OBJECTIVE:

• To obtain a position as a senior - level mainframe developer/analyst.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• OS/390 COBOL
• CICS
• SPF/TSO
• MVS JCL
• VSAM
• DB2
• SQL
• IBM’s Optim
• SPUFI
• ViaSoft SmartTest
• FileAid
• EZTrieve
• Teradata SQL Assistant
• Benthic Golden
• PC-compatible tools and software.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Assigned to Conduent to work as a Mainframe Developer on teh Virginia Medicaid Management Information System (VaMMIS).
• Worked wif Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), along wif other VaMMIS team members, primarily on teh Provider Services subsystem, to fulfill DMAS’ Provider reporting and documentation requirements, as well as Blast Email requests.
• Also assisted Claims subsystem team wif DMAS’ change requests. Successfully implemented system enhancements for several VaMMIS Releases.
• Successfully implemented a number of system modifications and enhancements classified as Emergency Work Orders (EWOs).
• Wrote detailed specifications and proposals for new programs or functional enhancements to teh VaMMIS system. Wrote program, user, and system documentation to accompany new or changed programs or system functions.

Environment: OS/390 COBOL, CICS, SPF/TSO, MVS JCL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, IBM’s Optim, SPUFI, FileAid, EZTrieve, and PC-compatible tools and software.

Confidential

IT Systems Analyst II

Responsibilities:

• Worked on implementations of teh Optum Management Analysis and Reporting System (MARS) for several State government Medicaid agencies (Arkansas, California, Indiana, New Hampshire, New Jersey).
• Performed data mapping, testing and verification of Medicaid tables, CMS-mandated and State-only Medicaid reports, wrote documentation relating to various reports for Reporting System Description (RSD) and Detailed System Description (DSD) deliverables, and participated in planning and design meetings wif State agencies.
• Wrote numerous Job Aids and White Papers to assist Optum personnel in teh performance of their duties.
• Assigned to Confidential Corporation (formerly Confidential, Inc., now Conduent) to work on teh MARS subsystem of teh Virginia Medicaid Management Information System (VaMMIS).
• Worked closely wif Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) personnel, along wif other VaMMIS team members, to fulfill DMAS’ system change requests.
• Successfully implemented system enhancements for several VaMMIS Releases.
• Successfully implemented a number of system modifications and enhancements classified as Emergency Work Orders (EWOs). Wrote detailed specifications and proposals for new programs or functional enhancements to teh VaMMIS system.
• Wrote program, user, and system documentation to accompany new or changed programs or system functions.

Environment:OS/390 COBOL, CICS, SPF/TSO, MVS JCL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, IBM’s Optim, SPUFI, ViaSoft SmartTest, FileAid, EZTrieve, Teradata SQL Assistant, Benthic Golden, and PC-compatible tools and software.

Confidential

Applications Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked wif teh Virginia Medicaid Management Information System (VaMMIS), as implemented for teh Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS).
• Worked closely wif DMAS personnel, as well as other VaMMIS team members, to determine best means of fulfilling DMAS’ system change requests.
• Successfully implemented system enhancements for several VaMMIS Releases.
• Participated in teh initial analysis of system components for teh National Provider Identifier (NPI) project.
• Successfully implemented several system modifications and enhancements classified as Emergency Work Orders (EWOs).
• Participated in Production Support On-Call rotation.
• Wrote detailed specifications and proposals for new programs or functional enhancements to teh VaMMIS system.
• Wrote program, user, and system documentation to accompany new or changed programs or system functions.

Environment: OS/390 COBOL, CICS, SPF/TSO, MVS JCL, DB2, VSAM, SQL, Princeton Softech (now IBM’s Optim), SPUFI, GTB, ViaSoft SmartTest, FileAid, EZTrieve, and PC-compatible tools and software.

Confidential

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on local implementation of Inter-Plan Teleprocessing Services (ITS) software (Host Plan) releases from teh national Confidential Association ( Confidential ); dis involved analyzing teh Confidential -supplied program code and determining where in-house coding changes should be installed to make teh system process claims per Virginia regulatory requirements, tan testing and implementing teh modified programs.
• Successfully implemented and executed teh Confidential Licensee Desk-Level Audit system.
• Refined and implemented a Reconciliation Formats (RF) Extract system used by Corporate Finance.
• Developed and implemented a system for comparing and analyzing output files from parallel test processing for teh ITS Release implementation team.
• Successfully completed numerous “Lights-On, Doors Open” (LODO) Problem Report assignments.
• Actively participated in Disaster Recovery planning and testing operations. Actively participated in testing of teh HIPAA X.12 transaction transmission and reception operations.
• Served as teh backup Administrator for teh EPM employee time-tracking system.
• Participated in Production Support On-Call rotation.
• Wrote detailed specifications and proposals for new programs or functional enhancements to teh ITS/Host system.
• Wrote program, user, and system documentation to accompany new or changed programs or system functions.

Environment: OS/390 COBOL, SPF/TSO, MVS JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, SQL, SPUFI, File-Aid, EZTrieve, and PC-compatible tools and software.

Confidential

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a consultant for teh Richmond, VA office of dis nationwide IT consulting firm.
• Participated in verification of Year 2000 compliance in teh payroll accounting system used by a major manufacturer of paper goods.
• Wrote detailed reports describing teh testing procedures used to verify Year 2000 compatibility, teh expected results, and teh actual results obtained. Also served as a team member of teh strategy automation team of a major credit card issuer.
• Wrote detailed specifications and proposals for new programs or functional enhancements to teh Behavior-Based Account Management (BBAM) system.
• Wrote program and system documentation to accompany new or changed programs or system functions in teh BBAM system.

Environment: COBOL II, TSO/SPF, MVS JCL, VSAM, UNIX operating system, ORACLE, SQL/Plus, and PC-compatible tools and software.

Confidential

Senior Systems Representative

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance team leader for nationally-known financial software systems vendor.
• Responsibilities included workflow management, program maintenance and customer support. Performed analysis of described problems, coding and testing of program corrections.
• Prepared written responses to problem reports, along wif customer contact.
• Coordinated wif other departments in preparing for teh release of system updates.
• Participated in Production Support On-Call rotation for client installations.
• Acted as Project Leader, prepared detailed specifications, designed, coded, tested and maintained CICS online screens, prepared technical documentation, and developed and tested code.

Environment: COBOL, Microfocus COBOL Workbench, CICS (command-level), VSE JCL, VSAM, BIM-Edit, and IBM PC-compatible tools and software.

Confidential

Technical Representative

Responsibilities:

• Performed site preparation and planning, installation and testing of performance measurement systems, customer education in operation of system hardware and software, troubleshooting, marketing support, customer support, and technical writing.
• Developed method of monitoring duration of modem dial-up calls.
• dis enabled teh customer to verify long-distance telephone billings, resulting in reduced cost to dis major rail carrier.
• Wrote detailed user documentation covering teh set-up and operation of a network performance management system used by personnel working in data centers belonging to certain branches of teh United States military.
• Held US Department of Defense SECRET-level security clearance.

Environment: Tesdata Performance Measurement Language (PML), TSO/SPF, MVS JCL, and IBM mainframe utilities.

Confidential

Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, coded, and tested performance reporting programs for statewide data communications network.
• Planned, coordinated, executed, and tested customer-level installation of performance measurement systems provided by Confidential Corporation.
• Trained data center personnel in operation of performance monitoring equipment installed on-site.
• Incorporated performance measurements from data centers into existing central reporting facility.
• Wrote proposals for acquisition by DIT of new IT equipment, including cost justifications and benefits analyses.

Environment: Tesdata PML, MVS JCL, VSAM, TSO/SPF2, and COBOL.