Senior System Analyst Resume

SUMMARY

An IT professional with 23 years of experience who has worked in the legacy modernization arena for 19 years and as a programmer in both finance and medical industries for 4 years.
Has become adept at working in tight timeframes.
Has developed tools for legacy modernization, developed interfaces in HL7 and possesses numerous years of experience in batch testing, both planning and execution.
This professional demonstrates significant strengths in programming and problem solving, as well as deep analytical and interpersonal skills.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Software Development Customer Inventory Management and Control Planning and Execution of Batch Testing Detail Oriented Self Starter Superior ability to adapt and adjust to changing priorities
Systems Analysis
Accurate Task Estimation
Process Enhancement\Development
Expert Level Analytical Skills
Skilled in QA ie. checks and balances

TECHNICAL SKILLS

HARDWARE: Intel - based PCs, IBM Mainframes

LANGUAGES & DEVELOPMENT Tools: Visual Basic, Visual C#, COBOL, VB Scripts, PowerShell Scripts, Source Safe, Team Foundation Server

Operating Systems, Utilities & Virtualization Tools: ms Windows NT/2000/9x/X/7/8, z/VSE, z/OS

Database Management Systems: ms Access, SQL Server, DB2, vsam, datacom, IMS, idms

COMMERCIAL Software: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior System Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed tools for the automatic conversion of specific modules
Easytrieve to COBOL
JCL to VB Script, JCL to PowerShell, JCL to JCL
Converted Manual Checklists to a GUI, thus saving substantial conversion time
C# programming for VSAM mapping to SQL Server
C# programming for proprietary software (Data mapping, Code Conversion)
VB programming to support native VSAM IO to call IOMODs that access the migrated data in SQL Server
Several tools to support whatever functionality was needed to complete a migration\conversion.
Developed test plans and tested Batch Conversions
Conducted performance tuning on SQL Server
Managed system inventory and delivery
Test Lead over 12 resources, on - shore and off-shore
Micro Focus Visual COBOL using Micro Focus Enterprise Server
Used Micro Focus Data Tools, Visual Studio, SQL Server
Automated Micro Focus DFCONV (EBCDIC to ASCII translation)
Design and implement process flow
Problem solver for z/OS Mainframe, DOS/VSE Mainframe and Microsoft Windows Platforms

Mainframe Programmer 2002

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Interfaced with the business group and the web development team
Developed new COBOL390/CICS/IDMS programs to meet business requirements on IBM z/OS for an On-Line Order Entry System

Mainframe Programmer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Performed various ad hoc reporting functions via newly developed COBOL/DB2 programs to support user requirements for report data
Elicited development requirements via interviews with the business and/or user groups
Developed Crystal Reports with DB2 SQL for client reporting, using complex DB2 SQL stored procedures

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Developed automated procedures to handle user requests and procedures for the identification and correction of database integrity
Utilized UDB6 query language SQL and Confidential COBOL with embedded SQL
Streamlined business process flow for end of day / start of batch processing for Letters of Credit System in order to increase a 30- minute window to get any batch issues resolved and to get on line systems operational
Identified several batch steps that if skipped could be run during online and would still provide system validity, thus increasing the critical window from 30 minutes to 180 minutes and minimizing on call support activities
Achieved increase in system stability, decreasing frequency of system crashes

Senior Systems Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Served as Technical Lead in a surgical application conversion
Extracted data from old system; cleansed and imported into new system
Worked with vendor to understand the new Database and table relationships (Informix)
Developed an automated solution for a time reporting system
Aided in the design, creation and testing of application interfaces using SMS Openlink with the HL7 standards

System Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

System Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Created ODBC connections to multiple Microsoft Access Databases for the ability to track, store and manipulate messages sent on a wireless military messaging system with C and C+ +

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities: