from the prod.and testenvironment
• Reporting any differences and creating output files, and import thosefiled to the Microsoft excel.
• Wrotebatch job procedure to copies the files from share-point serverand processing those files thru enhanced programs.Modified programs for record length changesfor theexisting files , adding new files and deleted the obsolete files.
• Analyzing the messages written to the error files and correcting dataand/or reporting for creatingChangerequest for the programs.
• Copied the executedbatch jobs for the Managed List Queue , to PC usingthe FTP download commands and move the documents to the share drive.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DITTO,VSAM,SYNCSORT, SYSTEM-CONSOLE

Confidential, Durham, NC Nov 2011 to May 2012
Sr. MainframeDeveloper

Fixed Income projectdeals with Issuing treasury, mutual bonds and certificate of deposit. Thesystem have profile for different stock-options -corporate and municipal Bonds.Thetreasury bond of these companies have close-time opportunities,offering is not allowed for any issue afterthe designated time.

• Responsible for analyzing the Design Specifications and modify theCOBOL/CICS/DB2 programs according to the requirements.
• Utilize the online 'Intertest'toolsfor debugging the online programs ,thru the use of checkpoints and datamodifications .
• Extensive use of VSAM files , using File-Aid for data-manipulationsfor batch procedures.
• Testing thru different stages of Endeavor, Creating packages to move thruTesting,Acceptance and Shared Environment and implementation in production environment.
• Use of 'Maui view' to test theprograms thru different CICS regions
• Responsible for code and system-test walk thru using'same-time'to share the screen.
• Using CICS region to do newcopy, closing and enabling VSAM files.
• Maintaining source for several CICS regions.

Environment: IBM S/390, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, VSAM, , FILE-AID,Intertest, and ENDEAVOR.

Confidential. Livingston, NJ Jan 2010 toSept 2011
Sr. Programmer Analyst

Global Markets & IssuerServices Systems project is related to the stock transfer system which gathereddata for different clients of the company's specific stock options plans,trading of stocks, the number of stock holders, authorized shares and dividendsunits. Systems have detailed information for a specific shareholder, theaddress and number of shares, the history of the trades, certificate shares andbuying and selling of stocks. The clients of CIT Group included GE, LUCENT,PEPSI etc. The system would calculate dividends on a record date and mailchecks.

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analysis, design and development ofClaims and Auto Systems.
• Involved in preparation of Technical designdocuments.
• Responsible for developing new batch programsusing COBOL, DB2.
• Involved in creation and making changes to BMSmaps for customer and vehicle related information.
• Responsible for developing new online (pseudoconversational) modules using COBOL, CICS, VSAM.
• Used XPEDITOR tool to debug the programs.
• Involved in creating Unit Test and Integrationtest Plans for batch testimg.
• Involved in creating the acceptance package andsetting up the User Acceptance Test environment and prepare the Test plan andTest Cases for UAT.
• Involved in Generating Reports.
• Responsible for Code review and Test review.
• Involved in Technical documentation.
• Involved in on call production support.

Environment: IBM S/390, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, VSAM, VISIO, FILE-AID, CA-7, XPEDITERand ENDEVOR.

Confidential, NY July 2005 - Nov 2009
Sr. MainframeDeveloper

Thestock transfer system gathered data for different clients of the company'sspecific stock options plans, trading of stocks, the number of stock holders, authorizedshares and dividends units. Responsibility included Business requirementsreview, research and analyze data.

• Wrote detail and low-level design documents forprograms. Determining the DATA BASES required for the modeling of the DB2tables and layouts of the files required for the project.
• Experience in Logical & physical Design ofthe Database, Creation of tables, views, procedures, packages, triggers . Experience in combininganalysis, design, development and implementation. Experience in SSRS (SQLServer Reporting Services) and SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services). Strongknowledge ofMS/SQl server 2005.
• Used TSO/SDSF for the all the functionality ofthe applications such as Copying, editing and allocating PDS and for batch andVSAM data sets.
• Created Job-flow thru Visio and created new batchjob procedure.
• The ACH transactions processor was used forrouting data thru multiple environments.
• Creating system test plans for the developmentenvironment and program transfer in the test region for the new claim system
• Developing the module and system integrationtesting application environment for the new CICS region.The region included entry for PPT, PCT, RCT,FCT Programs, and Transactions and File applications
• Testing JCLs and source code for VS COBOL IIapplications
• Heavy use of SPUFI & QMF SQL. Created JCL forLoading DB2 Tables Using IBM Utilities .
• Created data and tailored JCL, control cards, andparameters. Prepared batch test procedures and reviewed them with the relatedDevelopment team.
• Expediter was used to test the on-line step-by-steptesting.Used File-Aid for analyzing the VSAM files .
• Responsible for managing databases using IDMS andalso created segmentspacesfor hierarchical databases. Data Mapping wasdone for the migration of IMS segments to DB2 tables.
• Coded programs using IMS/DLIfunctionsusing get -uniquecalls.
• Generated CICS screens, requesting and sendingmessages thru MQ queues.The system would transfer data thru CICS/MQ interfaceto the WCF/MVC framework networks applications for the Front End Users .
• Used Microsoft Word, Excel, fordocumentationand reporting
• Coordinated with interfacing applications. Datatransferred from Main-Frame applications, were successfully received by JAVAapplications.
• Systems were successfully implemented &Source was moved Using Panavalet.
• The batch job procedure, program, cards and copy members added to Panavalet.
• The implementations were done thru Script. Thescripts were written specifying every element to be migrated from user basedtesting to production environment.
• Db2 extract utilities were used to create controlfiles to require processing the data thru system.
• Created online facilities to retrieve informationusing DB2 tables
• Developing test scripts both manually & usingautomation tools like QTP.
• Working knowledge of Win Runner, Load Runner and Quality Center.
• The CICS screen / maps were created to ensure thecompany information, shareholders funds history and mailing address etc.

Environment: PL1/COBOL/CICS/ IMS/ IDMS/ DB2/ TSO ISPF/ENDEAVOR/ SYNCSORT/ PANAVALET

Confidential, NY Dec 2002 -June 2005
Programmer Analyst

Workedon the pensionpayroll managementsystem. Responsibilities included Analysis of data, writing Detail designdocuments from business requirements/User-specification.Acquired project basis knowledge fromrequirements and project planning meetings.

• Determine the job flow, creating the transactiondata thru File-Aid, using Microsoft Access for the Queries of DB2 databases.
• INSYNCH extract utilities were used to create control files to requireprocessing the data thru system.
• The data was created using the extraction of IMSdata bases, and modification to the production files. Setting up theenvironment, JCL and PROC Creation and modification of COBOL/IMS/DB2/CICS/VSAMPrograms.
• Creating similar test environments as productionbaseline for testing JCLs, which included Subroutines and source code of VS-COBOL II program transfers in the test region
• Heavy use of SPUFI & QMF SQL. Created JCL forLoading DB2 Tables Using IBM Utilities .
• Interfaces with Front-End thru MQ series and transferring data to JAVAand HTML written programs.
• Creating GDG, overriding symbolic, and executionand processing of the Jobs for output results.
• DLI/IMS Data-Bases were used to update companyand shareholder accounts.The systemhasfunctionality to sell shares andreinvest into other stock options for a client.
• Worked on Z/oswih IBM server processing --authorized to run onSystem z(Integrated
• information processor(zIIP)

Envioronment: COBOL/ CICS/ DB2/ IMS/ JCL / TSO / ISPF /MVS/ VSAM

Confidential, Middletown, NJ May 1999 - Nov 2002
Mainframe Developer

Theproject would calculate billing amounts for customer transactions.Worked on telephone ordering system,determining the number of calls would evaluate, telephone required for aspecific zone.

The data was stored in IMS data bases.Application was run on UNIX environment. The change management was used to store load module, card and copymember for the release coordination purposes. The programs were written in COBOL, PLI and IMS. Extensive use ofdebugging was applied for the quality implementation of the products.Responsibilities included were the program design, test specification andreport analysis for customer.

• Worked as a Developer to enhance and modifyprogram according to the requirements. Programs were tested thru UNIT andintegration process.
• Developed a financial application for payrollsystems, business and user enhancements for implementing production
• Involved in system testing, modifying andenhancing programs
• The code walk-thru, design, unit and integrationtesting and end results confirmations.
• As a programmer / system analyst,responsibilities include analysis of user specifications program design, codewalk-thru unit and integration testing.
• Writing test-plans, design documents andproduction implementations were also done.

Envioronment:COBOL/ CICS/ IMS/ DB2/ TSO ISPF/ENDEAVOR/SYNCSORT

EDUCATION:

Bachelorof Science in Mathematics:Confidential,India