SUMMARY

• Healthcare business analyst, project manager, team lead and expert COBOL developer with 24 years of experience. Core competencies include quality assurance, requirements gathering, system and user acceptance testing, leading and training junior staff members, project management and estimation, resource allocation, excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem - solving ability, solid communication and presentation skills and thorough knowledge of SDLC methodologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, SQL, JCL, CL, CLIST

DBMS: DB2, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, DL/I, HDAM, HIDAM.

Utilities/Tools: ChangeMan, Turnover, Endevor, IBM utilities (IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, etc.), TSO/ISPF, SDSF, JES2, CA utilities, Spufi, Platinum, Optim, FILE-AID and FILE-AID for IMS, File Manager, Fault Analyzer, Abendaid, XPEDITER, Intertest, Viasoft, Easytrieve, CICS, BTS, MFS, NDM/Connect Direct, MOVEit, FTP, FOCUS Reports, MQ, Zeke, Control-M, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, SharePoint, Rally, HP ALM

Operating Systems: IBM Mainframe, MVS/ESA, OS/390, Z/OS, AS/400 iSeries, VMS, MS-DOS, Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

QA Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Enhance, maintain and support the Provider Enrollment Portal of OMMS as a QA analyst
• Prepare and document test cases to be tested in the UI and API
• Follow Agile guidelines using Rally and ALM, as well as participate in daily scrum stand-ups

Senior Business/Software Analyst and Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Enhance, maintain and support the Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services MMIS as a business analyst and software engineer
• Prepare and document requirements and test cases using Microsoft Word and Excel
• Perform quality control tasks and test software through the phases of unit testing, regression testing, parallel testing, system testing and user acceptance testing
• Follow established SDLC guidelines using COBOL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, JCL, TSO and Endevor on an IBM mainframe
• Participate in on-call rotation for nightly batch processing with the ability to interpret abort codes, make appropriate JCL/COBOL or file changes and restart JCL at the correct step

Senior Business/Software Analyst and Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Enhance, maintain and support the Mississippi Division of Medicaid MMIS as a business analyst and software engineer
• Prepare and document requirements and test cases using Microsoft Word and Excel
• Perform quality control tasks and test software through the phases of unit testing, regression testing, parallel testing, system testing and user acceptance testing
• Follow established SDLC guidelines using COBOL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, JCL, TSO and Endevor on an IBM mainframe

Confidential

Senior Business/Software Analyst and Developer

Responsibilities:

• Enhance, maintain and support the Wyoming Department of Health MMIS as a business analyst and software engineer
• Prepare and document requirements and test cases using Microsoft Word and Excel
• Perform quality control tasks and test software through the phases of unit testing, regression testing, parallel testing, system testing and user acceptance testing
• Follow established SDLC guidelines using COBOL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, JCL, TSO and Endevor on an IBM mainframe
• Project manager/senior business analyst/developer for APR-DRG claim project and supervisor of the offshore developer