EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Has more than 10years of experience in the IT Industry.
• Experience in developing, supporting, and maintaining large - scale business critical mainframe applications.
• Has played the role of a Project Manager for one of the engagements.
• Worked extensively on Data Analysis, Data Profiling and Data Masking.
• Have worked in Legacy Data Migration and Transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodology.
• Repeatedly won the Top Contributor award and Manager’s Choice award for the current assignment.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Z/OS, Z/VM, Windows XP,UNIX

Languages: COBOL, JCL, REXX, VB, SQL, SQL /PL, PYTHON

Databases: IDMS, DB2,, IMS DB, Oracle, MS ACCESS, SQL Server, Delphix (Virtual DB), VSAM

GUI: CICS, ADSO, ISPF, IMS-DC

Tools: & Utilities: SPUFI, QMF, DMLO, OLQ, ADSALIVE, CA7, ESP, PUTTY, TOAD, FILEAID, MQ, CHANGEMAN, IDCAMS, SYNSORT,ENDEVOR, ABENDED-AID, DMSUITE, AGILE DATA MASKING,NDM,FTP

Domain Knowledge: INSURANCE, TRAINING, TRANSPORTATION, HR, PAYROLL

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior System Engineer

Confidential, Cumberland, RI

Responsibilities:

• Supported the Policy Admin Systems of the Amica Insurance Company.
• Supports BATCH applications for Client Amica.
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the overall health of the application.
• Provides solution design and involved in Coding and Testing for the projects
• Leads and mentors the project team.
• Co - ordinate change in Production with other teams.
• Fine tune the Batch components.

Confidential, Peoria, IL

Responsibilities:

• Supports BATCH and Online (IMS - DC, CICS) applications for Client Confidential .
• Creates and maintains DB2 Stored Procedures.
• Provides solution design and involved in Coding and Testing for the projects
• Leads and mentors the project team.
• Takes care of the overall health of the applications.
• Co-ordinate change in Production with other teams.
• Fine tune the Batch and Online components.
• Developed various tools in REXX and VB.

Confidential, Lebanon, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining the QA-UAT environment for Confidential .
• Played the role of an SME/lead in the project.
• Involved in Test Data Modeling, Analysis and Strategy.
• Worked with Delphix and other test data management tools to make testing data available for QA projects.
• Created and maintained REXX, COBOL and VB scripts to meet the test data requirements.
• Supports BATCH (Cobol, JCL, IDMS) and Online (ADSO, CICS) applications for Client Confidential .
• Technical Lead for the Project team.
• Worked with Business and translated the requirements and technical specification documents.
• Communicates with various application teams to ensure that the business runs fine.

Confidential, Lebanon, NJ

QA Manager/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Host joint Weekly meeting with onshore and offshore staff.
• Monthly meeting with staffing manager to discuss any staffing issues and concerns:
• Provide weekly status and accomplishments and upload to Sharepoint
• Review actual staff hours vs. hard allocation on PPM and confirm accuracy.
• Update PPM work allocation based on Confidential staffing changes:
• Approve Change Management CMR macro/module/copybook moves requests.
• Review/Monitor status of the various activities of the application.
• Contact programmers and/or application team managers for follow-up to specific issues as needed:
• Review weekly Change Management, Activity Announcements and determine potential impact on the application processes:
• Review test plans to be followed by respective Team in testing
• Upgrades/improvements/value adds:
• Write/Review user guide or other user-facing documentation for Accuracy/readability/usability:
• Assess work assignments to team, provide direction, and prioritize Work logs.
• Develop Project Proposal and host kick off presentation with all the stakeholders.
• Develop project charter, description, Scope, Role/Responsibilities definition etc.
• Prepare Project Plan, Work Breakdown Structure etc.
• Host periodic Status meetings and provide status to the project sponsors.
• Maintain Action items and other project artifacts like Project Status, Risk Log, MOM, Change Requests, Risk Trackers ETC.

Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Data modelling using ER diagrams and Bachman’s diagrams.
• Part of the Oracle DB design team.
• Developed COBOL IDMS programs that converted data in the network model to relational model.
• Provided support and maintained the data migration process.
• Configuring and Administering Learning Management System (LMS) on Moodle Platform
• Developed a Training Scheduler in VB
• Preparation of Training schedules and delivery of training for participants of IT career programs
• Developing Participant evaluation and feedback systems
• Technical guidance and project management of software projects undertaken by the trainees
• Technical Evaluation and Project feasibility study for E - learning

WASE Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement gathering.
• Developed Cobol IDMS/ADSO programs, Unit Testing and Support for Deliveries.
• Support System Integration Testing.
• Technical and functional review of deliverables.
• Liaison with architecture team to highlight improvement as well as pain areas.
• Creation of the QA deliverables.