OBJECTIVE:

• Seeking a full time position that is challenging, engrossing and enables me to leverage my knowledge and experience.

SUMMARY:

• IT Professional with 12+ years’ experience in Healthcare and Technology Domain.
• Worked in companies like Confidential and Confidential with experience in Software development in Mainframe, Testing, Business Process Analysis, Functional Design, and Production Maintenance.
• Proficient in Mainframe technologies like COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, MQ Series, Easytrieve and Syncsort.
• Have good working knowledge in Tools like ENDEVOR, XPEDITER, FILE - AID, STARTOOL, File Manager, PANVALET and QMF.
• Proficient in understanding business requirements, converting the same in to Design patterns and creation of High Level design, Detail Level design and Unit Test Plan documents.
• Hands on experience of more than a decade of implementing Business Requirement into working software in COBOL or CICS.
• Good working experience in SDLC model like Waterfall and Agile Methodology. CSM certified.
• Have extensive experience in working under strict Project delivery deadlines and stringent SLAs.
• Excellent skills in debugging / troubleshooting issues.
• Experienced in Healthcare Domain and AHIP Part A and Part B certified.
• Certified in IBM DB2 730 Exam Series.
• Have used Configuration Tools like VSS, MS Sharepoint and Power Designer and ALM tools like JIRA and Confluence.
• Have working knowledge of Production Incident tracking tools like Remedy, ServiceNow and HP-SMS.
• Playing a client or business interfacing role since Feb 2012.
• Excellent in learning new technologies, tools with good communication, co-ordination, client interactions and interpersonal Skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: COBOL, CICS, JCL, Easytrieve, Syncsort and core JAVA

Databases: DB2, VSAM

Operating Systems: Windows, MVS

Middleware: Webshpere MQ

Configuration Tools: VSS, MS Sharepoint, Power Designer, PANVALET, ENDEVOR

Debugging Tools: Xpeditor (Batch and CICS)

ALM Tools: JIRA+Conflunece

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Development Specialist

Confidential

Technologies:COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Syncsort and Easytrieve

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for coding and development of new enhancements both batch and CICS.Connect with BA to get requirements straighten out.
• Responsible for carrying out High Level and Detailed Design for the new enhancement.
• Suggest and come up with better ideas of design (like multi-threading of jobs using MQs, DB2 temp tables) and coding so as to minimize cost and effort and increase performance.
• Create Test Plan and Test Scripts and carry out Unit testing.
• Provide support during Software Testing and resolve issue (PNs) in a timely manner.
• Carry out code migration and Prod deployment.
• Be responsible for any Production Incident and resolve it as per agreed SLAs.
• Responsible to keep the Application in “Good Health” and meet all SLA with respect to Prod Support and Delivery. The Application registers, scores and reports approx. 1.5 million candidates annually.
• Develop tools and processes that would lead to Effort Savings and automation of daily tasks in the application team.
• Carry out metrics reporting as per the specified schedule.

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential

Technologies: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Syncsort and Easytrieve

Responsibilities:

• Played a crucial in successful KT and Outsourcing of the application from client team to Confidential .Understanding new requirement and coming up with design approaches to implement the change.
• Carrying out the High Level and Detailed Design for any request.
• Carry out end to end development of complex requests.
• Carry out the code review and Test Results verification of the team members. new members both on technical (mainframe) and application front.
• Providing support to the Business Analyst during requirement gathering phase.
• Lead a 3 member team at offshore providing 24X7 Prod Support and Application Enhancement.
• Providing support to Onsite representative on production issues.
• Also responsible for enhancing the knowledge of the team as a whole.

Technology Analyst

Confidential

Technologies:COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Webshpere MQ, Syncsort and SAS

Responsibilities:

• Played the role of a Subject Matter Expert for the application.Understanding new requirement and coming up with design approaches to implement the change.
• Carrying out the High Level and Detailed Design for any request.
• Carry out end to end development of complex requests.
• Carry out the code review and Test Results verification of the team members. new members both on technical (mainframe) and domain (healthcare) front.
• Providing support to the Business Analyst during requirement gathering phase.
• Providing support to Onsite representative on production issues.
• Also responsible for enhancing the knowledge of the team as a whole.

Software Engineer

Confidential

Technologies:COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and Webshpere MQ

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the requirement and carrying out the impact analysis.Coming up with the best possible design approach for any request.
• Coding and testing the change in the system.
• Documenting the new learning and understanding for future s.