SUMMARY:

• Confidential system applications, IBM Mainframes, Banking and financial sector & Project management. Legacy systems modernization, projects execution in traditional and agile life cycles.
• 17.5 years of IT experience in development, testing and management of software projects of in Banking and relocation /mobility domains.
• 14+ years of extensive development and testing experience on various Mainframes projects and Confidential core systems Vis - a-vis CAMS (Cards), IDS (Deposits) & CIS (Customer Information System).
• Experience on legacy systems digital transformation projects i.e., legacy systems enablement for access through APIs and microservices.
• Hands on experience on Waterfall and Agile project development lifecycles .
• In depth functional expertise in the areas of Debit / Credit Cards, Core Banking and Payments
• Confidential development, maintenance and customization experience for various customers across the globe vis-à-vis USA, South Africa, Italy, and Portugal.
• Formally trained on various systems Confidential from Confidential USA training experts.
• Successful track record in managing Fixed price, Fixed capacity and T&M development and testing onshore / offshore engagements
• Well versed with contract management, stakeholder management, resource management and risk management along with delivery management.
• Managed the delivery of Mainframes, Web based, mobile native application and Automation engagements.
• Recognized for consistent achievement of highest customer satisfaction on all engagements handled.
• Very efficient in Demand management by forecasting and training the team on cross skills
• Experienced at leading project teams for successful delivery through his project management skills and process orientation.
• Experience in Pre-sales and process consultancy.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

System Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Redesign and implement Confidential CIS, CAMS, IDS and ILS applications functionalities to align with new Confidential access protocol to enable quick access from upstream applications such as Online banking web application, Salesforce (MSR /BSR), FDR, Loanserv / LOS and Mobile.
• Understand current Confidential sub systems installed on client side and design changes as needed to align with the Confidential listener modules for access through APIs / microservices.
• Debug interface issues and provided solution while implementing APIs/microservices interface at client side.
• Support region preparation for Hackathon and support Review data dictionaries of APIs in scope.
• Test the fixes in sand box environment to ensure their proper working.
• Coordinate Swagger documentation for all the APIs that are part of the scope.
• Design approach for new regulations / compliance functionalities on CIS and IDS.

Environment: Confidential, IBM Mainframes, Java, Eclipse / Spring tool suite, AWS, Websphere Application Server, Apache Tomcat, JIRA, Confluence and Sharepoint.

Confidential

Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Requirements analysis, understanding solution architecture and estimation
• Review high level designs developed, Functional and non- functional test & Automation strategy
• Drive Onshore offshore coordination
• Project management involving both development and testing.
• Manage scope, schedule and cost parameters and implement action plans accordingly to meet the commitments part of the scope.
• Customer stakeholder management and relationship management.

Environment: Quality center, UFT, Mobilelabs, HP Load runner, .Net techologies and MS Visio

Confidential

Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Customer relationship building and Contract management on all engagements being managed part of the Portfolio
• Capacity Estimation and allocation of work for each release for Wipro team Identification of the areas to bring in automation to shorten the test cycle durations and efforts
• Ensure Onsite / offshore cohesion to ensure seamless delivery
• Weekly and Monthly governance review of these engagements with Bank’s Senior QA management
• Coordinate with Bank’s QA management for process optimization and new initiatives identification / implementation
• Action plan identification and implementation for the focusing areas suggested during Customer satisfaction assessments
• Metrics identification and tracking to measure engagement success
• Participate on new proposals, Revenue projection and tracking
• Team grooming and performance appraisals
• Process consultant for contractor risk / compliance assurance for all active Wipro engagements at the Bank

Environment: IBM Mainframes, z/os, CICS, DB2, JCL, HP ALM, QTP, Parasoft and DTS

Confidential

Technical Manager/ SME

Responsibilities:

• Confidential test Projects assignments & allocation to the team and delivery management
• Review Test plans for managed projects assignments
• Participate on new proposals, Revenue projection and tracking
• Delivery assurance and process improvements identification / implementation
• Customer relationship building and contract management
• Weekly and Monthly governance review of these engagements with Bank’s Senior QA management
• Coordinate with Bank’s portfolio managers in staffing demand and fulfillment.
• Metrics identification and tracking to measure engagement success
• Work with Bank’s portfolio managers to handle the risks / issues to meet schedules amid various external dependencies.
• Part of vendor risk / compliance management task force team for the Bank from Wipro.
• Team grooming and performance appraisals

Environment: IBM Mainframs, Confidential, z/os, CICS, DB2, JCL, Quality center and IBM Clear Quest

Confidential

Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide coordination between client and development team.
• Point of contact for resolution of technical queries.
• Liase with client manager and work upon project management plan from CG perspective.
• Tehcnical/business knowledge mix to understand the functionalities of the system
• Drive the development and testing efforts for the project.
• Status monitoring and reporting.

Environment: IBM Mainframs, z/os, COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, MQ Series, Test director, PVCS tracker and MS Project Plan

Confidential

SME

Responsibilities:

• Developed an understanding on the Client system and prepered knowledge repository on Confidential products CAMS I, IDS & ILP.
• Done Gap analysis of current system (CAMS I) with Confidential
• Provided inputs on Bench marking of various Confidential functionalities with those of other products.
• Developed Technical specifications from functional design for various new Cards and Loans functionalities.

Environment: IBM Mainframs, OS/390, COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, Expeditor, Confidential CAMS I, IDS & ILP

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Conduct Client meetings for requirements gathering.
• Develop an understanding on the client system and knowledge transfer from experts at on-site client experts.
• Prepare knowledge repository for the benefit of new joiners of the team.
• Train non- Confidential team members on Confidential basics.

Environment: IBM Mainframs, OS/390, COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM and Confidential

Project Leader

Confidential, Dallas

Responsibilities:

• Client meeting, finalization of requirements.
• Work allocation to team members & technical support to the team
• Estimation and scheduling for enhancements
• Requirement analysis, system design, Implementation and Testing for enhancement tasks.
• Testing and defects management
• Reviews and final inspection for all deliveries
• Ensure compliance to CMM procedures and Quality adherence
• Developed/maintained coding standards, technical documents and checklists

Environment: IBM Mainframs, OS/390, COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, LIBRARIAN, VISIO, Expeditor and Confidential

Onsite technical coordinator

Confidential, Dallas

Responsibilities:

• Coordination with client on Techincal and functional issues
• Requirement analysis, estimation, system design, Implementation and Testing for complex tasks.
• Review of deliveries from offshore team
• Acquired product expertise from area experts at onsite and conducted Knowledge transfer sessions with offshore team.
• Technical guidance to the team

Environment: IBM Mainframs, OS/390, COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, LIBRARIAN, Expeditor and Confidential

Confidential

Module Leader

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis, estimation, system design, Implementation and Testing of enhancement tasks.
• Coordination on team’s technical issues/queries and worked with client towards resolutions.
• Provided Technical guidance to the team
• Developed/maintained coding standards, technical documents and checklists
• Prepared/updated Induction Plan and Project review checklists.
• Prepared a document on testing procedure using Smarttest tool in client’s environment.

Environment: IBM Mainframs, OS/390, COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Changeman, Smarttest

Module Leader

Confidential, Dallas

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis, estimation, system design, Implementation and Testing of enhancement tasks.
• Analysis, coding and testing of maintenance assignments.
• Provided Technical support to the team
• Performed Unit and Integration testing for various assignments

Environment: IBM Mainframs, OS/390, COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Expeditor and Confidential