SUMMARY:

• Over 10 years of experience in Information Technology.
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert ( SME) regarding Job I Project / Order Post Programs
• Experience in the analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, maintenance and support of various applications using mainframe technologies.
• Experienced in gathering, analyzing requirements and creating designs.
• Analyzing, developing, maintaining, modifying, enhancing, and debugging old and new programs.
• Coding, testing, documenting and implementing complex software applications.
• Creating test data to perform unit testing of developed programs.
• Assisting in preparing system documentation and system testing.
• Solving acceptance and production issues.
• Providing on call support on a rotation basis.
• Consistently involved in Project Implementation.
• Preparing program specifications.
• Conducting code walkthroughs on program specifications.
• Experienced in Telecommunication, Banking, Government, and HealthCare domains.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, COBOL II, NATURAL, SQL, and MICROFOCUS

Operating Systems: Z/OS, MVS/XA, and MVS/ESA

Databases: DB2, VSAM, and ADABAS

Tools/Scripts: TSO/ISPF, ENDEAVOR, FILE - AID, Quality Center, JCL, and XPEDITER

OLTP Systems: CICS, QMF, and SPUFI

Hardware: IBM S/370 S/390 and Z/OS 390

Others: Syncsort, Platinum, Omegamon, Messaging, Trace Master, Insync, MS Visio, SAR, Stored Procedures, BMS, Panvalet, OS/VS, DOS/VSE, ICCF, IEBGENER, IEBCOPY, IDCAMS, PROCS, ISAM,VTAM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Application Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analyze as well as do a thorough research on Cobol, PL1, and IMS un-owned programs and JCLs to determine whether the modules

Systems Tools used: ROVR, RT-DOC, SIA, SQS, HP SERVICE MANAGER, MFEA, CITRIX, RUMBA, BLDISS, AND BLDDOC

Environment: DB2, VSAM, TSO/ ISPF, PANVALET AND Z /OS

Confidential

COBOL Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• As a COBOL Programmer my duty was to make a thorough analysis of the program to meet the need of the services in systems application and program requirements to conform in the design specifications.
• Code, debug, and unit test the programs developed.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, TSO/ISPF, DB2/SQL, XPEDITER, FILE-AID, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, DB2, PANVALET, VSAM, and Z/OS

Confidential

Operations Manager

Responsibilities:

• Management of business involved in the construction of homes and buildings.
• Oversee day to day operation of the business.
• Responsible for purchasing of construction materials.
• Responsible for all accounting functions of the company.

Confidential, Tualatin, OR

Sr. Mainframe COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Convert the existing batch and online programs for MMIS for the State of Missouri Healthcare Systems for Claims and Providers projects from VSAM files to DB2.
• Code, test, and debugged programs based on the design specifications and approved design tools and product development methodology to build software applications
• Wrote JCLs (job Control Language) to run programs
• Exhibit the coded program and explain to a panel what the program is doing and see to it that it is in the standard required coding procedure of the company.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, TSO/ISPF, DB2/SQL, XPEDITER, FILE-AID, SPUFI, QMF, SAR, STORED PROCEDURES, BMC, JCL, VSAM, and Z/OS

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Sr. Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and modify programs. Code, test in all the available test environments and troubleshoot programs utilizing the appropriate hardware, DB2 database, VSAM, CICS and COBOL programming
• Performs a variety of testing procedures on assigned product, analyzes test results, and corrects problems
• Ensures code complies with Company architectural standards
• Create, document and execute unit testing on internally developed software programs at different levels and uses existing test files or creates new test files to evaluate code functionality
• Evaluates results against specifications and Logs defects
• Interact with the user to make sure that their requirements met in a timely manner
• On call production support duties on rotation basis supporting the production system and six other test mainframe regions used for testing and acceptance.
• Consistently involved in the implementation of the projects.

Environment: COBOL, COBOL II, NATURAL, ADABAS, CICS, TSO/ISPF, PANVALET, BMS, ENDEAVOR, DB2, SQL, JCL, XPEDITER, SPUFI, QMF, FILE-AID, SYNCSORT, PLATINUM, OMEGAMON, MESSAGING, TRACE MASTER, QUALITY CENTER, INSYNC, MS VISIO, VSAM, Z/OS, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, and Z/OS

COBOL Programmer Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a Cobol Programmer my duty was to make preparation to meet the need of the services in systems application and analyze programs requirements to conform to the design specifications.
• Code, debug, and unit test the programs developed.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, TSO/ISPF, DB2/SQL, XPEDITER, FILE-AID, SPUFI, QMF, JCL, DB2, PANVALET, VSAM, and Z/OS

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Sr. Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Performed detailed analysis, designing and implementing enhancements to existing systems to support the marketing of new telecommunications services and improve the provisioning of existing programs
• Coded and tested new and old programs both online and batch on the following projects:
• Providing on call support on a rotation basis

Environment: COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, TSO/ISPF, PANAVLET, JCL, XPEDITER, ADABAS, SPUFI, QMF, FILEAID, SYNCSORT, PLATINUM, OMEGAMON, MESSAGING, TRACE MASTER, QUALITY CENTER, INSYNC, MS VISIO, DB2, VSAM, MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, Z/OS and IBM S/390

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Played a major role as one of the resource persons in Job 1 Project. I am the point of contact of the Testers pertaining to orders that were not being completed.
• Conducted investigation on the source of the problem until the issue was resolved.
• Coded and tested the program/s developed.
• Checked and verified the latest version of the compiled program in production before the implementation.

Environment: COBOL, COBOL II, MICROFOCUS, CICS, TSO/ISPF, PANVALET,BMS,ENDEAVOR,DB2,SQL,JCL,XPEDITER,SPUFI,QMF,FILEAID,SYNCSORT