SUMMARY

• Teradata Testing Coordinator ~ IT Business Analyst ~ Programmer/Analyst
• With extensive experience in development as an Applications Programmer, design as an IT Business Analyst, and project testing and defect resolution as an Integrated Testing Coordinator, I have teh ability to bridge teh gap and create rapport between Developers, Project Managers, and End Users.
• I relate to Developers coz I’ve come up through their ranks, and am able to translate business requirements into clearly defined specifications.
• I’m appreciated by Project Managers coz I understand teh dynamics of both project development and project management, and can transition between teh two with ease.
• I’m recognized by End Users coz I can skillfully guide them through teh entire project lifecycle including, but not limited to, identifyingrequirements, presenting teh design approach, demonstrating new functionality for testing, and managing teh resolution of all identified system defects prior to production deployment.
• Add proven mentoring skills, a BA in English, and a penchant for accurate, concise, and understandable documentation, and you have teh consummate IT professional willing and able to step into a high - pressure, high-visibility environment and achieve results consistent with teh goals and objectives of any successful organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Albany, NY

Integrated Testing Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for teh creation and approval of Integrated Test Plans and Testing Schedules for 17 projects in 18 months within teh Confidential Data Warehouse (‘Teh W’) Confidential Group.
• Managed daily testing meetings through System Integrated Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for all assigned projects, and participated in all related project meetings throughout teh SDLC.
• Documented testing progress and results, and reported those results in a weekly or as-needed basis to all project stake-holders and executives.
• Oversaw Test Script creation to ensure dat all changes and regression efforts were fully tested. Documented and reported script success and failures in daily project meetings.
• Managed Testing and/or Deployment Schedule revisions in response to internal and external influences.
• Responsible for teh resolution of over 350 defects logged by testers executing over 33,000 scripts for Teradata, Hadoop, and Mainframe applications. All defects were logged in Microsoft SharePoint, and were corrected, retested, and closed prior to production.
• Maintained project documentation for all SDLC phases in SharePoint project folders.

Confidential, Albany, NY

Senior Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Users, Developers, Technical Delivery Leads, Application Team Leads, Architects, and Modelers in defining business requirements, and analyzing and designing projects related to Confidential Teradata relational databases, tables, and views for Teh W - Confidential Group.
• Worked closely with Production Support (Mainframe, Hadoop, and Teradata), Mainframe Scheduling (CA7), Integrated Testing Management, and Governance through all phases of SDLC.
• Created and presented numerous High and Low Level Design Documents, Project Timelines, Test Plans, Detailed Task Schedules for deployment activities, Implementation Plans, Business Metadata Documents, Data Lineage Documents, Excel Spreadsheets, and User Bulletins.
• Validated test and production data through SIT, UAT, and Implementation using Teradata SQL Assistant. Validated mainframe JCL and COBOL program logic through various test and production Logical Partition (LPAR) access.
• Project highlights include:
• Design and deployment of a General Ledger Cross-Reference System within teh Deposit daily/weekly/monthly Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) process.
• Conversion of DDA and Savings data from mainframe (COBOL) to Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) for daily, weekly, and monthly processing.
• New York State Department of Transportation, Main Office, Albany, NY 03/2006-07/2011
• Sole technical support for teh DOT Integrated Accounting System working closely with teh Accounting, Payroll, and Production Control departments.
• COBOL Batch and CICS Programming, Easytrieve Programming, CA7 Scheduling, Changeman and Endevor, File-Aid, File-Master, TSO, SDSF, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SQL.
• Senior Programmer/Analyst, Systems Specialist, Technical Lead - UCCEL Time Investment Management (TIM) System, Florida Software DDA/SAV System (FSS), Checkfree Abandoned Property System (APECS).
• 20+ successful bank conversions including Progress Bank, Summit Bank, NatWest, BankBoston, Shawmut Bank, Liberty Bank, Indian Head Bank, Norstar Bank, plus numerous branch divestitures.
• Countless user-required changes and improvements.
• COBOL Batch and CICS Programming, Easytrieve Programming, CA7 Scheduling, Changeman and Librarian, File-Aid, TSO, SDSF, JCL, VSAM.
• Recipient, Numerous Confidential Spirit Awards, Global Recognition Awards, and Fleet Bank Stock Option Award for exceptional job performance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software: TSO/ISPF, OPC Scheduling, CA7 Scheduling, Tivoli Workload Scheduler 8.2, File-Aid, File Master, Job Scan, Panvalet, Librarian, Changeman, CA-Endevor, VSAM, IDCAMS, CA1, SAR, InfoPac, NDM, FTP, CA-Intertest, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Project, Visio, PowerPoint), SDSF, CMM, SSP, CA UCCEL TIM system, Checkfree APECS, RRS & LCR systems, Florida Software DDA/SAV system, MAS, VPN, Peregrine, TELON Design Facility, CA - EZ/IQ, Teradata, Teradata SQL Assistant, Tableau, Microsoft SharePoint, WebEx.

Languages: COBOL OS/390, CICS TS 2.2, DB2, SQL, JCL, Easytrieve Plus.