SUMMARY:

• Highly - respected and experienced technical resource in the Information Technology industry. Valued for consistently enhancing product and process initiatives, driving timely programming improvements, project leadership, and consistently available subject matter expertise.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Software: IBM Cobol, some Assembler, IBM JCL, EZtrieve, File-aid, Dumpmaster, Microsoft Excel/Word, CA's Datacom/DB, Xpediter/batch, Xpeditier/CICS, REXX, TSO/SPF, Control-M, Panvalet, Librarian,PL/1, Agile

Hardware:IBM mainframe computers, IBM PC

O/S: z/OS operating systems, CICS, IBM PC, OS/400, IBM VM Operating System, Windows Operating Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr Mainframe Developer

Confidential, Arizona

• To correct JCL errors or incorrect running on the IBM mainframe COBOL/CICS, ADABAS jobs, make necessary changes with SPF/TSO to make sure jobs complete themselves.
• Analyze, code changes to new or old computer programs as needed, using SDLC Agile to show progression to completion
• Running necessary test systems to test code in cooperation with client test group.

Production Analyst

Confidential, Arizona

• Required to respond to display /monitor warnings by utilities RCIF and Scrub that helped determine the reason for a problem with system interfaces and then called the on-call programmer if needed.
• For JCL error or incorrect running on the IBM mainframe COBOL/CICS, DB2 jobs, made necessary changes with SPF/TSO and restarted the job either from abended step or a previous step.
• Worked with the scheduler software - Control-M, and with computer operations for the IBM mainframe.
• Analyze, provided debugging on a very limited scale. Made changes needed to code/JCL as necessary. Mapped, linked, tested and worked with users/clients as necessary. Used EZtrieve to help determine abend reasons.

Information Technologist

Confidential

STATE OF ARIZONA

• Optimally utilized Computer Associates (CA) Datacom/DB to manage change control, generate timely analysis, and enhance the Control-M/CA-7.
• Worked with other team members in the group using tools like Xpediter, TSO/SPF, Dumpmaster, to resolve programming error, both as a team and by myself. Used EZtrieve to produce quick reports for clients as needed.
• Drove thorough testing initiatives with the Database Administrator and Operations Personnel to improve accuracy and reliability.
• Concurrently supported IBM AIX initiatives. Initiated, researched, and implemented relevant best practices while updating JCL streams and COBOL programs. Made FTP changes as necessary.
• Significantly upgraded database functionality by merging and purging data via JCL streams and COBOL programs.

Solution Support

Confidential, Arizona

• Optimally generated Level 2 support and guidance for key real time problems under IBM z/OS, VM, and OS/400 operating systems. Concurrently led multiple real time changes and provided detailed and thorough root-cause analysis on strategic problems. Researched, implemented, and documented multiple coding changes to COBOL and assembler code, JCL and REXX streams, and scripts, as well as scheduled and managed the system backup.
• Simultaneously led troubleshooting & management over three different systems: IBMs VM, z/OS, AS/400 mainframes.
• Researched, implemented, and documented multiple coding changes to COBOL and assembler code, JCL and REXX streams, and scripts, as well as scheduled and managed the system backup.
• Microsoft products used in internal communications

Information Technologist

Confidential , STATE OF ARIZONA

• Led the completion of relevant changes to the code Per GAO requirements, as well as updated data definitions, compiling, linking, testing, data-mapping and troubleshooting programs.
• Efficiently and effectively adopted and complied with GAO requirements when making changes to code, data, definitions, compiling, linking, testing, data-mapping and troubleshooting programs. Used TSO/SPF to edit changes and help to submit the changes. Cobol/JCL used by this system for Datacom/DB and Z/os program changes
• Consistently coordinated and managed change controls for testing with help from GAO clients. Xpediter, both TSO version and CICS, used to accomplish changes made. Much of the reporting done with EZtrieve.

Information Technologist

Confidential

• Drove changes for critical pieces of code by compiling, linking, testing, and troubleshooting programs that need to be updated to better meet vender release requirements. All releases to the software I had to install and test.
• Significantly upgraded functionality to meet required payroll modifications per State of Arizona requirements using TSO/SPF and

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Confidential

• Actively supported and updated the VNB trust system (Trustor II trust package).
• Was selected to be part of a team to upgrade the Trustor II package to a package bought from Mellon Bank.
• Supported the VNB Investment group on investment related programming, as well as partnered with the trust group by writing and modifying a very large trust package (over 3,500 modules) bought from Mellon Bank of Pennsylvania. Transition work included working with the ACH group.