SUMMARY

• Sr. IBM Mainframe Developer, Maintainer and Application Production Support , with 20 years of hands on experience in application development exposed to the complete Software Development Life Cycle (gathering and documenting requirements, analysis, design, coding, unit testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing, production deployment and post implementation support of batch and on - line applications).
• Assists in resolving production support problems. Develops and suggests alternative approaches to resolving problems.
• Well versed in trouble-shooting problems in a wide variety of abnormal terminations.
• Able to build working relationships with wide range of coworkers in team environment.
• Extremely well organized, with proven ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
• Strong experience in Consumer, Finance, and Health care industries.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• TECHNICAL Programming Languages and Technologies: 20+ years of experience with COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, PL/I, CSP, CLIST, EASYTRIEVE, REXX, SAS
• Programming Environments & Tools: TSO/ISPF, JCL, SPUFI, FILEAID, QMF, EDF, BMC, CA7/CA - 11, EXPEDITOR, SYNCSORT, IBM Utilities, IDCAMS, TCP/IP, FTP, NDM, VIASOFT, CHANGEMAN, LIBARIAN, ENDEVOR, Control M, Control-B, Control-R, TWS (OPC) Tivoli, Smartest, Intertest, ICETOOL, DFHSORT, ICCF, CMS, ROSCOE, VOLLIE, STARTOOL, DATA-EXPERT, File Manager
• Database and Files Experience: DB2, DL/I, SQL, IMS, VSAM, SAM, QSAM/ISAM, GDG, ORACLE, ACCESS
• Operating Systems: z/OS, MVS/XA/ESA, OS/MVS, VM, DOS/VSE, VSE/SP, UNIX, Windows/NT, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Addison, TX

Developer Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provide mainframe based application maintenance for security access and entitlements database.
• This job involves application maintenance and support activities.
• Create new DB2 tables and programs to verify and track the inter-platform user IDs and password changes.

Platform / Tools: COBOL II / CICS / DB2 / VSAM / MVS/ TSO/ JCL / CONTROL-M / CHANGEMAN / CA-7 / NDM /FTP / REXX / ENDEVOR / SAS / RACF

Confidential, Boston, MA

Leader/On-site Developer Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• ATMs and Cards Systems
• On-Call coverage - production support (24/7 1st, 2nd, 3th level).
• Development, enhancements and defects resolution of Batch and CICS applications.
• Cash Management
• Cash Advance
• Electronic payments
• Conversion and migration of ATMs from Fifth Third to Confidential .
• FIDELITY, FISSERV, First Data, VISA interfaces, conversion and migrations.
• Migration, conversion and mapping of Advance Lending Solutions (ALS FIS package) to the new mainframe core Partenon Loan System. (Origination, Scoring, Fees and Interest accrual modules)
• On-site offshore coordinator responsible for design, development, UAT, implementation and enhancements of back-end applications.
• Sr. Developer and maintainer of Customer Information System (CIS) responsible in the conversion and migration from the old RM to the new ALNOVA CIF (Customer Information Facilities) - (Customers/Accounts relationships to new DB2 relationship database)
• Deposits, DDA accounts - Interfaces with FIS Systematics Integrated Monetary Processing and Control Systems (IMPACS)

Platform / Tools: COBOL II / CICS / DB2 / VSAM / MVS/ TSO/ JCL / CONTROL-M / CHANGEMAN / SDLC / NDM /FTP / REXX / EASYTREAVE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Developer Systems Analyst II

Responsibilities:

• On-Call coverage in production support team (24/7 - 1st and 2nd. level).
• Interfacing between business analysts and end-users in order to satisfy emergency and special requests of MCS nationwide.
• Profile builds and developer of new software.
• Unit testing and UAT.
• Create and update Run-books.
• Follow-up Remedy Tickets.
• Worked with end-users to assess requirements and create feasible solutions
• Responsible to resolve issues regarding to scheduling and requests submitted to production and model office environments.
• Create test cases for change requests and new releases (quarterly).
• End-user support level 1 and 2.
• Make recommendations, research and find out alternative solutions in batch and CICS applications.

Platform / Tools: COBOL II / CICS / VSAM / MVS/ TSO/ JCL / OPC-TWS - TIVOLI / ACF / RACF / NDM/ REXX/ DB2

Confidential

Sr. Systems Analyst, Developer

Responsibilities:

• IMPACS (Checking and Saving Accounts)
• CDs (Saving/Time Deposit Systems)
• Loans (ALS)
• Credit cards
• Customer information Systems.
• Coded, tested, debugged, implemented, and managed mainframe applications.
• Leader of Payment methods - Credit / Debit Card. applications.
• Updates and implementation of new releases of MasterCard, American Express and Visa.
• Interaction with businesses, marketing and operations areas.
• Fraud systems, performing maintenance and suggesting improvements
• Clearing and Settlement (Issuers, Merchants and Networks)
• Development, maintenance and production support (24x7 - 2nd. level)

Platform / Tools: COBOL II / CICS / DB2/ VSAM/ SDLC/ JCL /TSO/MVS / Changeman/ Control-M/File AID /

Confidential

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Testing, coding, implementation and production support (24/7 - 1st. level)
• Optimization of on-line transactions and batch's cycle process to reduce CPU times of Customers and Personal Accounts systems in ALATMIRA banking platforms.
• IMPACS (Checking and Saving Accounts)
• CDs (Saving/Time Deposit Systems)
• Customers information DB/2 database normalization.
• Design, testing and coding of new reports to operations department.
• Architecture - Updates and implementation to on-line transactions and corporative tables.
• Coded, tested, debugged, implemented, and managed mainframe applications.

Platform / Tools: COBOL II / CICS / DB2/ VSAM/ SDLC / JCL /TSO /MVS / Change man / CONTROL-M / File AID / Control-B / XPEDITOR