SUMMARY:

• Having above 13 Years of Professional IT experience in IBM Mainframes Web, Desktop and ETL Testing.
• Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, customizations, Testing and implementation of software applications.
• Experience in Identifying Test Automation suite and strong knowledge on all Automation Tools.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.
• Strong Mainframe experience with database skills and development knowledge.
• Well acquainted in Software Development Life Cycle and Testing methodologies.
• Executed software projects for Banking, Insurance and financial industry
• Good communication skills, interpersonal skills, self - motivated, quick learner, team player.
• Flexible and versatile to adapt to any new environment and work on any project.
• Quick learner and excellent team player having ability to meet tight deadlines and work under Pressure.
• Experience in leading teams. Handled multiple roles - Technical Subject Matter Expert, Module Lead, Test Lead and Deployment Admin.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Functional Modules: Finance, Banking, Health & Insurance

RDBMS: DB2,Oracle, MS Access 2000

Databases: IDMS

Languages: VS-COBOL II, JCL, EASYTRIEVE, SAS, SQL, REXX, Selenium, UFT, Test Complete, RFT.

O/S: MVS OS/390, Z SERIES, CICS

Processes: IBM s QMS (Quality Management System), IBM Lean Process, Agile Methodology, Waterfall

Tools: ALM,SPUFI, QMF, FILEAID, FILE MANAGER, Endeavor, Panvalet, Changeman, Xpeditor, Smartest, IBM Debugger, Quality Center, Remedy, Service Center

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Collaboration with different teams like Business, Application development and Test etc. organizing meetings and taking ownership for implementation of meetings outcome or agenda throughout the Projects.
• Coordinate and plan the release test activities, test plan preparations, execution and resource planning.
• Interact and schedule a meeting with AD / for clarifications / defect updates
• Review of offshore reports, estimates
• Follow up and review of entire BSS (UIS, CDF/ CCPR, Ilink, CSS and CBS) and TPXU (HCR and Informatica etc.)

Confidential

TEST MANAGER

Responsibilities:

• Currently, as a Test Lead
• As a Test Lead responsible for handling small, medium and Big size projects. System testing, Integration, E2E and peer reviews.
• Responsible for test execution and prepare JCL’s, test data and doing the validation.
• Responsible for identifying Test Automation cases and providing sign off after successful Validation.
• Responsible for handling different teams and monitoring the daily progress on the same.
• Writing Test Plan, Test Schedules and Tracking the progress daily basis.
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control, aspects of the project. Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.
• Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets quality goals.
• Effective Mentoring of the new joiners in understanding the customer requirements and provide technical trainings
• Attending daily Status calls and providing a day to day direction to the team and regular project status update to the customer.
• Working Assignment daily and Monitoring and guiding the team on the delivery of the products
• Conducting Ideas jam for process\technical improvements
• Responsible for effective communication with the customers and Project Managers.
• Adhering to quality standards of the project
• Test Lead and responsible for work distribution, reviews and ensure quality deliverables.

Environment: .Net, #Sharp, Java, Informatica, JCL, SAS, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, File-Aid, Web services, PowerBuilder, Quality Center, SharePoint,Selenium,RIT,UFT,Test Complete

Confidential

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Currently, as a Tech Lead, Senior Developer, Module Lead, Quality Spoc responsible for
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control, aspects of the project. Responsible for effective communication between the project team and the customer. Provide day to day direction to the project team and regular project status to the customer.
• Establish Quality Procedure for the team and continuously monitor and audit to ensure team meets quality goals.
• Effective Mentoring of the new joiners in understanding the customer requirements and provide technical trainings
• Attending daily Status calls and providing a day to day direction to the team and regular project status update to the customer.
• Working Assignment daily and Monitoring the mainframes and guide the team on the delivery of the products
• Conducting Ideas jam for process\technical improvements
• As a Tech Lead and Senior Developer responsible for handling complex customer service requests, analysis, coding, unit testing, peer review
• Responsible for effective communication with the customers and Project Managers.
• Documenting each new customer requirement’s solution for future references.
• Translating customer requirements into formal requirements, establish specific solutions, programming and testing that culminate in client acceptance of the results.
• Adhering to quality standards of the project
• Meeting all Gold and Priority SLA’s
• Team Lead and responsible for work distribution, reviews and ensure quality deliverables.

Environment: JCL, SAS, COBOL, VSAM, Zara, File-Aid, IDMS, ADSO, ESP, Service Center, Quality Center

Confidential

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deliver new and high complex quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements
• Involved in doing the Production support with delivering the tasks on time.
• Involved performing the tasks like estimation of work.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, JCL, Endeavor & Xpeditor.

Confidential

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• To implement the Multi-Currency Solution understanding of the existing system was critical, the enhancements of programs and modifying of the existing programs was quite challenging which I have carried out in time efficient manner ensuring the quality.
• Deliver new and high complex quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements.
• Involved performing the tasks like estimation of work, coordination with in the team etc.
• I was active in Client communication throughout the project at the time of work estimation, Query resolution, conference calls etc.
• As a senior resource in the project, I was involved in review before the delivery of the project

Environment: COBOL, SQL, VSAM, DB2, JCL, Change man, Expeditor, File Aid, QMF, SPUFI

Confidential

Senior System Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As the impact of the project on the existing system was critical, the construction of new SAS programs and modifying of the existing programs was quite challenging which I have carried out in time efficient manner ensuring the quality. Deliver new and high complex quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements, recently delivered a huge and high complex SAS re-engineering task developed into various SAS components to address issues and easy maintenance
• I have involved in doing the Production support without missing the SLA’s.
• I was involved performing the tasks like estimation of work, coordination with in the team etc.
• I was active in Client communication throughout the project at the time of work estimation, Query resolution, conference calls etc.
• As a senior resource in the project, I was involved in review before the delivery of the project

Environment: COBOL, SQL, VSAM, DB2, JCL, SAS, Endeavor, IBM debugger, File Aid, SPUFI

Senior Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Client communication throughout the project at the time of work estimation, Query resolution, system test support, conference calls etc.
• Construction of new programs and modifying of the existing programs.
• Review of Deliverables.
• Quality check across the projects.

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• As the impact of the project on the existing system was critical, the construction of new programs and modifying of the existing programs was quite challenging which I have carried out in time efficient manner ensuring the quality.
• After successful project delivery, I have supported the system test phase of the project effectively. During absence of immediate manager, I have filled the gap by performing the tasks like estimation of work, coordination within the team etc.
• I was active in Client communication throughout the project at the time of work estimation, Query resolution, system test support, conference calls etc.
• As a senior resource in the project, I was involved in review before the delivery of the project

Environment: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, JCL, Changeman, Smart Test, File Aid, SPUFI, Pro-edit.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Construction of new programs was quite challenging which I have carried out in time efficient manner ensuring the quality.
• The unit testing was quite challenging which I have carried out in time efficient manner.
• As a resource in the project, I was involved in review before the delivery of the project.

Environment: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, JCL, Changeman, Smart Test, File Aid, SPUFI, Pro-edit.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Construction of new programs was quite challenging which I have carried out in time efficient manner ensuring the quality.
• I was active in Client communication throughout the project at the time of work estimation, Query resolution, conference calls etc.
• As a senior resource in the project, I was involved in review before the delivery of the project.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, DB2, JCL, Endeavor, Smart Test, File Aid, SPUFI, Pro-edit.