PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• 13 years of experience in Software development, Testing, Maintenance and Production Support.
• Expertise in JCL, DB2, COBOL, CICS & M204
• Expertise in tools and techniques used for debugging.
• Experience working in Agile and SDLC methodologies.
• Experience working in all project phases including requirements gathering, impact analysis, coding, unit testing, system integration testing, supporting user acceptance testing, post deployment support.
• An active team player with the zeal to learn new things and find fulfillment in completing challenging tasks.
• Have good communication skills and show expertise in communicating with stakeholders.
• Have been appreciated for showcasing good leadership skills and in handling challenging project deadlines.
• Have been an active scrum team developer and participated in daily stand - up calls, planning meetings, client presentations and retrospective discussions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

IBM Mainframe: MVS, z/OS,JCL, COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS, DATACOM, M204

Tools: CA-7, Easytrieve, XPEDITER, FILEAID, ROSCOE, SPUFI, FileManager, REXX, PANVALET, Changeman, Rdz

Domain Experience: Retail, Insurance, Banking & financial services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sr. Developer.
• Created the initial design changes on the screen.
• Performed development of the batch module to in corporate the changes related to receiving the new file.
• Played a major role in the short period that I worked with them.

Tools: and technology: z/OS, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2,FILE AID, VSAM, SPUFI, File Manager, xpediter.

Confidential - Brookfield, WI

Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Sr. Developer as part of the scrum team.
• Worked in the agile model throughout the project life cycle.
• Have been an active participant in all stand up calls, Sprint planning, Client sprint review meetings.
• Performed development, unit testing, performance testing, functional testing, implementation andsupport.
• Have been a key developer in the team and have been the only developer in the team for 1 year.
• Coordinated with BA’s and QA’s in the scrum team during Functional and regression testingphases.
• Provided technical support to clients during User acceptance testing.

Tools: and technology: z/OS, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DATACOM, DB2,FILE AID, SPUFI, File Manager,, Changeman, xpediter, Rdz.

Confidential

Team Leader/Sr. Developer/ Tester.

Responsibilities:

• Performed Design and unit testing of all complex programs.
• Performed review of testing for simple programs.
• Coordinated with onsite to get the design and testing signed off by the client.
• Handled the team single handed from offshore as a key resource at many instances.
• Was identified as a key technical person to handle issues.
• Handled System integration support for the project.
• Coordinated with other teams during SIT.
• Performed Delivery excellence activities which included risk assessment, quarterly audits, metrics analysis.

Tools: and technology: z/OS,ROSCOE, COBOL,JCL, CICS, VSAM, REXX, FILE AID, xpediter.

Confidential

Team Leader/Sr. Developer.

Responsibilities:

• Performed Design and unit testing of programs.
• Performed review of design and unit testing of programs.
• Coordinated with onsite to get the design and testing signed off by the client.
• Lead a team of 15 members that performed data integration testing.
• Provided technical support to the team in handling issues.
• Handled System integration support for the project.
• Provided support to a third party company that worked from Philippines for performing SIT.
• Coordination with other teams during deployment.
• Provided warranty support post deployment.

Tools: and technology: z/OS,COBOL,JCL,DB2,IMS, CA 7, FILE AID, Xpediter.

Confidential

Team Leader/Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• I was trained in Model 204 and was responsible for supporting the retail chain of Marks andSpencer.
• Provided support to 11 applications which involved the supply chain of retail.
• Was identified as a key member soon in the team and took secondary support role to guide theteam
• As a team lead, was given the opportunity to lead a team of 3. Took complete responsibility of 4 applications, handling issues, identifying solutions to long standing issues.
• Handled quality audits for my project.
• Took a major role in incident reduction and Problem management. Handled client calls for the various problem management issues.
• Daily morning updates to client calls, inter team/ project calls for updates, Calls with other stakeholders as a support representative.
• Support point of contact for various developments from the development stakeholder.

Tools: and technology: z/OS, JCL, M204, CICS, CA 7, FILE AID.

Confidential

Developer/Team Lead.

Responsibilities:

• Created Screen prototypes for the tool, using Open Office Calc.
• Devised Coding Standards for development and code reviews.
• Developed most of the modules in product development.
• Unit Tested the modules.
• Prepared User Manual for the tool.
• Implemented Proof of Concept in CICS Web Services.
• Developed Web Services for modules in MF-CodeCamp.
• Provided necessary inputs and requirements to the Java team for developing Java clients.
• Collaborated proactively with Java team and Mainframe Support team to resolve any.
• Issues in connecting to Mainframe from Java client.

Tools: and technology: z/OS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, CICS web services.