OBJECTIVE:

I seek a position in an organization where I can use my skills and experience to become an asset for the organization while aiming at good career growth.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• An IT Professional with 5 years of total experience in Mainframes with good knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Process which includes requirements gathering, design, build, testing, implementation and support.
• Good knowledge on Banking and Healthcare Domains.
• Good experience in Mainframe Application Programming COBOL, JCL, VSAM, IMS - DB, DB2 and CICS.
• Worked on Multiple Tasks at the same time and delivered the Projects as Scheduled.
• Good experience in coordinating with onsite team and ability to adapt to fast changing technical environments involving upgrades and integrations to latest developments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: Z/OS, Windows

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, REXX

Data Access Method: VSAM

Database: IMS-DB, DB2

OLTP: CICS

Version Controlled Tools: CHANGEMAN

Open Source Web Testing Tool: SoapUI, RPC, MBS / EBS

Tools: and Utilities: IBM Debug Tool, File Manager(FM, FMIMS & FMDB2), SPUFI, Fault Analyzer, Table Base, SAR, TERADATA, StarTool, Z/OS DevOps, RLC, JIRA, Z/OS RACF, BMC, Control-D

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer / Acting Offshore SME

Technology Used: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 & CICS

Mainframe Devops Tool: RLC

Methodology: Agile / DevOps SDLC

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering from the onsite as per client needs.
• Estimating the proposal effort required for the project requirements.
• Working as Mainframe Offshore SME for Optimization effort.
• Analyzing the business requirements and creating Design Document.
• Coding the requirements as per the approved Design Document.
• Performing code review to follow coding standards.
• Identifying the test scenarios and preparing Unit Testing Plan.
• Executing the test cases and documenting Unit Test Result.
• Performing Regression and Performance Testing for all the impacted modules.
• Supporting QA and Implementation Activities.
• Supporting for Warranty Period.
• Knowledge Transfer (KT) to new team members and training them in the application.
• Mentoring the team members with in the team.
• Knowledge sharing on regular basis within the team.
• Performing Peer reviews for the team members.
• Conducting Daily Team Onshore Meetings.
• Participating in the design and code walkthrough reviews.
• Providing efficient solution to the business requirements for increasing efficiency and performance.

Confidential

Software Developer

Technology Used: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 & IMS-DB

Tool: TERADATA

Methodology: Waterfall SDLC

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering from the onsite as per client needs.
• Estimating the effort required for the requirements.
• Analyzing the business requirements and creating design document (FRP &TDP).
• Coding the requirements as per the approved Design Document.
• Performing code review to follow coding standards.
• Identifying the test scenarios and preparing Unit Testing Plan.
• Executing the test cases and documenting Unit Test Result.
• Performing Regression and Performance Testing for all the impacted modules.
• Performing Shakedown Testing when the code is promoted to higher regions.
• Supporting SIT, UAT and Implementation Activities.
• Supporting for Warranty Period.
• Involved in the part of BMP and Anchor Support.
• Performing Peer reviews for the team members.
• Participating weekly Team Offshore and Onshore Meetings.

Confidential

Software Developer

Technology Used: COBOL, JCL, IMS-DB & DB2

Open Source Web Testing Tool: SoapUI, RPC, MBS / EBS

Methodology: Waterfall SDLC

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering from the onsite as per client needs.
• Estimating the effort required for the requirements.
• Analyzing the business requirements and creating design document.
• Coding the requirements as per the approved design document.
• Performing code review to follow coding standards.
• Identifying the test scenarios and preparing Unit Testing Plan.
• Executing the test cases and documenting Unit Test Result.
• Performing Regression and Performance Testing for all the impacted modules.
• Performing Shakedown Testing when the code is promoted to higher regions.
• Supporting SIT, UAT and Implementation Activities.
• Performing Offshore IT Checkouts after Implementation Validations.
• Supporting for Warranty Period.
• Knowledge Transfer (KT) to new team members and training them in the application.
• Monitoring daily abends in SIT, UAT & Production Regions. Documenting the abends list in the Abend Tracker and sharing the detailed root cause for the Abends List on weekly basis to Onsite POC.
• Mentoring the team members with in the team.
• Performing Peer reviews for the team members.
• Conducting Weekly Team Onshore and Offshore Meetings.

Confidential

Software Developer

Technology Used: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, IMS-DB & DB2

Methodology: Waterfall SDLC

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the business requirements and creating design document.
• Coding the requirements as per the approved design document.
• Performing code review to follow coding standards.
• Identifying the test scenarios and preparing Unit Testing Plan.
• Executing the test cases and documenting Unit Test Result.
• Performing Regression testing for all the impacted modules.
• Supporting Implementation Activities.