SUMMARY:

• I have worked as a consultant for various contract companies.
• As an IT Specialist and Developer, my focus is on Attention to Detail: Working as an IT Specialist and Developer, I have to zero into detail to dissect the user requirements to parse the information into pieces to solve the task.
• I worked for hand in hand with customers to gather information to solve the customer's requirements.
• I have provided first - class attention to the customer's needs and satisfaction, where the customer has praised me.
• My oral communication is excellent and precise, where the people I talk to can understand what I am saying.
• There has never been a situation where the customer has made negative comments about my communication. Sometimes the user’s requirements are very complex where the user has to repeat some requirement areas to make it clear.
• Problem-solving is the primary source of my experience as an IT Specialist.
• The platforms involved include Health Claims, Insurance, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Accounting, and Auditing, where my expertise is called upon to solve the customer's problems.
• I find solutions to the issues at hand and develop either COBOL program enhancements to existing programs or develop new COBOL code to solve their problems. The problem is not necessarily a coding problem but a solution that can be solved by other means, such as performing analysis and determining whether it is an internal or external area of concern.
• My experience extends further as an IT Specialist and Developer serving from a Project Leader, COBOL Applications Developer, Sr. Programmer Analyst, Design Applications, Application Installation, Implementation and Support, Database Administrator supporter, CICS Application Developer, DB2 Application Developer, Business Administrator (BA), Easytrieve Developer, and Application Tester.
• Have supervised and trained programmers, assisted management interview programmers, reviewed the programmer's performance, and have managed a Financial Office Administration Department where was involved in directing many employees.
• Have experience with SAFe Agile processes and been Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Certified SAFe 4 Practitioner.
• Experience with Full Life Cycle Analysis, Case Tools, Mainframe and Workstation Development, Small Application Systems, Testing Developed Applications, Production Support 24x7, Scheduling newly developed applications via CA-7, and Logical and Physical Database Design.
• I have served as an Endeavor Administrator and applied Endeavor procedures to a Non-Endeavor shop.

SKILLS:

Hardware: Confidential Mainframe, Boroughs, and UNIYS.

Operating Systems: OS/MVS, OS/VS1, DOS/VSE, DOS/VS, DOS/POWER I/II, MSDOS, Boroughs/Cande, AS400, UNIYS, UNIX, Windows 10, 95, 98, XT, NT, and ME.

Telecommunications/Networking: CICS.

Databases: IMS/DB/DC/ADF, IDMS/R ADSO, DB2, VSAM, DBASE II/III, Clipper, Foxpro, Paradox, Integral, and some TOTAL.

Programming Languages: COBOL, COBOL 85, COBOL II, MICROSOFT COBOL, JCL, CICS, MAPPER, SDF2, COBOL REPORT WRITER, DB2, SQL, EASYTRIEVE, QUICK JOB, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, SAS, FORTRAN, PL1, CULPRIT, DBASE II/III PLUS, CLIPPER, BASIC, GENIFER CODE GENERATOR, CASE TOOLS, TELON, APS, RPG II/III, AS400, VISUAL BASIC, FOXPRO, MS-ACCESS, ROSCOE, SYNCSORT, UNIX, Confidential, (FTP) COMMUNICATIONS, MQ SERIES, PLATINUM TOOLS, and apprentice in continuous self-training in C#, HTML, and JAVA.

Software Packages and Tools: EDI, GENTRAN, X12 EDI TRANSACTIONS, ENDEAVOR, FTP, DMI, CD (CONNECT DIRECT), TECTIA, VLTRADER, MICROSOFT COBOL, Confidential COBOL REPORT WRITER, DBASEII/III PLUS, CMS, CLIPPER, GENIFER CODE GENERATOR, FOXPRO, CMMI type PROCESSES.

I have was involved in many Environments such as: Manufacturing, Medical Insurance, Public Utilities, Government Health Care, Military Government, Banking, Accounting, Auditing Houses (Author Anderson and Booz and Allen), and Oil & Gas applications.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Austin, Texas

Sr. Applications Engineer

Responsibilities:

• I was responsible for all planned and assigned stories, tasks, and defects for the 837 eClaim and 835 Payments via Rally (Project Development Process) and SAFe Agile Scrum.
• I also maintained and developed Electronic Data Interface (EDI) for the 837 eClaim Support making Gentran Map and COBOL program modifications to enhanced the eClaim Application.
• I also helped to maintain and developed EDI 835 ePayment support to convert the Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA), Medical Reimbursement Account (MRA), Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), and Multiple EFT Payments to a server application.
• I also maintained and developed EDI program enhancements to the Health Care/Electronics Commerce systems for the Financial Service Center (FSC) for the Confidential (VA).
• Maintained a significant project to perform major program enhancements and minimize the daily cycle processing workload to save time and cost to the VA.

Tools: 835 and 837 GENTRAN EDI Application, X12 EDI TRANSACTIONS, COBOL II, VSAM, JCL, EDI, GENTRAN, TSO ISPF, Endeavor, Rational, Rally, DMI, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Tactia, CD (Connect Direct), VLTrader, and Validator.

Confidential, Austin, Texas

EDI Programmer Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining Confidential Rational and Rally (Project Development Process) via SAFe Agile Scrum for the 837 eClaim and 835 ePayment progress for Tasks and Defects on my project assignments.
• Maintained and developed EDI 837 eClaim support and made Gentran Map and COBOL program modifications to enhanced the eClaim enhancements.
• I maintained and developed EDI 835 ePayment support to convert ERA/MRA/EFT and EFT Multiple Payments to a server application.
• Maintained and developed EDI program enhancements to the Health Care/Electronics Commerce systems for the FSC/VA Environment. Involved in significant projects to perform major program enhancements to minimize the workload of the daily cycle processing.
• I made program enhancements to the 835 and 837 EDI Transactions.
• Another responsibility of mine was to test (DEV/UTEST) on various test phases, ran stress tests on corresponding application files, promote all my COBOL program, JCL, and GENTRAN map enhancements to production after management’s approval.

Tools: 835 and 837 GENTRAN EDI Application, X12 EDI TRANSACTIONS, COBOL II, VSAM, JCL, EDI, GENTRAN, TSO ISPF, Endeavor, Rational, Rally, DMI, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Tactia, CD (Connect Direct), VLTrader, and Validator.

Confidential, Austin, Texas

EDI Programmer Developer

Responsibilities:

• I made significant map enhancements to the 837 GENTRAN EDI maps because of a new version update from 4010 to 5010 revision.
• I was required to entirely modify the 837 Application maps (field definition) and the Transaction maps (Institutional and Professional) detail and logic.
• In another assigned project, I was required to make a patch to the 837 screen maps if needed to make similar enhancements but on a smaller scale.
• Another project would require making COBOL program changes necessary and determine the resolution to fix the responsible COBOL program.
• Another assigned project would be to make 835 GENTRAN EDI map enhancements; it was required to modify the 835 Application maps (field definition) and the Transaction maps (Institutional and Professional) detail and logic.
• In another assigned project would be to make map enhancements to GENTRAN 835 Screen Maps.
• Another project set was to maintained and developed EDI 835 ePayment support to convert (Electronic Remittance Advice (ERA)/Medical Reimbursement Account (MRA)/Electronic Remittance Advice (EFT) and Multiple EFT Payments to a server application.
• In another project, the team required me to make COBOL program changes to either 837 or 835 Applications if needed, analyze the problem at hand and determine the resolution to fix the responsible COBOL programs.
• In another assigned project, I was responsible for all Stories, Tasks, and defects given to me within Rational or Rally (Project Development Process) via SAFe Agile Scrum. I was required to know these job assignments and understand the Electronic Data Interface (EDI) Application System and learn the X12 input system to make the necessary changes. I was also needed to learn the COBOL programming language, understand the Job Control Language (JCL), and know the Endeavor Application, and analyze the problem area to make required enhancements. To maintain Rational or Rally updates is essential to keep the team aware of the progress made and the Scrum Master of all accomplishments made within the Sprint.
• The above projects mentioned perform significant program enhancements to minimize the daily Production Cycle Processing workload to save time and money. This project must fine-tune the production Job Control Language (JCL), making changes and compressing the VSAM file structure to save time and run faster. These changes were a must to cut the processing time by 50 percent or better.
• Acted as the Endeavor Administrator to help install the Endeavor process within the FSC/VA environment. Helped train developers and support individuals to run the Endeavor process to promote elements into the Audit/Certification stage. Construct all the Endeavor Documentation and procedures for Endeavor Basic and Quick Edit. As an acting Endeavor Administrator, it was my responsibility to control better the COBOL, JCL, and Parm updates, which would eventually save cost and time.
• Another responsibility of mine was to test (DEV/UTEST) on various test phases, run stress tests on corresponding application files, promote all my COBOL program, JCL, and GENTRAN map enhancements to production after management’s approval.
• The above projects utilize the latest enhancements to save time and money in the VA's long run.

Tools: 835 and 837 GENTRAN EDI Application, COBOL II, VSAM, JCL, EDI, GENTRAN, X12 EDI Transactions, TSO ISPF, Endeavor, Rational, Rally, DMI, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Tactia, CD (Connect Direct), VLTrader, and Validator.

Confidential, Dallas, Texas

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I worked as a contractor, assisting with converting MBNA applications to interface with Confidential .
• All enhanced programs involved a very intensive testing process and rigorous walk-through in implementing the enhanced programs back into a production state.
• It involved the project MORE to increase the number of offers presented to the Confidential customers.
• It involved massive involvement with other departments gathering information to accomplish our department's requirements.
• Involves making précised program modifications, creating new programs, transferring converted and modified files to other states, and modifying JCL and PROCS.

Tools used: Analysis, COBOL II, DB2, VSAM, XPEDITOR, JCL, ENDEAVOR, EDI, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, and TSO/ISPF.

Confidential, Columbus, SC

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I worked with TRICARE/TMBS Department making CICS DB2 program enhancements as well as batch programs.
• All enhanced programs involved a very intensive testing process and rigorous walk-through in implementing the enhanced programs back into a production state.
• I modified JCL to merge procedures and create new procedure job steps to create a new scheduled job.
• All enhanced CICS and batch programs involved government intervention due to a highly secured process.
• I worked with the Human Resources/Payroll Department writing new programs as well as making program modifications.
• It is involved in a Government Project coding Cost Accounting Systems (CAS) programs implementing Labor Chargebacks and HeadCount Programs. Involves programming many calculations and accounting for employee's labor hours plus their rate assigned to projects eligible for chargebacks to the Government.
• I was involved in adding new companies to many Payroll applications written in GENESYS.
• All newly created programs and a program modification involve a very intensive testing process and a rigorous walk-through to implement them into production.

Tools used: Analysis, COBOL II, DB2, CICS, VSAM, EASYTRIEVE, GENESYS, SMARTEST, JCL, ENDEAVOR, IMS/DLI, SQL, QMF, SPUFI, and TSO/ISPF.

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I participated in a Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Card and Transitional Assistance Program project to provide this voluntary program to give immediate relief to seniors and disabled people covered under Medicare to reduce their prescription drug costs.
• Provided Analysis and Design, code CICS programs, designed and helped generate reports for management, and unit tested both batches and online programs.

Tools used: Analysis, COBOL, DB2, CICS, EASYTRIEVE, QUICKJOB, JCL, INTERTEST, SQL, PLATINUM TOOLS, SPUFI, COBOL II, Case Tools, and TSO ISPF.

Confidential, Birmingham, AL

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Convert the Confidential banking application system to an AS400 application environment to provide a wider variety of marketing exposure by having multiple hardware applications.
• Ran multiple scrubber programs to take the initial Confidential application programs and add COBOL code to run the programs in both the Confidential and the AS400.
• Create test data files on the AS400 via FTP files from the Confidential to the AS400.
• Test the refined programming code for both Confidential and AS400 platforms. Ran parallel tests against production to acquire the same results.
• Document all phases of the conversion along with the test results of the file and report comparison.

Tools: Analysis, COBOL II, DB2, SQL, CICS, JCL, DEBUG, PLATINUM TOOLS, SPUFI, VSAM, Stored Procedures, and TSO ISPF.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I participated in an Analysis and Design performed on the Civic Association Maintenance Billing Application system to provide a more updated billing method and collecting maintenance dues.
• It is refining all modules that manage swimming pool tags, tennis court keys, deed restrictions, and security to a more current and up-to-date application.
• This application system is to do the billing and track down the delinquent homeowners billing statements.
• Rework the application system to create better functional reports to inform management of their delinquent residents.
• Also, to educate residents on the deed restriction violations, issue pool tag reports, issue tennis court keys, and produce an account to manage all the registered vehicles sub-division.
• I participated as a Business Analyst (BA), interviewing the client's needs and requirements for existing projects.

Tools used: Analysis, COBOL, DB2, SQL, CICS, EASYTRIEVE, JCL, SMARTEST, INTERTEST, PLATINUM TOOLS, SPUFI, COBOL II, VSAM, MQ Series, and TSO ISPF.

Confidential, Knoxville, TN

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Convert COBOL DOS/VSE programs to COBOL II.
• Expand old Serial/Model numbers to a new universal standard.
• Analyzed application system of old Serial/Model numbers to apply new logic.
• I participated in modifying existing JCLs to change sorts and called modules.
• The unit and system tested all assigned jobs and programs that were changed.
• I participated as a Business Analyst (BA), interviewing the client's needs and requirements for existing projects.

Tools: COBOL, COBOL II, DOS/VSE JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, VSAM, DYL280, INFOPAC, MOBIUS, XPEDITOR, QMF, ABEND-AID, CMS, & TOTAL.

Confidential, Huntsville, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wrote CICS programs for the Contract Application System to identify individual units assigned.
• W rote batch programs to report individual contacts associated with each of the units in prison.
• I generated JCL to process all batch programs written for this Application.
• Tested and promoted all generated programs into production.
• I participated as a Business Analyst (BA), interviewing the client's needs and requirements for existing projects.

Tools used: COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, QMF, TSO, OS/MVS JCL, MAPPER, XPEDITOR, WORD, EXCEL/OFFICE 97, ABEND-AID, and FILE-AID.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I analyzed and Design Full Cycle Methodology to convert Utility Billing Application to DB2.
• I made JCL changes to newly converted programs assigned to me.
• Conversion project upgrading current legacy Utility Billing Application System programs to DB2.
• Used the SCLM migration package tool to check out and log back into the new converted programs.
• Tested the entire Utility Billing process and made needed programs and JCL modifications.

Tools used: COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, VSAM, TSO, SAS, APS, OS/MVS JCL, EASYTRIEVE PLUS, SCLM, XPEDITOR, ABEND-AID, STROBE, WORD, EXCEL/OFFICE 97, VISIO, and FILE-AID.

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I designed and coded programs for the Policy Management System Project.
• Modify JCL to in corporate all new changed programs.
• Convert related DB2 tables and programs to reflect the new (PMSC) Project requirements.
• Test converted programs via XPEDITOR CODE COVERAGE.
• I participated as a Business Analyst (BA), interviewing the client's needs and requirements for existing projects.

Tools used: COBOL II, CICS, DB2, SQL, SPUFI, QMF, VSAM, ABEND-AID, TESTING, CA-7, ROSCOE, OSMVS/JCL, XPEDITER CODE COVERAGE, WORD, EXCEL/OFFICE 97, VISIO, and FILE-AID.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported and applied new Deregulated Gas program modifications to exciting Billing Application System.
• Reviewed Y2K changes made from other teams making sure programs were Y2K compliant.
• I made changes to the Revenue Application System.
• Tested and migrated changed programs back into production state via the use of the SCLM.

Tools used: COBOL II, CICS, VSAM, EASYTRIEVE, TSO, OS/MVS JCL, SCLM, COMPAREX, WORD/EXCELL/OFFICE 97, CA-7, VISIO, ABEND-AID, FILE AID, LOTUS NOTES FOR EMAIL.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed Y2K changes made from other teams to make sure programs were Y2K compliant.
• I migrated reviewed programs back into production via PANVALET.
• Reviewed JCL and checked all input files making sure that the files appropriately aged.
• Tested all scheduled daily, nightly, end-of-month, and leap year jobs for Y2K compliance.
• Programs that did not function correctly were changed and retested.
• Write JCL modifications to comply with the Y2K fixes.

Tools used: IDMS/ADSO, CULPRIT, COBOL II, VSAM, EASYTRIEVE, OS/MVS JCL, CLIST, ABEND-AID, WORD/EXCELL/OFFICE97, VISIO, CA-7, FILE AID, MICROSOFT OUTLOOK FOR EMAIL, EXTENSIVE TESTING.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Make necessary changes to each Application assigned to me that needed to be Y2K compliant.
• Make the necessary Y2K changes to the source, JCL, SORT fields, and parameters.
• I ran a parallel test against production to make sure we would get the same results.
• Made program changes to the GEAC-M series and interfaced it to the CDC financial application.
• I modified GEAC programs to add companies to their processes, including tables, parameters, and batch File-Aid extractions.

Tools used: COBOL II, VSAM, EASYTRIEVE, OS/MVS JCL, APS, CA-7, MS WORD/EXCELL/OFFICE97, GEAC M-SERIES, VISIO, ABEND-AID, FILE AID, LOTUS NOTES FOR EMAIL, AIMPRO & MICROSOFT PROJECT.

Confidential, San Antonio, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed applications assigned that needed to be Y2K compliant.
• The accomplished task assigned via the Internet was linked-up to the HEB mainframe.
• Modify JCL and SORT parameters to apply the Y2K changes.
• I ran parallel tests against production to acquired the same results.
• Audited CHANGEMAN and linked all program members back into production.
• Convert old EASYTRIEVE into EASYTRIEVE PLUS, making Y2K compliant changes.
• I analyzed CHANGEMAN and PANVALET to remove jobs that had not run for 13 periods.
• I participated as a Business Analyst (BA), interviewing the client's needs and requirements for existing projects.

Tools used: COBOL II, IMS/ADF/DB/DC, CICS/VSAM/DB2, EASYTRIEVE TO EASYTRIEVE PLUS, OS/MVS JCL, ABEND-AID, MS WORD, EXCEL OFFICE97, VISIO, EMAIL, CA-7, PL1, TELON, TESTING, Platinum DB/2 utilities, Natural, and Heavy Mgmt/ user interface in coordinating business events and applications with the DBA Administrator .

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Create programs to dispatch Cash Letters from Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio to other locations.
• Create Y2K programs to Controlled Disbursements from Arlington, Texas, and Automatic System Transfers to Confidential Bank in New York via GEOLINK Communication Lines.
• My assigned task was to report programs written for recording reconciliation for Confidential Bank in NY.
• VSAM files stored current transactions, last record transmitted via the CICS record address, and total records processed and sent.
• I tested all changed programs due to moving hundreds of millions of dollars to Confidential Bank in New York.

Tools used: COBOL II, CICS, VSAM, ABEND-AID, OS/MVS JCL, INTERTEST, ENDEAVOR, PANVALET, CA-7, EASYTRIEVE, MICROSOFT WINDOWS with WORD/EXCEL/E-MAIL & GEOLINK.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• I made online program changes to the Utility Billing Application System.
• Modify existing programs to reflect Y2K program changes in their Billing Application System.