PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• 12 years of Experience in various areas of Software Development/ System Analysis and Production Support. Experience includes a concentration in IBM mainframe based application, analysis, design, construction, problem solving, ongoing maintenance and enhancements for the on demanding business needs.
• Strong experience in supporting business applications using and strong technical & mentoring knowledge in z/OS, TSO/ISPF, MVS, COBOL, DB2, IMSDB, JCL, VSAM, FILE - AID, XPEDITOR, CICS, ChangeMan, ELIPS - LIBRARIAN, ISPW, ENDEVOR, QMF, JHS, OMEGAMON, SPUFI, Connect Direct, Abend AID, SDSF, DATACOM, X-Gen.
• Experience in improving the application performance by enhancing existing DB2 SQL queries.
• Experience in writing Mainframe MQ driver code, subroutines interacting with web application.
• Experience in writing JCL, PROC, control card, sort card, Bindcard, copybook, Job document.
• Experience in creating design of PSB, PCB for IMS cobol program to interact with IMS DB.
• Experience in writing COBOL - DB2 program, perform Explain on DB2 queries, analyze CPU time, Process time and identify steps to improve DB2 query performance.
• Experience in identifying and fixing abends both in CICS and Batch process.
• Prepared, monitored and Contributed in Effort for all tasks.
• Expertise in application software analysis, architecture, Flow charts, design, development, testing, implementation and quality assurance.
• Experience in create ITSM tickets through Incident management, change request process.
• Experience in Domain Knowledge Insurance, Banking, Utility and Automotive.
• Experience in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Highly motivated and adaptive with the ability to grasp things quickly and possess excellent interpersonal, technical and communication skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, CICS, JCL

Database: DB2, IMS, VSAM

TSO/ISPF, GDG, File: Aid, QMF, SPUFI, Xpediter, ENDEVOR, SDSF, IDCAMS, File-DB2, IMSDB, ChangeMan, ISPW, Elips(LIBRARIAN), IBM-Debug, DB2TOOL, Datacom, X-Gen

Microsoft & other application Tools: MS Office, Visio, Quality center, Lotus Notes, Putty - Unix, Sametime, Rapid SQL.

Domain Knowledge: Banking, Insurance, Utilities, Automotive.

ITSM software: BMC remedy tool.

Database: DB2, IMS, VSAM.

Operating Systems: MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/2/390, z/OS, DOS,WINDOWS 9X/XP/VISTA/7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Spring Field, MA

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement Analysis, write technical design document, client walkthrough on technical design document and seeking approvals.
• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Datacom and tools used are X-Gen, File-Aid, SPUFI, DB2 Fileaid, XPEDITER, Endevor.
• Involved in writing COBOL DB2, Batch program.
• Unit testing, Preparing Unit Test Plan, Unit Test result document & implementing packages.
• Create Business Intelligence discrepancy report through Batch mode and send as email attachment.
• Perform database refresh of various DB2 tables required in test region.
• Involved in creating Production Request change tool to implement the production components.
• Prepare weekly status report with all the task accomplished and forecast details.
• Coordinate with Business team on regression test script execution results and improve any changes required on script.

Confidential, Torrance, CA

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Requirement Analysis, write technical design document, client walkthrough on technical design document and seeking approvals.
• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS DB and tools used are File-Aid, SPUFI, DB2 Fileaid, Elips(Librarian), XPEDITER to debug both online and Batch code.
• Building Mainframe Batch process - Flowchart Visio diagram, JOBS, PROCS to transmit data from Mainframe to Web based application through MFT process.
• Extensively involved in writing COBOL DB2, IMS Batch program & Online MQ program to interact with Equote Web application.
• Analyze the CICS program and simulate the same in Batch process to perform same operation in Batch mode for the data received from Front end.
• Unit testing, Preparing Unit Test Plan, Unit Test result document & implementing packages.
• Analyze Batch flow process predecessor, successor to fit the New Job to perform the required operation.
• Create Business Intelligence discrepancy report through Batch mode and send as email attachment.
• Involved in designing new DB2 table.
• Perform database refresh of various DB2 tables required in test region.
• Involved in creating Production Request change tool to implement the production components.

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Technical lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in End-to-End phase of PII - Encryption project critical to be deployed within a given timeframe successfully.
• Involved in Enhancement and production support for the both EA and CSS CRM interface application.
• Requirement Analysis, estimation, preparing and client walkthrough on assessment document, technical design document and seeking approvals.
• Supporting and guiding team in coding, Unit testing, System testing & implementing packages.
• Involved in creating service request, change request through BMC remedy tool to implement the production components.
• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS DB and tools used are File-Aid, File-DB2, ISPW, IBM - Debug for debugging, SPUFI.
• Coordinated with client/SME for queries and responsible for delivery.
• Improved the application performance by enhancing existing DB2 SQL queries.

Confidential, Newyork, NY

Technical lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Confidential team in all deliverables. Involving in Requirement Analysis, estimation, preparing technical design document, supporting and guiding team in coding, Unit testing, system testing & implementing packages.
• Reviewed SDLC deliverables like BTRD, TDD, UTP & UTR and delivering to client.
• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 and tools used are File-Aid, File-DB2, MQ, Changeman for version control, IBMDEBUG for debugging, SPUFI/ Teradata/ QMF.
• Coordinated with client for queries and responsible for delivery.
• Developed and prepared documentation for Design, testing and program.
• Prepared, monitored and Contributed in Effort / schedule metrics review meeting with senior management.
• Improved the application performance by enhancing existing DB2 SQL queries.

Confidential

Technical lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Confidential team in all deliverables. Involving in Requirement Analysis, estimation, preparing technical design document, supporting and guiding team in coding, Unit testing, system testing & implementing packages.
• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 and tools used are File-Aid, File-DB2, MQ Series, Changeman for Version control, Intertest for debugging, SPUFI.
• Coordinated with client for queries and responsible for delivery.
• Developed and prepared documentation for Design, testing and program.
• Extensively involved in application software analysis, architecture, design, development, testing, Implementation and quality assurance.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 and tools used are File-Aid, File-DB2, Endevor, Xpeditor and SPUFI.
• Send the task status report to the onsite manager by weekly.
• Single point of contact between customer and offshore team members.
• Provided code review and confirm existing coding standard.
• Supported existing code and make necessary changes.
• Created unit test for Business layer components.
• Reviewed SDLC deliverables like DFS, DD, UTP & UTR.
• Involved in planning, assigning and coordinating all tasks.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB and tools used are IMSXPERT, File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor and SPUFI.
• Provide code review and confirm existing coding standard.
• Support existing code and make necessary changes.
• Onsite - Coordination of projects from Requirement gathering, Impact analysis, designing.
• Check and review the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and executing the test cases.
• Implementing project in production.
• Check and review the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and executing the test cases.
• Keep track of the new requirements from the project.