SUMMARY

• Successful information technology professional with diverse and extensive experience focusing on systems analysis and design, programming, and documentation and systems migration.
• Proven achievements in time management providing hands - on guidance with mainframe protocols and software applications.
• Considered a high-energy leader with a reputation for integrity and quality. Team oriented with excellent interpersonal communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• COBOL
• COBOL II
• COBOL/390
• VSAM
• CICS
• CEDF
• CECI
• CEMT
• BMS
• OS/MVS
• OS/MVS/JCL
• PROCS
• TSO/ISPF
• OS/390 z/OS
• SAR
• EASYTRIEVE PLUS
• CA1
• CA7
• CA11
• JOBTRAC
• ZEKE/ZEBB
• IDCAMS
• FDR
• FAVER
• VSAMAID
• SYNCSORT
• DFSORT
• PDSMAN
• HYPERBUF
• MASTERCAT
• DF/DSS
• DP MANAGER
• FILE MANAGER
• INFOPAC
• ONDEMAND
• JCLCHECK
• DITTO
• MS WORD
• MS EXCEL
• MS OUTLOOK
• XPEDITOR
• ENDEVOR
• SQL
• DB2
• IMS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Little Rock, AR

Contractor - Cobol Developer

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, CA1, CA7, CA11, IDCAMS, FILE MANAGER, SYNCSORT, ONDEMAND, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK.

Responsibilities:

• Support the current MEDICAID MMIS system on the Mainframe while others convert it over to a Web based system.
• Help with ICD-10 metrics. A lot of EXCEL weekly and monthly reporting.
• Ran a batch of 10 JCL test jobs for Northrop Grumman and a batch of 10 JCL test jobs for Curam many times to correct 100,000 overlapping segments on the Eligibility Base VSAM file. I created all 20 of the JCL test jobs, wrote a COBOL program, wrote an EASYTRIEVE PLUS program, created 8 VSAM test files, and used a CICS test region for testing. Studied some CICS COBOL programs and CICS BMS screens.
• Did a Project where I updated 22 COBOL programs and updated some COBOL copybooks.

Confidential, Columbia, SC.

Permanent - Applications Developer Systems Analyst

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, OS/MVS, ZEKE/ZEBB, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, INFOPAC, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, IBM UTILITIES, SFTP, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK, NDM, ENDEVOR.

Responsibilities:

• Support Part D of Medicare.
• Support EFT process for Sponsors and Manufacturers.
• Redesigned the EFT process for Sponsors and Manufacturers.
• Support the Invoice and Payment process between Sponsors and Manufacturers.

Confidential, Matthews, NC.

Contractor - COBOL Mainframe Programmer

Technical skills used: COBOL, VSAM, CICS, OS/MVS, OS/MVS/JCL, PROCS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS, SAR, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, SCLM, CTLM, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS OUTLOOK.

Responsibilities:

• Installed new release of Human Resources.
• Updated 1099 and W-2 software.
• Designed and programmed a way to keep track of the employer’s contribution to 8 different Health Plans for the employees, which will be reported on W-2’s.
• Installed state tax updates to the Human Resources package.

Confidential, Tulsa, OK.

Permanent - Financial Services, Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Performs systems analysis and design, programming, and maintenance support for data processing and data communications applications of large size and major complexity; and other related required duties.
• In depth knowledge of COBOL, CICS, VSAM File Structures, and JCL for IBM Z/VSE, Z/OS, or MVS Operating Systems environment and Infor Global Solutions (formerly GEAC, Dun & Bradstreet Software, Management Science of America) E-Series Financial Systems for Government.

Confidential, Amarillo, TX.

Permanent - Applications/Systems Programmer

Technical skills used: VS COBOL, ASSEMBLER, VSAM, CICS, CEDF, CECI, CEMT, BMS, DOS/VSE/SP, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, DITTO, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, ICCF.

Responsibilities:

• 15% of the programs were in ASSEMBLER. I converted them all to COBOL.
• None of the CICS programs at Confidential were pseudo conversational. I converted them all to pseudo conversational.
• A lot of space problems were occurring with their non-VSAM and VSAM files. I corrected all of these and freed up 25% of all their disk space.
• A lot of S0C7 abends were occurring. Mostly due to blank records being passed to update programs where spaces were trying to be moved to numeric fields which caused the S0C7 abends. I wrote COBOL edit programs for all of these which ran before the update programs ran and weeded out all of the records with bad data. This eliminated all of the S0C7 abends.
• The Accounts Payable system was a tape to tape based system. I redesigned it to be a VSAM file based system using CICS and BMS. I designed the system flow, files, file layouts, reports, online input screens, online inquiry screens, JCL, scheduling, and documentation. I did all of the file conversions.
• The General Ledger system was a non-VSAM to non-VSAM based system. I redesigned it to be a VSAM file based system using CICS and BMS. I designed the system flow, files, file layouts, reports, online input screens, online inquiry screens, JCL, scheduling, and documentation. I did all of the file conversions.
• I was assigned to maintain CICS, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, and SYNCSORT. I updated the CICS tables and installed new releases of all of these.
• I became the System Programmer. I maintained all hardware and software. I set up IPL’s, did IML’s, cut the system files down from 15 to just 5, and installed DOS/VSE/SP 2.1.4 by myself. I worked with IBM System Engineers and there were times where I fixed a problem before they did. One problem was that we could not create an alternate index file for any of our VSAM files. IBM came in, worked on it, went to lunch, came back, and I had it fixed. All that I did was add two cards to the IPL process.