SUMMARY:

• 11+ years of total IT experience working with Mainframe applications development including Requirement analysis, Project estimation, Architecture, Design, Development, Testing, Maintenance and Production support. Worked across multiple functional domains like Core Banking, Credit Card Systems and Healthcare in both Product based and Services companies. Proven ability to create quality software that exceeds customer expectations. Recognized team player committed to working effectively with individuals at all levels.
• Presently associated with Syntel limited as Senior Project Lead.
• Have extensive expertise in Mainframe COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, CICS and Easytrieve.
• Have very good exposure in attending Client meetings, documenting client requirements, conducting design walkthroughs, conducting regular meetings with stakeholders for the project status tracking.
• A project planner with expertise in Planning, executing and spearheading various mainframe projects in compliance withthe quality standards.
• Experienced in coordinating, negotiating and motivating off - shore resources in support of timeline and IT project deliverables.
• Involved in Batch job scheduling, monitoring and optimization with CA7 and SMR/JMR.
• Handles ABEND calls & resolve abends depending on priority.
• Played a key role in application performance planning, monitoring and forecasting.
• Adept in end-to-end development of software products from requirement analysis to system study, designing, coding testing, de-bugging, documentation and implementation.
• Have also supported and worked on migration projects and find the area to improve the performance and modernize the system.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, SQL, JCL, SQL, CICS, Quickjob, Store procedure, Easytrieve, Unix Shell script.

Operating Systems: MVS/ESA, OS/390, Z/OS, Windows

Database: DB2, IMS, MS SQL, Oracle, VSAM

Version Control: CHANGEMAN, ENDEAVOUR, PANVALET

Tools /Packages: FILEAID, XPEDITOR, DCLGEN, SPUFI, QMF, REXX, PANVALET, NDM, FTP, CONTROL-M, STARTTOOL, IOF, Connect: Direct, OPER, TSO/ISPF, CA7 ESP, Strobe Testing, MQSeries, RDz, SonarQubeSQL Developer, Winscp, Putty, Autosys.

Batch Utilities: IDCAMS, IEBGENER, DFSORT & SYNCSORT and ICETOOL

ETL Tools: Informatica Power center 9.6.1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Sr. Project Lead

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IMS, CICS, File Aid, PANVALET, INFOMAN, SPUFI, INFOPAC/ Document View, JMR, DFSORT, CA7,FTP/SFTP, WINSCP Informatica power center 9.6.1, Putty,Autosys, Sql Devloper.

Technologies: Mainframe

Responsibilities:

• Meeting with business and product owner for requirement gathering.
• Managing a team of 12+ members at offshore/onshore
• Participate in requirements discussion with business stake holders to provide inputs on feasibility of implementation based on application architecture
• Providing clarification to stake holders on any application related queries
• Document the High Level Design and Low Level Design for the Requirement
• Identify and communication with upstream and downstream impacted systems/applications and documenting interface contracts.
• Responsible for development, code review, unit testing, review and approve Test objectives, review the test resultsand supporting the system testing.
• Responsible for end-end testing and output file/data-sets transfers from mainframe applications to different applications like Unix-Oracle, Business Servers, Reporting systems.etc..
• Identify and propose automation scope and solutions, automation of certain repeated processes.
• Knowledge in using Informatica power center 9.6.1,SQL Developer,Putty,Winscp and Autosys Scheduler
• Monitor the job that loads the ODS data to Argus(XE),Service Fund using Informatica Mappings which uses various Transformations such as Source Qualifier, Sorter, Expression, Sequence generator, Joiner, Router, Aggregator, Rank, Lookup, Update strategy.
• Performing configuration management and process improvement - Responsible for finding areas and provide enhancements to those areas related to the project that will add value to the process and will improve performance.
• Involved in User Acceptance testing coordinating with business users followed by the implementation using AGILE methodology.
• Key resource in successful implementation of BLAZE, DEAA Migration project
• Preparing and maintaining weekly and monthly project status report.
• Releasing the components to production environment following all the client quality processes and documentation and Warranty support.
• Onshore-offshore coordination on calls and through meetings and provide support to the offshore team for technical/business needs.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Project Lead

Technologies: Mainframe

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, File Aid, Changeman, INFOMAN, SPUFI

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering in coordination with the Business Analyst and Onsite Coordinator.
• Prepare design requirements as per the business needs and method of implementation.
• Impact Analysis and project estimations,
• Designing of High and low level design artefacts.
• Coding and code review based on checklist
• Prepare Integration test plan and Integration test cases along with test data and carry out testing and capture the Integration test results.
• Unit and system Testing, Performing volume testing
• Coordination with other functional teams, onsite team and other stakeholders for Project deployment
• Project Handover Discussion with production support team.
• Releasing the components to production environment following all the client quality processes and documentation and Warranty support.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Module Lead

Technologies: Mainframe

Environment: COBOL, DB2, IMS, JCL, VSAM, File Aid, Changeman, INFOMAN, SPUFI

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Design, and developed many COBOL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, VASM Online as well as batch programs, based on business requirements.
• Understanding of support specification and design the low-level design and coding for that design
• Have coded both batch & online programs with IMS DB/DC.
• Have debugging experience with TRACE tool for IMS DB/DC programs.
• Prepare program specifications, Design Document, Coding New components by using existing Components Designs, Preparing unit Test Case & Test plans for all programs.
• Actively participated in coding, unit testing and system testing
• Test data preparation for the testing of the program it helps in the better understanding of the function of the code
• Implementation review and Implementation support for Major Release at the Client location.
• Responsibilities of the technical quality deliveries made from the offshore delivery center.
• Technical Assistance and Technical Review of the Artifacts and deliveries made by the team members
• Facilitated the new joiner's in the team to understand the user queries and guiding them to the resolution.

Confidential 

Module Lead

Technologies: Mainframe

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, File Aid, Changeman, INFOMAN, SPUFI

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, Design, and developed many COBOL, CICS, DB2, VASM Online as well as batch programs, based on business requirements.
• Understanding of support specification and design the low-level design and coding for that design
• Coding new components by using existing Components Designs
• Prepare program specifications, Design Document,
• Preparing unit Test Case & Test plans for all programs
• Ensured the use of standard procedures and compliance with the guidelines and efficient use of technology
• Actively participated in coding, unit testing and system testing
• Test data preparation for the testing of the program it helps in the better understanding of the function of the code
• Review of the designed program to meet the coding standards and required task supposed to be done by code. Review of another team mate’s code

Confidential , Pittsburgh -USA

Team Member

Technologies: Mainframes

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, File Aid, Changeman, INFOMAN, SPUFI

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the business requirement and contribute in Functional design
• Communicate with business and IT Architect to clarify issues
• Design and Review of Technical specifications
• Development of code modules pertinent to the project
• Preparing and maintaining weekly project status report and Metrics report
• Preparing and Review Test cases/ Test plan document
• Unit and system Testing
• Coordinate the review of all deliverable project documentation
• Defect resolution and maintenance support
• Project Handover to production support team
• Maintenance of project artefacts for quality assurance and project closure report

Confidential , Oakland 

Team Member

Technologies: Mainframes

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, File Aid, Changeman, SPUFI

Responsibilities:

• Monitored and fixed various mainframe application related issues
• Actively participated in coding, unit testing and system testing
• Coding new components by using existing Components Designs
• Prepare program specifications, Design Document.
• Preparing unit Test Case & Test plans for all programs
• Analysis and estimation of the work requests.
• Designing of the request specifications, Doing the peer review.