SUMMARY:

• FULL life cycle applications development with extensive requirements review, research, analysis, high level design, detail level design, structured coding/programming, walk thru, documentation, testing, and signoffs in a SDLC CMM level environment
• TESTING specialist in unit testing, string testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing and production parallel testing using developed testing plans
• COLLABORATE with developers and designers in conceptualizing and developing new/updates to software programs and applications
• ASSIST in defining application development project plans, including scoping impacts, scheduling, implementation, and back out procedures
• COMMUNICATE with vendor software support personnel to resolve issues encountered with vendor software

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ONLINE EXPERIENCE: CICS, CEDF, and TSO/ISPF

BATCH EXPERIENCE: JCL, GDG S, PROCS, STEPLIB, JOBLIB, SMF, and ZEKE

ACCESS METHODS: DB2, IMS DB, ADR DATACOM DB, VSAM, IAM, GSAM, and DYNAM/T&D

OPERATING SYSTEMS: MVS, VM, DOS/VSE, and Windows

HARDWARE: MVS 3090, IBM 3031, and PC s

WINDOWS SOFTWARE: Microsoft OFFICE, WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT, OUTLOOK, ACCESS, PROJECT, VISIO and MICROFOCUS Revolve

MVS UTILITIES: XPEDITER, INTERTEST, FILE - Aid, CA File-Master, QMF, BMC, ABEND-Aid, COMPAREX, IDCAMS, FDR, SYNCSORT, ENDEVOR change management, Librarian, CMS

SYSTEMS: VIEWDIRECT for MVS report collection systems, State Farm Insurance Systems, MBNA Credit Card Services, AT&T RAMP Telecom Billing Systems

LANGUAGES: 15+ years structured object oriented programming experience with mainframe computer system environments using COBOL II, COBOL, REXX and PL/1

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richardson, Texas

Sr Programmer Analyst

• Mainframe applications developer assigned to do enhancements and maintenance within the OTG processing systems
• Responsible for research, analysis, design, development, and implementation for applications assigned
• Provide support and build test platforms for development, UAT, systems, and release testing
• Assigned to do vendor release upgrades to existing assigned systems with interface to the offsite vendor
• Provide CMM level standards to team for project setup/tracking, JCL setup and documentation requirements
• Reduced nightly calls and incidents due to testing methods and validation processes implemented

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Sr Programmer Analyst

• Mainframe applications developer assigned to do enhancements and maintenance within the State Farm Fire processing systems
• Responsible for research, design, analysis and maintaining development applications using the SDLC Methodology. This methodology includes requirements review, development of conceptual functional specifications, system specifications, program specifications, coding, unit testing, walkthroughs and implementation.
• Provided support for system integration testing for systems processing throughout the release process
• On call support for all systems assigned

Environment: MVS, COBOL II, IMS DB, JCL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, FILE-Aid, IDCAMS, ABEND-Aid, MS Office, ENDEVOR, XPEDITER

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Sr Programmer Analyst

• Mainframe applications developer assigned to do enhancements and maintenance within the Transaction Management, Quarterly Reporting and Financial Institution systems
• Responsible for designing and maintaining development applications using the CMM level 2 Software Development Methodology (SDM). This methodology includes requirements review, development of conceptual functional specifications, system specifications, program specifications, coding, unit testing, walkthroughs and implementation.
• Provided support for system integration and user acceptance testing for batch and online systems processing through out the release process
• On call support for all systems assigned

Environment: MVS, COBOL II, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, FILE-Aid for DB2, ABEND-Aid, JCL, MS Office, CA7, ENDEVOR, QMF, BMC, XPEDITER, Test Director

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Release Testing Lead

• Testing Services Testing Lead assigned to major projects to coordinate the SIT and UAT testing efforts through out the release process
• Reviewed all application areas SDM business requirements, business requirements confirmation list, conceptual functional specifications, system specifications, SITP, and UATP documents on projects assigned
• Responsible for the direction of the technical people assigned to the projects that perform testing environment retrofits, online setup, running batch cycles, and also help with program abends/problem determination
• Provided technical assistance in gathering testing environment impacts from all application areas

Environment: MVS, DB2, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, FILE-Aid, ABEND-Aid, JCL, Test Director, MS Office, Middleware Connectivity

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Sr Programmer Analyst

• Full life cycle applications development with extensive requirements review, research, analysis, high level design, detail level design, structured coding, walkthroughs, unit testing, and signoffs to the AT&T RAMP billing systems
• Provided COBOLII coding requirements and impacts using MICROFOCUS Revolve research tool
• Made modifications to programs, copybooks, PROC S, JCL and did unit testing
• Represented and lead our development group in setting up a testing methodology which included production VS development unit, string, and CBIFT validation testing
• Did team training and mentoring in production VS development unit, string, and CBIFT testing plus validation methods
• Acted as Point - of-Contact (POC) to client on most service requests(SR s) assigned
• Major development projects included the consumer tax initiative, LD wireless, and PICC charge

Environment: MVS, COBOLII, IMS DB, JCL, VSAM, XPEDITER, FILE-Aid, TSO/ISPF, IDCAMS