SUMMARY:

• Having around 15+ years Plus of Relevant Mainframe Experience as Associate Manager - Projects, Tech/Project Lead, Software Analyst, Software Engineer, and Analyst Programmer involved in Maintenance & Enhancement project, Support Request, Conversion, Development projects in Mainframes technologies.
• Trained and experience inRUP, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or other - preferably within an organization
• Having 5 years of Experience in Microsoft Technologies including web application development projects
• Currently working in Michigan
• Having onsite experience for 9 months at UK, London.
• Having onsite experience for 4 years at USA, North Carolina, Michigan and Richmond VA.
• Thorough understanding of the Quality process
• A strong team player having Good analytical skills to identify key issues and provide solution, Design and delivery of Technical Specification document as per schedule.
• Domain Knowledge: Banking, Accounting, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), Telecommunication, IVR, Automobiles, Shipping and Retail Supply Chain and Health Care.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: VSCOBOL-II.

Hardware: IBMS/390.

Operating System: OS/390. Z/OSDatabase & File System: DB2, VSAM, IMS/DB, IMS/DC.ORACLE

OLTP: CICS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Las Vegas, USA

Mainframe/Cobol Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead efforts in determining application functionality, security, recovery and integration requirements, and planned user interaction by working with support group, project management, and/or business area personnel; understand external and internal business context. Analyze alternatives using methodology (cost/benefit, risk, etc.); determine implementation schedules.
• Lead and perform research and evaluation of product and service alternatives for topics assigned (including I/S tools) using appropriate methodology and document recommendations; include vendor business and cost analysis as appropriate.
• Design the use of complex application software functions and options, and document interfaces and planned utilization of user access tools.
• Assist Control Operations & Planning (COPS) in determining impact of business requirements on production and recovery infrastructure.
• Lead or participate in problem diagnosis and resolution on a timely basis; participate in "post-mortem" reviews as as2signed
• Lead or participate in the analysis, prioritization and development of change requests, upgrades and patches, and maintenance actions; assure appropriate coordination, communication and approval
• Provide on-call support
• Participate in technology recovery and departmental emergency management planning, rehearsals and execution
• Plan, participate in or review the configuration, testing and implementation of complex application components (package or custom) needed to implement documented requirements (modules; parameters; inquiry and reporting; application security; integration; other)
• Plan and review appropriate levels of application or infrastructure testing, including preparation of test plans, scripts, data and expected results as appropriate·
• Complete the turnover of tested application or infrastructure items and related documentation for production use
• Coordinate with project managers and other departments to develop, arrange for, or provide application for end users and support groups
• Communicate and work effectively in project teams and work groups and take lead roles as appropriate; communicate effectively with support groups and business areas, and with supplier and contractor technical personnel, keeping department and project team personnel informed on progress and problems.
• Coordinate with project managers or develop project work plans; provide a clear understanding of the work being assigned, including scope, schedule and deliverables. Plan team and individual work to achieve those expectations; prepare expected documentation on a timely basis.

Skills: COBOL, IMS DB/DC, JCL, CICS, TSO, CA Endeavor, and relational databases.

Confidential, Florida, USA

Mainframe Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead for Confidential Operations Application.
• Experience designing and developing Mainframe batch programs using COBOL, DB2 SQL, IMS/DB,, MQ,ISPF JCL, and other utilities such as SYNCSORT,ICETOOL ETC
• Experience with online development using CICS, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, and SSAs.
• Executed Programs using VSAM, FLAT FILES
• Developed Design Architecture Software design and specifications using MICROSOFT VISIO
• Designed and coded few IBM MESSAGE QUEUEING Programs with CICS
• Used JIRA to plan, track and to meet the Milestones
• Gatheird Requirements/User stories for Change Requests/Projects
• Perform Impact analysis through Endeavor scans and identify impacted elements.
• Experience designing cross-application business processes.
• Microsoft Suite experience using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
• Prepared Cost estimates and Resource Plan for the project
• Prepared Implementation plan for the software releases
• Created Coding standards and checklist for the code/implementation/Post Implementation
• Responsible for tracking key project milestones and meet the project deadlines.
• Stored, maintained the project and design documents in SHAREPOINT
• Responsible for teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing quality review;
• Updated Project action plan, Detailed Requirements Specifications, Impact Analysis, File Specifications, System Run Chart (flow chart), Data Base Requirements, Program Specifications, Operation Manual, Program Development, Coding, Unit Test Plan, System Test plan, Inter System Test plan, Implementation plan, Post implementation check and User rating
• Conduct Design walkthroughs and obtain sign-off.
• Co-ordinate business for UAT Phase validation during Production Implementation.
• Coordinate with Release Management for Project Implementation

Skills COBOL, DB2 SQL, IMS/DB,, MQ,ISPF JCL, and other utilities such as SYNCSORT,ICETOOL ETC, CHANGEMAN, EAZYTRIEVE, VISIO, XPEDITOR

Confidential, Michigan, USA

Mainframe Tech Lead Developer

Responsibilities:

• Tech Lead for Confidential Application with 6+ Members.
• Experience designing and developing Mainframe batch programs using COBOL, DB2 SQL, IMS/DB,, MQ,ISPF JCL, and other utilities such as SYNCSORT,ICETOOL ETC
• Experience with online development using CICS, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, and SSAs.
• Executed Programs using VSAM, FLAT FILES
• Experience with change control methodology using CHANGEMAN.
• Microsoft Suite experience using Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project
• Used JIRA to plan, track and to meet the Milestones
• The design is build based on SOA principals
• Executed the queries using SPUFI/QMF
• Experience in TSO/ISPF Commands, FTP,NDM,XCOM
• Conduct/discuss Meeting with SME’s for integration architecture design.
• Prepared Implementation plan for the software releases
• Created Coding standards and checklist for the code/implementation/Post Implementation
• Responsible for teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts on a daily basis, identifying resource needs, performing quality review;
• Updated Project action plan, Detailed Requirements Specifications, Impact Analysis, File Specifications, System Run Chart (flow chart), Data Base Requirements, Program Specifications, Operation Manual, Program Development, Coding, Unit Test Plan, System Test plan, Inter System Test plan, Implementation plan, Post implementation check and User rating
• Conduct Design walkthroughs and obtain sign-off.
• Co-ordinate business for UAT Phase validation during Production Implementation.
• Coordinate with Release Management for Project Implementation

Skills: COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, SSAs, CHANGEMAN, MQ SERIES, CA Tools, SQL, DB2, VSAM, SYNCSORT ETC,JIRA,VISIO,EAZYTRIEVE

Confidential, Pleasanton CA,

Mainframe Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyze, define, and document requirements for data and business processes.
• Experience with online development using CICS, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, and SSAs.
• Executed Programs using VSAM, FLAT FILES
• Supported the system using CICS/DB2/COBOL/SAS/JCL
• Designed and coded few IBM MESSAGE QUEUEING Programs with CICS
• Validated the EOS Reports
• Experience in TSO/ISPF Commands, FTP, NDM, XCOM
• Gatheird Requirements/User stories for Change Requests/Projects
• Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with other programs and projects
• Provide quality control for project deliverables
• Executed the queries using SPUFI/QMF
• Executed and documented REGRESSION, SYSTEM & USER ACCEPTANCE TEST PLANS, TEST SCENARIOS AND TEST RESULTS
• Experience in programming techniques, programming languages in the mainframe environment.
• Knowledge of principals and techniques of computer programming, testing, debugging, implementation and documentation.
• Developed Design Architecture Software design and specifications using MICROSOFT VISIO
• Experience in implementing and supporting Agile practices
• Adherence to software development lifecycle processes including Agile Methodologies (SCRUM)
• Prepared Cost estimates and Resource Plan for the project
• Created Status/Defects Reports

Skills: COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, SSAs, CHANGEMAN, MQ SERIES, CA Tools, SQL, DB2, VSAM, SYNCSORT ETC,JIRA,VISIO

Confidential, Michigan, USA

Tech Lead April

Responsibilities:

• Handling team size of 23 members independently which is inclusive of onsite and offshore
• Communicating with Business Architect to give/get more details about the High level design
• Knowledge in respective application to develop in creating BRDs
• Experience in COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, ISPF, CHANGEMAN, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, SSAs, MQ SERIES CA Tools, SQL, DB2 and VSAM. SYNCSORT ETC
• Educate the team about the technical possibilities and limitations
• Provided technical solutions by researching the application
• Experience in Technical writing and documentation
• Create, update, Checkout/Check in the documents in SHAREPOINT
• Build EAZYTRIEVE Reports and Programs
• Coded DB2 STORED PROCEDURES
• Debugged and tested the programs using XPEDITER
• Developed Design Architecture Software design and specifications using MICROSOFT VISIO
• Used JIRA to plan, track and to meet the Milestones
• Managed the CHANGE RQUEST and executed
• Review of Impact analysis and technical Solution and Design
• Evaluating Change requests and suggesting solutions
• Experience in implementing and supporting Agile practices
• Adherence to software development lifecycle processes including Agile Methodologies (SCRUM)
• Responsible for Delivery, Responsible for team building activities, Escalation handling
• Code Review / Peer Review for assigned work products
• Reviewing the BRD, IA documents, escalating to PM if any issues noted
• Responsible for task schedule and effort for the assigned deliverables
• Researched the programs technically and analyzed the data for data mining

Skills COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, ISPF, CHANGEMAN, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, SSAs, MQ SERIES CA Tools, SQL, DB2 and VSAM. SYNCSORT ETC, EAZYTRIEVE, DB2, SHAREPOINT, JIRA, SPUFI/QMF,XPEDITOR

Confidential, North Carolina USA

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Knowledge Acquisition from the client and Knowledge Transition to the team
• Prepared System study, noledge acquisition documents and maintained the documents in SHAREPOINT
• Handling team size of 6 members independently
• Task allocation, monitoring & successful completion within the team
• Mailbox support, Resolve System abends and provide root cause solutions
• Build EAZYTRIEVE Reports and Programs
• Anaysis of the Incidents/Remedy Tickets
• Executed the queries using SPUFI/QMF
• Coded DB2 STORED PROCEDURES
• Debugged and tested the programs using XPEDITER
• Involved in review before final closure of tickets
• Prepared Cost estimates and Resource Plan for the project
• Experience in implementing and supporting Agile practices
• Adherence to software development lifecycle processes including Agile Methodologies (SCRUM)
• Executed and documented REGRESSION, SYSTEM & USER ACCEPTANCE TEST PLANS, TEST SCENARIOS AND TEST RESULTS
• Prepared Design, test plan documents,
• Prepared and Reviewed in Change management process techniques

Skills: COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, CHANGEMAN, IMS DB/DC PSBs, SSAs, MQ SERIES CA Tools, SQL, DB2,VSAM,SYNCSORT,ICETOOL, EAZYTRIEVE,VSAM

Confidential, Fermont CA, USA

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in preparation of specs
• Execution of batch Jobs
• Preparation of Test Plan
• Execution of Test plan and validating the results/data in Java portal application
• Resolved SYSTEM ABENDS AND DOCUMENTED IN SHAREPOINT
• Build EAZYTRIEVE Reports and Programs
• Developed Design Architecture Software design and specifications using MICROSOFT VISIO
• Executed the queries using SPUFI/QMF
• Debugged and tested the programs using XPEDITER
• Experience in implementing and supporting Agile practices
• Adherence to software development lifecycle processes including Agile Methodologies (SCRUM)
• Executed and documented REGRESSION, SYSTEM & USER ACCEPTANCE TEST PLANS, TEST SCENARIOS AND TEST RESULTS

Skills COBOL, CICS, TSO, MVS JCL, CHANGEMAN, IMS DB/DC, MQ SERIES CA Tools, SQL, DB2, VSAM, DATA ANALYZER, SYNCSORT, EAZYTRIEVE,ASSEMBLER,XPEDITOR

Confidential

Project lead

Responsibilities:

• Task allocation, monitoring & successful completion within the team
• Knowledge acquisition from the Client
• To provide technical & functional assistance to team member
• Assignment & Delivery of requests/ tickets
• Prepared High and low-level design documents
• Analyzed Programs to create Impact analysis and design
• Reviewing technical and non technical writing
• Prepared Impact analysis and design documents
• Build EAZYTRIEVE Reports and Programs
• Prepared estimation for the Projects
• Involved in Integration and E2E Testing
• Validation and verification of the results of unit, integration and system testing
• Experience with online development using CICS, IMS DB/DC, PSBs, and SSAs.
• Executed and documented REGRESSION, SYSTEM & USER ACCEPTANCE TEST PLANS, TEST SCENARIOS AND TEST RESULTS
• Analysis, Issue resolution and Verification of Bugs
• Execution of Test Cases and Defect Reporting
• Communication with onsite team/client & other team member
• Involved in metrics preparation and report generation to no the status of the project
• Production fixes noledge and issue resolution in co-ordination with onsite team
• Participating in Quality & Security audit of the project
• Coded Many Batch/online programs from scratch
• Create, Update, Document in SHAREPOINT links
• Monitored and scheduled the JOB’s using CONTROL-M
• Debugged and tested the programs using XPEDITER
• Have expose to online and Batch Processing.
• Prepared code and design checklist, production support checklist, Issue log,
• Involved in Unit testing, Integration Testing and System Testing