PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A dynamic professional with 13 years of experience in Software Development and Maintenance in Mainframe platform with domain knowledge in Insurance, Banking, and Retail industry.
• Well versed with SDLC phases of Application development including requirements gathering, designing, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Strong working experience in Agile Methodology.
• Proficient in handling technically sophisticated modules with continuous focus on on - time delivery.
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills and comfortable in a culturally diverse working environment with ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize workload.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• COBOL, MF COBOL, MF Dialog
• DB2, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, Stored Procedures
• Job Control Language (JCL), ESP
• CICS
• XML, HTML, CSS, SOAP, SOA, WSDL, REXX
• Changeman, Endevor, File-Aid, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Utilities, Xpeditor, QMF, Abend-Aid
• MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Outlook and Visio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Work with client SME and Business Users to gather business requirements for enhancements to existing applications and development of new applications and understand how they translate into application development.
• Effort Estimation and WBS for software design, development, testing and deployment activities.
• Creating the Technical Design Documents, Design documents for the Division Rollouts.
• Code Development and review of artifacts.
• Writing CICS Webservices programs.
• Unit testing CICS Webservices using SOAP UI tool
• Tracking and resolving issues and defects.
• Working with Test lead to create test cases, test environment and test d Confidential .
• Providing ongoing status to the business sponsors and project manager for development, testing and implementation phases of the project.
• Writing implementation plan and overseeing post implementation monitoring & support for the system.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB/DC, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, STORED PROCEDURES

Confidential

Onsite Coordinator, Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work with client SME and Business Users to gather business requirements for enhancements to existing applications and development of new applications and understand how they translate into application development.
• Effort Estimation and WBS for software design, development, testing and deployment activities.
• Creating the Technical Design Documents, Design documents for the Division Rollouts.
• Code Development and review of artifacts.
• Tracking and resolving issues and defects.
• Working with Test lead to create test cases, test environment and test d Confidential .
• Providing ongoing status to the business sponsors and project manager for development, testing and implementation phases of the project.
• Writing implementation plan and overseeing post implementation monitoring & support for the system.
• Offshore Team - Coordinating, monitoring, clarifying issues/blockers and conducting knowledge transfer sessions.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB/DC, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, STORED PROCEDURES, REXX

Confidential

Offshore Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparation of estimates.
• Creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit, Regression, Integration and manual testing at various levels.
• Production Implementation and Release Management Activities.
• Onsite-Offshore Coordination.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN

Confidential

Offshore Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparation of estimates.
• Creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit, Regression, Integration and manual testing at various levels.
• Production Implementation and Release Management Activities.
• Onsite-Offshore Coordination.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, XML, HTML, WSDL, SOA, SOAP, CSS

Confidential

Onsite Coordinator, Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparation of estimates.
• Creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit, Regression, Integration and manual testing at various levels.
• Allocating the story cards to the offshore team and tracking the status of the story cards.
• Participating in the daily stand-ups, retrospective and show & tell.
• Production Implementation and Release Management Activities.
• Clarifying all the issues and blockers to the offshore team by interacting with the product owner and the requirements lead.

Environment: COBOL, MF COBOL, JCL, CICS, MF DIALOG, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN

Confidential

Offshore Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparation of estimates.
• Creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit, Regression, Integration and manual testing at various levels.
• Production Implementation and Release Management Activities.
• Onsite-Offshore Coordination.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, XML, HTML, WSDL, SOA, SOAP, CSS

Confidential

Offshore Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparation of estimates.
• Creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit, Regression, Integration and manual testing at various levels.
• Providing the UAT support and resolving the defects.
• Production Implementation and Release Management Activities.
• Onsite-Offshore Coordination.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, REXX

Confidential

Offshore Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and preparation of estimates.
• Creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit, Regression, Integration and manual testing at various levels.
• Providing the UAT support and resolving the defects.
• Production Implementation and Release Management Activities.
• Onsite-Offshore Coordination.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN

Confidential

Offshore Developer

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering, creation of high level, detailed design and test artifacts.
• Development and review of code artifacts.
• Unit testing and Technical documentation.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, XML, HTML, WSDL, SOA, SOAP, CSS