SUMMARY:

• 20+ years of experience with COBOL applications development, maintenance on IBM mainframe platforms
• Extensive COBOL, DB2, IMS, JCL design, development, testing, debug, performance tuning experience
• 15+ years development, maintenance and support experience with VB.NET, DB2, IMS d/b, Oracle
• Some C#, Java, Spring Batch development experience, all efforts were successfully implemented
• Demonstrated expertise in analysis, design, development, debugging, testing, issue analysis & resolution.
• Proven ability to multitask and handle/complete/resolve multiple issues, tasks, assignments, priorities
• Experienced with production support and mentoring of System OPS, Technical OPS, testers, users.
• Design, development of multithreaded applications using VB.NET, DB2, PL/SQL, Oracle, Cognos 7.5
• Design, development of VB.NET modules leveraging Microsoft Interoperability with Excel, Visio, Outlook
• Skilled at documenting processes, procedures, logic, setup in technical flowcharts, diagrams, documents

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: IBM mainframes z/OS, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/390 VM - Ware, Windows 10/8/7XP/2000, Windows Server 2008/2012

Languages: VB.NET, C#, VB 6.0, ASP.NET, JavaScript, Java, Spring Batch, PL/SQLCOBOL, Natural, SQL, SQL Server and DB2 stored procedures, CICSMVS JCL, DYL280, IDEAL, SPUFI, QMF, EASYTRIEVE, SYNCSORT

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, IMS d/b, Datacom d/b, IDMS, VSAM, MS Access

Developer tools: Microsoft Visual Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, Eclipse, JIRAJenkins, Azkaban, SVN, CVS, Tortoise, Confluence, VS TFS

Mainframe tools: TSO/ISPF, SDSF, CA-11, CA-7, Endevor, Xpediter, SFTPFile-Aid, File Manager for IMS, IBM File-Manager, FMD

Miscellaneous: MS Office / Word / Excel / Visio / Access / PowerPoint / Outlook / Skype

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior .NET Developer

Confidential, Buford, GA

Responsibilities:

• Enhancements, maintenance, testing of VB.NET, ASP.NET Web application, JavaScript, CSS
• Maintenance, testing of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 stored procedures, and document CRUD, flow w/VISIO
• Document and flow ASPX processing and handling/usage of numerous SQL Server stored procedures

Senior .NET Developer

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Development, enhancements, maintenance of VB.NET MVC Web application, JavaScript, jQuery, w/LINQ
• Development, enhancements, maintenance of Microsoft SQL Server 2016 stored procedures, and database
• Agile methodology modernization effort; legacy COBOL w/Informix & Access to VB.NET MVC w/SQL Server

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Development, enhancements, maintenance of VB.NET, C#, Java, Spring Batch, PL/SQL, COBOL code
• Performance tuning of COBOL, VB.NET modules, and SQL accessing DB2, IMS d/b, Oracle databases
• Development of PL/SQL modules using SQL Developer, accessing Oracle database, huge data volume.
• Led full SDLC process to design and develop COBOL / DB2 modules and JCL for data analysis, extraction, conversion and transfer of huge DB2 data volume for load to Oracle via SQL Loader
• Development of SQL Loader processes to successfully load billions of records to Oracle database
• Design and development of IBM DB2 Stored procedure prototype to access IMS d/b legacy data.
• Produced preliminary design and working prototype that led to using stored procedures to access legacy IMS d/b data from a new Java-based platform until IMS and DB2 were retired, move to Oracle completed.
• Create comprehensive detailed designs, technical/process flow diagrams, test and implementation plans

Senior Systems Integration Analyst

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Design, development, testing, implementation of COBOL II programs using Datacom d/b, JCL, VSAM.
• Reverse engineered QPW / VB / mainframe application into an MS Access 2000 application.
• Responsibilities included design, development, testing, implementation and documentation.
• Production support analysis and resolutions of COTS batch pension benefit and 401k systems.

Senior Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for applications software design, development, maintenance, enhancements, testing, installation, and production support of batch billing and collection COBOL and DYL280 modules for an IBM mainframe-based insurance and benefits management systems for large financial services company.
• Design, development, testing and implementation of GUI application written in VB 6.0 / Access 97.
• Enhancements and testing of production GUI application written in VB 6.0 / Access 97, involving Confidential ’s, code modifications and graphics.
• Design, development, testing maintenance, implementation, and ad-hoc requests of batch software modules written in Assembler, COBOL II and DYL280, utilizing IDMS, VSAM, MVS JCL, and FTP.
• Production support analysis and resolutions for billing and collections subsystems written in Assembler, COBOL II, DYL280, IDMS, Syncsort, MVS JCL.
• Design, development, testing and implementation of GUI applications written in Visual Basic 6.0
• Attended Visual Basic 6.0 in-house hands-on training.

Sr. Programmer / Analyst

Confidential, Reston, VA

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, design, development, testing, debugging, installation, support, documentation of COBOL II, Natural modules and MVS JCL jobs and procedures.
• Prepare system functional and technical specifications for development projects.
• Production support problem analysis and resolution for Service Order Processing application software, which included online Natural, COBOL / DB2 batch, CICS / COBOL interfaces modules.
• Perform feasibility analysis of proposed system enhancements.
• Conduct user acceptance testing and assist with installation of new software systems/releases.
• Prepare system documentation for development projects and enhancements.
• Provide technical programming and debugging guidance and assistance to developers and analysts.
• Successfully completed a major system redesign effort of the Account Hierarchy system which involved design and development of all front-end Natural modules, and all batch COBOL / DB2 modules.

Programmer / Analyst

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Responsibilities:

• Development, enhancements, maintenance of COBOL batch application programs and MVS JCL procedures utilizing COBOL, EasytrievePlus, MVS JCL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS/ESA, CICS.
• Analysis and refinement of General Ledger database batch maintenance procedures which utilize MVS JCL, DBS Financial Systems Software, COBOL, EasytrievePlus, and SAS, IBM utilities.
• Development of functional and technical specifications, documentation for new programs, procedures.

Programmer / Analyst

Confidential, McLean, VA

Responsibilities:

• Learned CICS and IMS and completed enhancements, testing, implementation of CICS maps, programs.
• Development of COBOL programs and MVS JCL procedures for ad-hoc IMS d/b analysis, and reports.
• Development of functional and technical specifications for proposed system enhancements.