SUMMARY:

• 10 years of experience in AS400 Application Development spanning HR & Payroll, Retail, Finance and Healthcare industries.
• Played versatile roles within organization like Business Analyst, Developer, Quality Analyst, and UAT
• As a Business Analyst interacted with users to gather requirements, prepare BRD document, mapping documents, requirement presentations for Development and QA team, plans to track project progress and Status Reports for the customers
• Proficient in creating Business Requirement Document and transforming them into functional requirements
• Experience and proficiency in preparing planning documents and written reports
• Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Methodologies and Techniques
• Adapt at managing projects through their full life - cycle, interfacing successfully with business and technical teams
• Versatile team player with excellent communication, strong problem-solving skills and interpersonal skills and passionate about solving real client issues
• As anIBM Certified Developer haveExpertise in ILE concepts
• Expertise in AS400 Concepts like array, data structure, data area, data queue, subsystems, compiler directive, ftp, stream file, journaling, subfiles, file/program exception handling, printer files, message handling, embedded SQL, wrkqry and free format coding
• Excellent skills in file handling, object handling, jobs handling, batch jobs, job scheduling and querying files
• As a HP Certified Quality Analyst,possess strong knowledge in performing unit tests, test plans, test scenarios, test procedures. Successfully fixed errors/bugs and performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Training
• Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts and technologies
• Proven display of ease, leadership and command in interacting with senior technology and management executives

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: RPGLE, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, RPG/400, CL/400, SQL/400

Databases: DB2/400, Netezza

ERP: LAWSON (HR Suite)

Tools: PDM, SDA, RLU, Turnover, Hawkeye, SQL Navigator, Aginity

Testing Tools: Quality Center, Remedy

Operating System: IBM OS/400 V5R4, IBM i 6.1 and IBM i 7.1, MS-DOS, Windows XP/7/8

Microsoft Tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, VA

Software Development Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Business Requirements discussionsand system overview discussions with Client SMEs
• Coordinated between offshore and stake holders for clarification of business requirements
• Created Flow diagrams and presented to stake holders for signoff
• Created Technical Design Specification Documents and presented to Client SMEs for signoff
• Conducted follow up meetings with stake holders for Technical Design Reviews
• Created Development Weekly Status Report
• Conducted daily team meetings to coordinate with offshore team for query resolution and technical approach guidance
• Performed peer code review
• Assisted QA team and Client while UAT
• Created Implementation Document and provided support during implementation

Confidential, TX

Software Development Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Created a tool which sends/receives extracts to multiple hospitals in a standard format
• Involved in business requirement discussions
• Prepare analysis document and High LevelTechnical Document based on the business requirements
• Prepare estimates
• Responsible for implementation of technical design through coding in line with the technical design
• Perform unit testing, system integration testing and Test Results Document
• Coordinate with QA and UAT
• Perform change management activities from creating till closure of CM ticket for project implementation
• Prepare Deployment Plan with implementation steps
• Provide production support post project deployment
• Recognized for outstanding performance
• As a Team Lead responsible for maintaining Project Tracker, Task Status Tracker, Leave Tracker, client meetings, provide business value added solutions, identifying appropriate resource requirements
• Responsible for New Team Member Orientation, training, work assignments and mentoring

Confidential

Application Management Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in business requirements discussions
• Prepared analysis document based on the business requirements
• Prepare High Level and Low LevelTechnical Design document based on the business requirements
• Responsible for implementation of technical design through coding in line with the technical design
• Tracking of business requirements
• Prepare test cases document and enter test cases in HP Quality Center
• Execution of code and prepare test results
• Defect reporting and tracking through HP Quality Center
• Contribute to standard coding procedures
• Consistently recognized for excellent problem-solving and analytical skills by Programmers andProject Managers
• Responsible for New Team Member Orientation, training, work assignments and mentoring

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in interacting with customers and users to gather requirements
• Prepared BRD in support of the functional requirement
• Prepared Mapping Documents and presentations for Developers and QA teams
• Prepared project plans and tracked project progress
• Prepared status reports for customers and users
• Created new programs and modified LAWSON ERP payroll suite in accordance with the company business rules
• Performed unit testing, regression testing in line with the technical design and business requirements
• Prepared test cases, test results, defects and defect tracking
• Promote code using TURNOVER
• Performed up gradation of software by collecting programs affected by the latest software upgrade, code the old business logic into the new version of the programs and performed patch testing
• Able to work on more than one project/development simultaneously