SUMMARY

• Around 10 years of experience in designing developing Mainframe solutions
• Working as the Mainframe Systems Analyst at Fannie Mae
• Worked for Dana Corp, Hanesbrands INC, Princess Cruise Lines andInternational Trucks Engines
• Expertise in designing, analyzing, developing and testing various Mainframe applications
• Expertise in COBOL, DB2, SQL, IMS DC/DB, CICS, IDEAL/DATACOM,IDMS, VSAM and JCL
• Experience in EDI
• Excellent problem determination and problem solving skills
• Excellent analytical, logical and debugging skills
• Excellent management skills with proven ability
• Knowledge of Retail, Online Reservation, Manufacturing and Financedomain
• Familiarity in all stages of software development life cycle
• Ability to adapt to new processes and technologies fast
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

SKILLS SUMMARY

• Operating System: MVS/OS390, Windows
• Languages: COBOL, IMS DC, CICS, CA-IDEAL, ADSO and JCL
• Database: DB2, IMS DB, DATACOM, IDMS, Oracle
• Tools: SPUFI, DB2I data editor, Changeman, File-Aid, Xpeditor , Batch Debugger , MAXBAT , Control-M, Control-D , CA-7, File Manager , Endevor , INTERTEST, OCF, DMLO, Informatica
• Others: VSAM, IDCAMS, FTP, SORT Utilities, SAS, COBOL Stored Procedures, FOCUSand UCANDU, Mercury, Unicenter, Remedy

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Role: Systems Analyst

Roles Responsibilities:

• As a n analyst I was involved in the following activities
• Design, Develop and schedule components related to new application software releases.
• Requirement gathering for new business requests and document it for IT development
• Interact and help the Oracle team for data extracts from mainframe database.
• Resolving issue related bugs and glitches raised by end users.
• Generate and optimize SQL queries for data extraction and issue analysis
• Provide optimal solutions for IT development and program modifications
• Ensuring quality of deliverables through review and extensive testing
• Generate complex SORT and SAS cards for new jobs
• Generate new reports and data extracts as per user needs
• Job Monitoring and scheduling job streams
• Help team to create new job schedules in CA-7
• Create excel macros for routine tasks and analysis
• Involved in all phases of SDLC

Role: System Architect

Roles Responsibilities:

• As a system architect I was involved in the following activities
• Serving as On shore coordinator for the team working offshore
• Develop and schedule new job streams as DANA gets new clients or whenever client changes the data format
• Requirement gathering for new business requests and document it for IT development
• Interact and help the DANA ETL team for data extracts from IDMS DB.
• Involved in P roject Management and guiding offshore team
• Analyze the EDI data and track orders and client related issues.
• Helping team to resolve issue related bugs and glitches rose by end users.
• Provide optimal solutions for IT development and program modifications in COBOL- IDMS code.
• Ensuring quality of deliverables through review and extensive testing
• Generate complex SORT and SAS cards for new jobs
• Generate new reports and data extracts as per user needs
• Job Monitoring and scheduling job streams related to the client s ERP system
• Help team to create new job schedules in CA-7
• Involved in all phases of SDLC

Role: Onshore Coordinator

• Roles Responsibilities:
• As a support person I was involved in the following activities
• Created new job streams for business needs
• On shore coordinator of the 4 member team working in India
• Involved in Project Management and guiding offshore team
• Interact with end user groups to develop IT solutions
• Design new IDEAL and CICS screens and batch components as per user requirement
• Design mainframe components for SAP integration
• Generate data extracts to feed ETL datamarts as per adhocs
• Ensuring quality of deliverables
• Developed custom SQL queries in MS Access applications connecting DB2 database
• for sales and forecast team.

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Roles Responsibilities:

• As a support person I was involved in the following activities
• 24 x 7 primary on call support person of the project
• Monitor the important jobs executing in the console and make sure that all completed successfully.
• Enhancement and maintaining the system which executes more than 500 jobs daily
• Job Monitoring and scheduling job streams related to the clients financial apps
• Gathering more knowledge related to the Issue/requirement
• Understand business requirements and convert this to system and software requirements.
• Ensuring quality of deliverables through review process and extensive testing
• Created new JCL s and programs to fulfill new business needs.

Role: Senior Software Engineer

Roles Responsibilities:

• As a support person I was involved in the following activities
• Served as primary on call support person of the project
• Monitor the important jobs executing in the console and make sure that all completed successfully.
• Fixing bugs resulting from program modifications or business rule changes in less time.
• Gathering more knowledge related to the Issue/requirement
• Construction and testing of components related to the issue/requirement.
• Assist and guide the team in resolving issues, decision making in Technical solutions and provide improvements to the system

Roles Responsibilities:

• As a support person I was involved in the following activities
• Analyze the Issue/requirement and provide an optimal solution.
• Analyzing and understanding the existing system and write bridge programs so that
• The systems can talk each other.
• Design, develop, modify and test components needed to resolve the issue or complete a requirement.
• S cheduling and implementing components upon completion of each phase.
• Assist and guide the team in resolving issues, decision making in Technical solutions and provide improvements to the system.

Software/Tools: COBOL, DB2, SQL, JCL, IMS DB, IMS DC

Roles Responsibilities:

• As the developer, I was involved in the following activities
• Analyze the Issue/requirement and provide an optimal solution.
• Design, develop, modify and test components needed to resolve the issue or complete a requirement.
• Assist and guide the team in resolving issues, decision making in Technical solutions and provide improvements to the system.
• Ensuring the quality of the deliverables sent to on shore
• Preparing unit test cases documentation and carry out the tests.
• Prepared integration test cases documentation and carry out the tests

Software/Tools: COBOL, DB2, SQL, JCL, IMS DB, IMS DC

Roles Responsibilities:

• As the developer, I am involved in the following activities
• Communicate with end user understand the requirements and document it.
• Design, code and test the components related to the requirement.
• Ensure the quality of the deliverables sent to onsite
• Support Implementation and analyze post implementation issues.

Software/Tools : COBOL, DB2, SQL, JCL, IMS DB, IMS DC

Roles Responsibilities:

• As a Team member I was involved in the following activities
• Involved in design, construction and testing of systems converted for the requirement for an expanded field
• Actively involved in analyzing existing programs in COBOL
• Member of the swat team for fixing critical and crucial bugs which cause delay in testing
• Provided s upport to Implementation and analyze post implementation issues.