PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• With over 20 years’ experience this candidate provides full systems life - cycle development service in the architectural design, application development and support of mainframe systems.
• Well adept in communicating with stakeholder and within team environs
• Routinely code new and remediate existing legacy systems source code using Assembler, COBOL, CICS, IMS and DB2
• Versed in system package creation, configuration, elevation and migration via Control-M, Remedy, SCLM and a wide variety of vendor software and development tools
• Served as Storage and Data Administrator, responsible for systems configurations, incident reporting and remediation, data management/warehousing, disaster recovery processes, systems storage media configuration and ABARs protocols
• Skilled in converting user requirements to functional technical design specs to implemented deliverables within protocol and service levels
• Routinely provide functional test scripts for enterprise or project level endeavors.
• Versed in the leveraging of off shore teams in maintenance and development environs
• Years of experience in providing timely deliverables that are within specification and standards

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: Assembler, Eztrieve, CICS, COBOL, Quikjob, RPG III & IV, SAS, SQL, Tran-Pro, JCL

Database Applications: DB2, IMS, Millennium, Oracle, QMF, Platinum, Powerhouse, Teradata, Tessaract, Total

Mainframe Utilities: ABARS, EDI, FTP, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, MQ Series, NDM, Quikjob, SNDM, TSO/ISPF, VSAM

Development Tools: Expediter, File-Aid, File Manager, Intertest, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, MS Office Suite: MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Access, Visio, Power Point, Share Point

Configuration Management: CA-1, CA-7, CA-11, CA-Endeavor, Control-M, IBM-SCLM, RACF, Serena Changeman, Zeke

Operating Systems: MS Windows, z/OS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential - Milford, Ohio

Mainframe Developer

• Assist in the designing and development of client’s actuarial and ledger applications per Systems Requirement Specification
• Perform current state analysis of client source code and operating system.
• Develop the required technical design documentation and adjoining illustrations
• Design and draft the SMS document for business unit approval
• Remediate source code in accordance to the applications specification
• Perform functional test of modified source code modules
• Contribute in testing plan development and validation stratagems

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, CICS, IMS, Intertest, File Manager, z/OS-JCL, Visio, SharePoint

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

L2 Systems Support

• Participate in L2 Production Support and Production Management activities
• Monitors the operating efficiency of existing application systems and
• Reviews, analyzes, and modifies programming systems, including coding, testing, debugging and installing system fixes, program remediation and system reconfiguration.
• Monitor/troubleshoot mainframe and distributed applications, batch cycle runs stat
• Performing system IR maintenance and evergreen activities
• Identifying impacts based upon individual or collaborate systems analysis to identify processing and configuration/processing issues
• Provides coding/testing of fixes, creates remedy incident and change records
• Participates in the shift turnover (daily scrum) meetings with off shore team

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, CICS, DB2, Endeavor, Expediter, File Manager, z/OS-JCL, Spufi, Zeke

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Lead Mainframe Developer

• Served as Technical Lead of off shore team responsible in the designing, development, coding and testing of retail system development project applications.
• Monitor batch scheduling of targeted jobs performance
• Review, analyze, code and modify system applications per specifications
• Maintain required program development status and phase validation reporting
• Participate in application coding walkthroughs, package configuration and testing scripts preps/validation.

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, Teradata, Endeavor, Expediter, File Manager, Control-M, z/OS-JCL, HP Application Lifecycle Management

Confidential - Indianapolis, Indiana

Consultant-Production Support

• Assist in providing 24/7 support in the on-going day to day IR resolution activities and administrative functions related to maintenance, job scheduling environment of CNO’s Financial systems
• Facilitate migration of systems packages through the various phases of development and its relocation
• Developed required test plans/scripts for unit, systems and UAT testing.
• Provide guidance and scheduling recommendations to the application teams.
• Served as team lead for Disaster Recovery and CDS documentation projects

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, CICS, DB2, Endeavor, Expediter, File Manager, z/OS-JCL, GPDS/PPRC, Quality Center 11, Spufi, Zeke

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Lead Consultant-Mainframe

• Provided L1/L2 support of Confidential ’s Timekeeping Systems and its associated applications Production incidents
• Supported client’s ATR (Automated Time Reporting) and Employee Records mainframe systems
• Performed all required remediation of ATR batch and online E/R systems
• Facilitated routine on-demand reporting request and data extracts
• Served as technical administrator and primary contact on client’s time keeping systems WorkBrain issues
• Actively participate in the extraction, relocation and restoration of data for disaster recovery storage and drills

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, CICS, DB2, WorkBrain, File Manager, GPDS/PPRC, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, Changeman, Spufi

Confidential - Bloomington, Minnesota

Technical Lead

• Interfaced with client to develop requirements
• Converted business requirements to high/low level technical design specs for offshore team
• Worked with and responded to offshore questions regarding design, coding and testing
• Majority of development and testing is completed offshore
• Monthly releases require movement of code, document creation for release, and availability for problem resolution as the need arises.

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, DB2, File-Aid, File Manager, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, Changeman, Spufi

Confidential - Los Angeles, Ca

Lead Consultant-Mainframe

• Assist in the development and testing of clients GPS monitoring project.
• Participated in systems designing requirements gathering and planning sessions with clients and associates
• Developed technical specification documents in response to user requirements goals and objectives
• Participated in code and design reviews
• Developed, reengineered, tested, and elevated reusable module components
• Served in maintenance capacity providing remediation of client’s production incident reporting issues.

Technologies/Skills: CICS, COBOL, Customer/1, DB2, Expediter, File-Aid, RFMON, OS/JCL, QMF

Confidential - Cincinnati, Ohio

Consultant-Mainframe

• Designed, developed, coded and implemented objectives of client’s A/P system, RVP
• Participated in the gathering of business systems requirements
• Documented the process flow and that of derived system architecture
• Developed technical specification documents in response to those requirements goals and objectives
• Coded and tested modular program in accordance to those specifications
• Utilized Expediter, Intertest, CA-Platinum and File-Aid tools to facilitate the necessary functional/unit tests
• Migrated systems packages through the development phases

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, Control-M, DB2, File-Aid, File Manager, IBM Debugger, Lotus Notes, Changeman, Spufi

Confidential - Dayton, Ohio

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Responsible for COBOL, CICS, DB2 design and coding objectives
• Provided end-user support and ongoing training on new online application systems
• Diagnosed application failures, identified operating inefficiencies, and developed system change requirements to improve service levels
• Provided subject matter expertise (SME), supported, and consulted project teams in the configuration, prototyping, documentation, conversion, training, and implementation of new and modified application systems

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, OS/JCL, SCLM, Visio, MS Project, File-Aid, MVS/TSO, Xpeditor, Intertest

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Responsible for Assembler, COBOL, CICS and DB2 design, development and coding objectives
• Used Install/1 application templates to write reusable subroutine modules for client’s Inventory management system
• Created DB2 transformations and stored procedures
• Led automation gap analysis and provide resolution designs
• Developed process flow mapping for key processes and standard business practices
• Facilitated integration protocols in auditing migration packages requirements
• Assumed responsibilities for deliverable tracking and its correspondence
• Worked closely within the matrix to identify and meet business/user requirements

Technologies/Skills: Assembler, COBOL, DB2, CICS, File-Aid, Xpeditor, RFMON, Mercury Test Director, MS Project, Peregrine, Lotus, Notes, Endeavor, Install/1, Changeman, FTP

Confidential - Columbus, Georgia

Application Architect-Mainframe

• Provided full service architectural support of Confidential Insurance Policyholder/Premium Systems
• Participated in project requirements gathering and planning sessions with clients and associates
• Provided design recommendations for systems enhancements and recommended methodology
• Assist in the extraction, relocation and restoration of data for disaster recovery storage and drills
• Wrote High/Low level technical design specifications
• Participated in code and design reviews
• Developed, reengineered, tested, and elevated reusable module components
• Assist in providing 24/7 support of Confidential policy systems applications in a primary or secondary capacity

Technologies/Skills: Assembler, COBOL, DB2, CICS, Control-M, SQL, OS/JCL, MQ Series, Eztrieve, File-Aid, Expediter, Visio, MS Project, Alchemist, Case Tools, MQ Series, SCLM

Confidential, Columbus, Ohio

Senior Consultant Mainframe

• Identified resource requirements and assigned tasks to team members; retain status reporting
• Resolved critical issues (IRs) affecting the Medicaid system, and coordinated the demonstration of new and enhanced applications to customers and management.
• Served as technical liaison to Medicaid insurance providers and claimants
• Mentored team and subordinated members in areas to strengthen knowledge and system exposure
• Facilitated reporting of Medicaid financial payments, reimbursement, and recoupment
• Performed data transformation processing to facilitate data warehousing ETL
• Assisted in providing full lifecycle support of the Medicaid financial systems

Technologies/Skills: Assembler, COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, OS/JCL, SCLM, MS Project, File-Aid, MVS/TSO, Xpeditor, Intertest, Endeavor

Confidential - Cincinnati, Ohio

Data Management Systems Administrator-Mainframe

• Served as second level contact for data and media systems related production issues of client SLA
• Served as media storage administrator for 72 Lpars
• Coordinated HDA replacement data and recovery restoration services
• Performed emergency recovery of storage media archives
• Used HSM, VSAM, OS/JCL, RFMON, DFSMSHSM, ICKDSF, DFDSS and ABARS to correct issues

Technologies/Skills: ABARS, CICS, COBOL, DB2, SQL, VSAM, OS /JCL, Data Warehousing

Confidential - Cincinnati, Ohio

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Worked on small and large, moderately complex projects that required increased skill in multiple technical Applications and disciplines
• Assumed responsibilities for requirement analysis, design, development, integration and enhancement activities, as well as related maintenance and production support
• Assisted in the implementation of client’s vendor software interfaces, data migration and upgrades using COBOL, Quikjob, VSAM, IDCAMS, File-Aid and Endeavor
• Researched and provided systems analysis, project scoping, in addition to software remediation
• Provided system testing and support of affected systems
• Maintained system documentation; provided mentoring and team support

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, Control-M, Quikjob, VSAM, IDCAMS, File-Aid, Endeavor, VISIO

Confidential - Cincinnati, Ohio

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Provided critical quality analysis and follow up assuring the program modifications and migrated data were properly integrated
• Participated in project planning sessions with clients, business analysts, and team members to analyze development requirements and make recommendations for moderate to complex systems
• Assisted in Y2K source code remediation and isolated testing of the individual COBOL and CICS applications
• Implemented windowing methodology to isolate and circumvent potential execution failures attributed to year 2000 dating on targeted systems

Technologies/Skills: CICS, COBOL, DB2, IDMS/ADSO, OS/JCL, MS Project, Endeavor, RFMON, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Intertest

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Consultant-Mainframe

• Assumed responsibilities for the design and development of BMV automobile tag inventory system provided the means to ledger the division automobile tag and decal in real time
• Led team on version enhancements to the Rate Routine system as well as provided on-call production support
• Mentored team and subordinated members in areas to strengthen knowledge and system exposure
• Tested and elevated application modules packages, review and approve test plans
• Generating Reports Based on the MXG Views

Technologies/Skills: Assembler, CICS, COBOL, Control-M, DB2, Endeavor, IMS, SAS, Expediter, MXG, File-Aid, MS Project, SAN

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Senior Consultant

• Developed COBOL applications to extract IDMS rows onto DB2 tables
• Assisted in the enhancements of the client’s interfacing G/L applications and developed reusable program modules in COBOL, DB2 and CICS
• Converted legacy NOMAD source code into COBOL
• Performed required ETL, ad hoc reporting requests, required re-engineering of systems applications using COBOL and Tesseract
• Utilized Expediter, Intertest and File-Aid tools; facilitated the necessary functional and unit tests
• Used Endeavor to migrate the applications onto the required regions of development

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, CICS, IDMS, DB2, SQL, NOMAD, Control-M, Expediter, MS Project, File-Aid, Endeavor

Confidential - Jacksonville, Florida

IT Consultant

• Contributed to the development of Winn-Dixie’s Ledger reporting systems
• Wrote source code using Assembler, COBOL, DB2 and CICS
• Analyzed and identified production systems performance issues, determined viable resolutions stratagems, coding, testing, and release of approved component packages

Technologies/Skills: Assembler, COBOL, SQL, DB2, CICS, DOS/VSE, CMS

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Programmer/Analyst

• Engineered new and remediate systems and applications
• Modified existing source code to meet user specification using COBOL, DB2, CICS, IDMS/ADSO, IMS, VSAM, Assembler, QMF, File-Aid, ORACLE, and MS Access
• Worked directly with claims analysts, lawyers, medical providers and fraud agents with specialized systems enhancements, reports and data downloads to meet their specific needs
• Provided full lifecycle support: performed the required requirements gathering, developed technical specs, systems analysis, coded implementation of system software and ETL and warehousing of data to accommodate user/systems requirements
• Assisted in providing 24/7 Tier-1 level support on Claims reporting systems

Technologies/Skills: COBOL, DB2, CICS, SQL, VSAM, Assembler, QMF, File-Aid, ORACLE, MS Access, RFMON, SAN, Tran-Pro, Total, Connect: Direct, Endeavor, SAS/MGX

Confidential - Columbus, Ohio

Programmer/Analyst

• Wrote and modified existing JCL procedures for the HFC conversion project
• Used COBOL, Easytrieve and RPG to reengineer, support and maintain accounts receivable batch applications
• Performed unitary design, development and performance tests using Expediter and File-Aid
• Created and updated system flowcharts, dataflow diagrams and performance statistics for review
• Provided ad hoc reporting of sales subscriptions; created portable downloads of SAR tape reports

Technologies/Skills: JCL, COBOL, SQL, Easytrieve, Expediter, File-Aid, Changeman

Confidential - Atlanta, Georgia

Mainframe Intern

• Created and modified COBOL/CICS programs, Assembler macros/subroutines and JCL procedures in accordance with customers’ specifications
• Performed ad hoc SQL reporting tasks using Spufi and QMF
• Gained significant exposure to CICS via tutorials, mentored and modified assignments incrementing from small to midrange in size and complexity
• Provided non-interval reporting and systems incident reporting and resolution

Technologies/Skills: Assembler, COBOL, CICS, JCL, SQL, Spufi, QMF, Customer/1, Endeavor