SUMMARY:

• Experience in all facets of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Waterfall methodologies, including requirements gathering, designing, coding, testing, and deployment
• Outstanding technical and analytical skills, with knowledge of C, COBOL, CICS, DB2, Oracle, VSAM and IBM Mainframe and Unix Systems
• Experience in different environments, that include Healthcare, Insurance (Personal Property & Casualty, Household Resources, ), Financial
• Adept at gathering and documenting requirements, assessing business objectives, and managing all stages of software development and implementation.
• Work with outside contacts such as Third Party vendors and stae of Arkansas DHS (Department of Human Services) personnel.
• Experience in different phases of conversion, from design to coding and testing, final data conversions and implementation.
• Provided training and support for various staff and end users.
• Ability to prepare detailed written instructions and documentation.
• Ability to analyze instructions and data.
• Ability to convert specifications to computer language.
• Ability to gather and analyze facts, define problems, and devise solutions.
• Ability to prioritize work assignments, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines with a high degree of quality and accuracy.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

COBOL/COBOL II (10+), Easytrieve Plus(10+), JCL (10+), Synsort (10+), IBM Utilities (IEBGENEER, IDCAMS, etc,) (10+), CEDF/CEMT (10+), SPUFI (5), QMF(5), Endevor(10+),CA - 7 (6), DB2 (10+), MQ (5), SQL (8), QMF (5), SmartTest (8), TSO/ISPF (10+), OnDemand (6), DumpMaster (5), APS (4), XML (3), Unix (1), C (1), Xpediter (8), GT Assist (7), File-aid (8), M/S Office (10+), M/S Visual Studio (1), Notepad++ (1), M/S Windows (10+), M/S Outlook (5), Skype (5).

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, Little Rock, AR

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Engaged in providing support for the Confidential program, primarily in the Private Option (Arkansas Works) program, My primary duties were providing support for the processing of TPL transactions from a third party which included processing enrollment and update as well as Billing and Posting transactions as well as the processing of 834 transactions for enrollment, cancellation/termination and updates for transmission to the various carriers.
• Processed request for rate changes (Mass Adjustments).
• During the conversion from MMIS (a legacy based system) to a Interchange (a Unix based system) I provided support in researching and providing information to the data conversion team primarily for TPL. After the conversion, I was assigned to the Managed Care team where my assignments included the addition of TPL information to the 834 transactions.
• In support of the TPL application, I was required to communicate with third party personnel and members with the state of Arkansas DHS. Duties also included the processing of files received from the vendor in both test and production and the submission of the results to the DHS personnel. When errors were found in the testing process, representative of the third party vendor were notified.
• Additionally, was engaged in supporting the enrollment process for any issues such as web portal errors and rejections. Worked on ad-hoc research on items requested by management individuals.
• Worked on the creation of a standardized layout for the 834 transactions for the standardization of translation to the X12 format. Also created a process to send update 834 transactions to the carriers, something that had previously not existed. This provided carriers with more timely information.
• Was part of the Production Support on a rotational basis. The duties included the monitoring of daily and weekly production cycles and research and correct any issues that occurred during the processing.
• Participated in design, code, and test review sessions

TECHNOLOGIES:

HARDWARE - IBM Mainframe - Z/OS, CICS, MS Windows, Unix

LANGUAGES - COBOL, SQL, EASYTRIEVE C

DATABASES - VSAM, M/S ACCESS

SOFTWARE and UTILITIES - ENDEVOR File-aid, Dump Master, General IBM Utilities (IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEFBR14, SyncSort), MS-Office, M/S Visual Studio, Filezilla, SQLPlus

METHODOLOGIES: Agile

Confidential, Goose Creek, SC

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked on development and maintenance of COBOL programs executed both in batch using JCL and online using CICS using DB2, VSAM, under Endevor code management
• Conducted trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
• Worked on program and jobs for many data conversion projects which entailed adding information from outside sources to internal data stores, extracting converting and sending data to external destinations and loading to new internal applications
• Utilized knowledge of distributive processing in creation and maintaining archive document retrieval application
• Worked with other areas such as Claims Processing, Settlement
• Worked on Disaster recovery and Business Continuity efforts
• Possessed C2 Security Clearance for accessing data for Tricare LOB
• Wrote, updated, and maintained computer programs or software packages to handle specific tasks that included Assist/TS, Kalinda OLR (import and export data as well as archive retrieval), Automated Document Generation System.
• Worked on developing and updating CICS screens utilizing APS screen painter
• Worked with Tech Support group in defining transactions for use by programs in online environment using CICS
• Created and maintained batch jobs, procs and cardlibs for various applications
• Worked with various IBM utilities, such as Synsort, IDCAMS, IEBGENER.
• Made use of SQL for retrieval of information from DB2 tables both within COBOL programs both batch and online as well as QMF for ad-hoc queries.
• Utilized Endevor for management and promotion of objects such as programs, JCL, procs and cardlib elements.
• Mentored developers and end user in use of supported applications
• Provided information to supervisors, co-workers, and third party vendors by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Worked on rotating 24/7 On-call for support of applications belonging to application area as well as primary support contact for Kalinda OLR and Assist/TS applications

TECHNOLOGIES:

HARDWARE - IBM Mainframe - Z/OS, CICS, MS Windows

LANGUAGES - COBOL, SQL, EASYTRIEVE JCL, XML

DATABASES - VSAM, DB2, MS ACCESS

SOFTWARE and UTILITIES - SMARTTEST ENDEVOR QMF, PLATINUM PRODUCTSMax-VSAM, Dump Master, MQ, General IBM Utilities (IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEFBR14, SyncSort), MS-Office, APS

METHODOLOGIES: SDLC, Waterfall