COBOL Developer

Skills

Employment History:

Confidential

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Marriot Customer Information Reservation System CRIS System allows Marriot Associates to take create and maintain reservations from preferred customers. Associates enter reservation requests through the Java front end and are transmitted to COBOL/DB2 and IMS components Stored Procedures and Subroutines which, in turn, update the IBM Z/OS V10 DB2 database.
• Developed and Unit Tested the several CRIS AWARDS back end Cobol/DB2 components which allows associates to order awards for customers enrolled in Marriot's Preferred Customer Program.
• Working knowledge of SQL.
• Monitored nightly Batch COBOL/DB2 jobs, performed root cause analysis of ABEND, and fixed when necessary.
• Participated in application Design and Code Walkthrough to ensure code support requirements using SDLC.
• Used Jackson Work Bench Yourdon Based Design/Code Generator to develop the COBOL/DB2 Back End Components.
• Performed Automated Testing using IBM Rational Data Studio

Environment: JACKSON WORK BENCH CODE GENERATOR, IBM Rational Data Studio, ENTERPRISE COBOL, DB2, IMS/DB/DC, FILEAID, JCL, TSO, JCL PROCS, SYNCSORT, BMC DB2 Utilities, PANAPT, AVERS

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Providing production support for OCFO System Operations Accounting Reporting SOAR System and Office of Pension Retirement Services OPRS legacy Payroll System.
• Monitored nightly Batch COBOL/DB2 jobs, performed root cause analysis of ABEND, and fixed when necessary.
• Recovered SOAR batch application Development and Test environments, Created Ad-Hoc jobs to refresh to refresh DB2 Development tables
• Applied 2012 Federal and State Tax enhancements to monthly payroll/pension deduction jobs.
• Enhanced existing Payroll/Pension ACH Paycheck distribution process to ensure direct deposits transmitted correctly to Wells Fargo replacing Wachovia.
• Worked on the 'PAPS' system, which is a case processing system. My duties were to develop and maintain batch and online NATURAL/ADABAS programs
• Executed Online and Batch DB2/SPUFI SQL to performed data validation and Test SQL.
• Developed the Pension Systems batch COBOL/SFTP interface with the IRS's GOVERIFY web portal which processes existing DC government retirees against the SSA Death Master, identify deceased pensioners and stops paying them monthly distribution.

Environment: ENTERPRISE COBOL CICS, DB2, FILEAID, JCL, TSO, JCL PROCS, SYNCSORT, BMC DB2 Utilities, ENDEVOR, UC4 Scheduling, AVERS, TRMS

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Programmer/Analyst on a team responsible for the full life cycle development of an enhanced Collection Subsystem using COBOL, CICS, DB2, and IMS.
• Developed online backend ENTERPRISE COBOL, Online COBOL/CICS/DB2 programs with interfaced with COLDFUSION front FHA Federal Housing Authority CONNECT Web Portal from Detailed Design SPECS.
• Used CA-7 Personal Scheduler to execute Ad-hoc report jobs for Data Analysis Purposes
• Translated Client User Requirements into Detailed Design Documents, Unit Test Plans, and Use Cases.
• Production On call Support
• Involved in Unit Testing, Integration and Regression Testing.
• Created an ERD documenting the application's Database in Visio.
• Used HTML test pages to perform interface testing with XML components of COBOL/CICS/DB2 Programs.
• Used IDCAMS REPRO to Copy VSAM Records to Flat Files.
• Functional Testing of COBOL/CICS/DB2 programs with COLDFUSION front End Modules.
• Lead application Design and Code Walkthrough to ensure code support requirements using SDLC.
• Created test requirements, test cases and related testing documentation
• Working knowledge in JCL, PROC.
• Experience with Mission critical Govt. Application
• Executed Online and Batch DB2/SPUFI SQL to performed data validation and Test SQL.
• Executed DB2 BMC Tools to developed large quantities of Information for Volume testing.
• Used FILEAID to create Unit Test Input Files.
• Used ENDEVOR to maintain track, maintain and migrate Software Components through the release management process.
• Provided production support for Mission critical applications Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

Environment: ENTERPRISE COBOL, CICS, DB2, SQL, FILEAID, JCL, JCL PROCS, SYNCSORT, BMC DB2 Utilities, ENDEVOR

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Used ENDEVOR scans to retrieve programs.
• Prepared level of effort estimates to finish by analyzing the COBOL module, execution JCL, catalog procedures, input files, output file, and references files.
• Involved in full life cycle development of Enterprise application design and construction using COBOL, CICS, and DB2.
• Lead Code Requirement walkthroughs as required
• Interfaced with external end users, actuaries, developers and other SME's to capture requirements.
• Created test requirements, test cases and related testing documentation
• Reverse Engineer the COBOL code, JCL, PROCS.
• Wrote SAS 9.0 Ad-hoc programs to produce Data Quality Control and Analysis Reports
• Used MS-WORD to produce the business detail design documents which explain the business rules in each module, the pseudo code supporting each business rule, and input/out data mapping, and error conditions in each module.
• Data mapping done in MS-EXCEL, and ACCESS.
• Data Flow Diagrams done in VISIO.
• Lead application Design and Code Walkthrough to ensure code support requirements using SDLC.
• Worked on BMC DB2 Utilities.
• Experience in Motor vehicle domain.
• Used INTERTEST in batch mode to test batch COBOL Jobs and interactive mode to test COBOL/CICS/DB2 Series programs.
• Conducted peer reviews with Actuarial team members to ensure that each document for completeness and accuracy.
• Used SYNCSORT and IEBGENER to massage sequential files containing test data.

Environment: ENTERPRISE COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, BMC DB2 Utilities, SYNCSORT, ENVEVOR