Solution Architect Resume Profile

Experience Summary

Extensive over 20 years experience in information systems architecture, systems and data analysis, application design, development, testing, implementation and support for commercial applications.
Ability to provide technical architecture vision and recommend strategy/solution, collaborate with Project Manager, Architects, Business Analysts, Data analysts, Developers, and QA/Testers to size and estimate project efforts, develop work plans, define task dependencies, and deliver solutions.
Expertise in all phases of project life cycle in mainframe and client/server environments.
Strong professional communication and leadership skills with the ability to perform effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Experience in APLC/SDLC an Agile methodology.
Worked on projects for clients such as PECO Energy, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Pennsylvania, The Franklin Mint, CHARMING SHOPPES, Inc., CIGNA Corporations, The Hartford Insurance, American Reinsurance, Munich Reinsurance America, AETNA.

Objective Application/Solution/System Architect or Project Leader Position.

Technical Skills
Hardware / Platforms	IBM Mainframe, UNIX, Windows 98/XP/2000/7.
Technology	IBM DataStage, Ab-Initio, Informatica, COGNOS, uni-SPF, SyncSort, PipeSort, MaxSort, IBM Utilities, PLATINUM Utilities for DB2, BMC Utilities for DB2 and Oracle, CANDLE DB2 Tool Kit, Move for DB2, BTEQ/MLOAD/XPORT for TERADATA, WinDDI, Oracle Server Utilities, TOAD, ErWin, FTP, FTF, XCOM, NDM, CONNECT:Direct, CEDF, INTERTEST, XPEDITER, COBTEST, FILE-AID, COMPAREX, STROBE, SYSVIEW, MS Office Tools.
Programming Languages	COBOL, JCL, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, CICS, IBM MQ-Series, VSAM, FORTRAN, C, TSO, CLIST, ISPF Dialog Manager and Macros Pro-Cobol, Micro Focus COBOL/CICS Visual Basic, VBA
Databases	DB2 ESE with DPF, DB2 UDB for zOS, DB2 UDB for UNIX and Windows, Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Plus, TERADATA, MS SQL Server, MS Access.
Scripting Languages	UNIX Shell Scripting, REXX
Version Control Systems	LIBRARIAN, PANVALET, ENDEVOR, IBM Rational ClearCase.

Relevant Project Experience

Confidential

Operating System UNIX, Windows 7

Confidential

Role and Responsibilities

Collected and assessed business requirements.
Performed system analysis and development of all level project technical requirements and testing strategies.
Performed hardware, software and licensing requirements estimation, risk assessment, budget and affordability reviews.
Designed, led development, testing and implementation support for component design and development of Financial Activities Data Mart and supporting Access DB modules providing required statistic and reporting.
Providing implementation and post-implementation support.

Confidential

Role Application/Solution Architect

Role and Responsibilities

Architectural analysis and development of all level project requirements and testing strategies
Risk Assessment, affordability reviews,
Creating application architecture documentation, automated process models, use cases, non-functional requirements and technical checklists including hardware, software and licensing requirements estimation,
Architectural support for component design and development for Datawarehouse and various Data Marts including usage of multiple ETL and reporting tools Data Stage, Informatica, Ab-Initio, COGNOS, Micro-Strategy
Implementation and post-implementation support.