SUMMARY:

IT Professional with 10+ Years of experience in mainframe application development,support, product devlopment,consultancy in banking domain( Fraud, Risk,Payment,Credit Card application ).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: OS390,Z/OS, Sun Solaris, Windows Server 2007, UNIX, Linux

Databases: VSAM, DB2, Lotus Notes, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

Software Tools (Mainframe): Smartbear,File - AID, Abend-AID, SyncSort, FTP, IDCAMS, IBM Utilitities, MQ Series, JCL, TSO/ISPF, RDZ, SPUFI, QMF, Xpediter, Endevor, DumpMaster, ZEKE, Optim, PuTTY, IBM File Manager, IBM Debug Utility, IBM Fault Analyzer, DFSORT, RACF,Sonar, ChangeMan, PVCS, CA-7 Connect:Direct (NDM),TWS,FTP

Software Tools (UNIX): PuTTY, VI,SAS EG

Computer Software: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint

Programming Languages: COBOL, Assembly language, APS, CLIST, ISPF Dialogs, ISPF Panels, ISPF Skeletons, REXX, Easytrieve, Quikjob, CICS Macro Level, CICS Command Level, SQL Queries, CICS Resource Definition (RDO and Macro), Clipper, CONCEPT 14,SAS 9.2,SAS 9.3,SAS 9.4

Methodologies: Agile,Waterfall

Soft Skills: Vendor Relations, System Analysis, System Design, Disaster Planning and Recovery, Database Analysis, Database Design, Data Modeling, Process Modeling, Business Analysis, Test Plans, Test Scripts, Test Execution

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Technical Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Leading Confidential ’s product engineering team primary mainframe & Unix , SAS and consulting other key deployment projects in Fraud & Card domain
• Managed various key initiatives from Confidential group prospective like digital fraud, Confidential core banking and payment integration to SASEFM, Confidential Cash management system.
• Implemented various innovative ideas to reduce client’s over - all cost per account & productize development initiatives, to come up with best-in-class solution.
• Managed & Designed various transformation program like evergreening, Mainframe to Mulesoft and other front ened migration
• Designed and developed innovative solutions using Mainframe ( JCL,Cobol,CICS,DB2,VSAM,TCP/IP,Assembler )and SAS to business requirements in alignment with product architecture, Confidential development practices and projects timelines.
• Managed capacity planning activities for UAT testcase and production environment.
• Led the implementation of “DevOps” process & tools (JIRA, Smart bear, Conflunece,X-Frameowrk,SONAR ) in Confidential mainframe and cloud environment to achieve continuous delivery and decrease the release cycle time
• Provided technical & Functional guidance to teammates. Identified and encouraged areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Managed various card lunch project including authentication and protocol.
• Well versed with various connect direct & FTP implementation for different source system
• Well versed with all mainframe & technology like COBOL,JCL,IMS,VSAM,DB2,SQL,REXX,CICS,MQ,TCP/IP
• Well versed with SAS technology like BASE SAS 9.2,9.3,9.4, Different tool like rule studio,SAS EG.

Onsite Cordinator/SME

Confidential, Tampa

Responsibilities:

• Provided strong leadership at client site as well as offshore while handling client workshops; highlighted the challenges, drew up solutions, presented findings and convinced clients of solution.
• Actively participated in project scoping and scheduling; tracked progress of individual tasks and alerted project manager/clients of any issues in meeting schedule.
• Actively worked on offshore /onshore model to address different business requirement.
• Collaborated with QA team, developers and users in all phases of testing to assure that all feasible business scenarios are properly executed and defects, if any, are resolved.
• Led & design various SAS interface requirememt with CICS,DB2,TCPIP interface with Confidential .
• Developed various batch application design using CD and FTP method.
• Have also worked directly with the Business Users for various SAS EFM( Confidential ),Cards project
• Implemented SAS Enterprise fraud management into Confidential USA .
• Have worked in an SLA based support environment involving ticket monitoring, tracking and resolution within SLAs
• Provided Application support for Mainframe applications with technologies like CICS, Cobol, VSAM, DB2, JCL.
• Provided documentation and provide training to the end users on supported applications

Senior Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designing and developing Technical Specifications. Coding of jobs and programs, Creating and performing Unit, System and User Acceptance Testing, CICS region setups, setting up of front-end GUI (SAS webapp).
• Capacity Planning activities for Disks, Tapes, DB2 Table-spaces and VSAM files, setting up the SAS FM( Confidential ) Batches in CA7 and TWS, Batch runs in various SIT and UAT regions, Full Volume Regression Testing, Pilot Runs.
• Key contributor in design and development of Confidential ’s fraud Service based mainframe architecture using COBOl,Db2,CICS called ‘Fraud Service’ which is developed to ease deployment, cost reduction and consolidation.
• Involved in preparing Technical specifications and functional specification Designs.
• Monitoring and issue resolution of the SAS FM( Confidential ) mainframe & unix components. Installing vendor provided UNIX based components and upgrade to latest releases.

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on number of projects as an Application developer in credit card space in multiple technologies such as mainframe,Cobol,JCL,CICS,VSAM,REXX,DB2 and functional skill like visionplus CMS,FAS,TRAMS .
• Involved in preparing Technical specifications and functional specification Designs.
• Engage in Coding, preparing Functional Test Plan,test case and executing the Functional Test Results
• Handling all the UAT Batches.
• Resolution of Application related issues of different severity/priorities.
• Ensuring the timely delivery of tasks as per the SLA norms.
• Coordinating with Business to close issues.
• Worked on Production batch tuning.
• Interacting with other vendors such as AIT, Capgemini and Japan IT for FAR application.
• Coding extract programs for client requirements using Ezytrieve,REXX
• Identified technical opportunities to improve the stability and availability of the applications
• Coordinated and collaborated with offshore/onsite teams to resolve the issues
• Addressed various performance related problems in application & database
• Performed design & code review for all developers