iSeries/AS400 Cobol Programmer Resume

SUMMARY

More than 20 years programming and application development experience on the IBM AS/400 and iSeries.
Proficient in AS/400 COBOL, CL, SEU, PDM, AS/400 Query and Query Management, DB2/400, Interactive SQL, and Embedded SQL, Aldon Change Management Systems, and Implementer.
Knowledge in RPG, ILE, EDI, Stored Procedures.
Possess good written and verbal communication skills
Ability to shift focus between multiple tasks based on changing priorities
Strong trouble shooting and problem solving skills.
Experience leading other programmers and managing projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential iSeries/AS400 Cobol Programmer

Responsibilities:

Work with Business Analysts and Business Partners to identify process and systems improvements.
Partnered with our customers to identify, document and program/code for both business and technical enhancement requests.
Participate in the meetings with both internal Business Units and Key External Business Clients.
Participate in all phases of the software development life cycle, with a primary focus on adding/changing program code based on requirements documents and guidance from a Business Analyst and/or a Business Unit.
Drive both unit and cross systems testing of the code updates.
Assuring that the project deliverables are implemented to the satisfaction of our business partners.
Developed Application programs to support Claims and Billing Health Care systems using AS400 Cobol, Embedded SQL, Interactive SQL, CL.
Responsible for insuring that backend data feeds transferred successfully to an FTP server location for use in Web Enabled system.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Reported directly to the Manager of Information Systems.
Responsible for writing the interface programs between the Comporiums’s AS400 and Motorola’s Digital Addressable Controller (DAC) to provide a full slate of residential TV services.
Identified project objectives and limitations
Defined project deliverables and guidelines.
Prepared functional and technical design documents.
Gathered requirements from the Information systems manager as well as from the business unit responsible for the day - to-day operations of the interface.
Used TCP/IP protocol to communicate between the AS400 and Motorola’s DAC using a socket program written in Cobol on the AS400.
Wrote program to translate data received from ASCII format to English using character nibble encoding.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Write functional design documents for system enhancements.
Conducted JAD sessions with business user, programmer analyst, quality assurance team members.
Develop technical design documents based on information gathered in walkthroughs.
Developed Cobol programs, CL programs and SQLs used in the Warehouse Management system.