Lead Cobol Developer Resume Columbus, OH - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

11.5 years of IT experience involving all the stages of SDLC cycle.
Experienced in Mainframe development using technologies - COBOL,JCL, DB2, VSAM,CICS, IMS, TSO/ISPF, REXX, Batch scheduling, Expeditor, Endeavor/Changeman, debug facility.
Strong knowledge about Banking domain worked project at Confidential and Confidential .
Experience in capturing requirements, developing functional design/specifications with the help of technical knowledge and business knowledge acquired.
Ability to write Complex SQL queries with strong knowledge of DB2.
Experience in leading a team, status reporting, metrics, estimates etc.
In-depth experience in the design and development of batch (COBOL-DB2) database systems.
Involved in all the stages of the development like analysis, design, build, test and deployment of code.
Experience in research and implementation of automation tools and techniques to increase the efficiency of the product and to decrease the turnaround time for tedious tasks.
Strong experience with Onsite-Offshore model projects.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Platforms: OS/390, Windows

Programming Languages: Cobol, C, JCL

Database: DB2, VSAM

Tools: SyncSort, ChangeMan, Endevor, XPEDITOR, Pacbase (Cobol code generator tool)

Methodologies: Waterfall, AGILE

Software: Abend Aid, File Aid, File Manager, Remedy, Maximo, SPUFI, QMF

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Columbus, OH

Lead Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

Involved in the development life cycle stages such as build, test and deployment of code.
Received XML and WSDL components from Morgan Stanley and using the SOAP UI tool as the interface, worked on establishing the connection with the CICS Mainframe environment via TCP IP protocols.
Developed the mainframe in Cobol to create the 212-09 and 212-08 web-service for Morgan Stanley to provide them with the real-time contract values information.
Prepared unit test cases and manually tested using the SOAP UI tool for the 212-09 and 212-08 web-service and made sure the results were as expected.
Worked with both the line testing team and the release testing team by having meetings to explain the purpose of each story cards and also worked on closing any defects raised by these testing teams.
Worked closely with the Requirement Analyst as well as the business partners in identifying and closing the gaps in the requirements.
Tracking the progress of the identified solutions and making sure they are delivered on the planned date.

Environment: SOAP-UI,JCL,COBOL,CICS, VSAM, FILE-Manager, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, Changeman, Xpeditor.

Confidential - Columbus, OH

Lead Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

Involved in the development life cycle stages such as build, test and deployment of code.
Have deep knowledge on setting up the web-services using the Soap UI tool and also connecting it to the CICS Mainframes environment.
Received XML and WSDL components from Morgan Stanley and using the SOAP UI tool as the interface, worked on establishing the connection with the CICS Mainframe environment via TCP IP protocols.
Developed the mainframe in Cobol to create the 212-07 web-service for Morgan Stanley to provide them with the real-time contract values information.
Prepared unit test cases and manually tested using the SOAP UI tool for the 212-07 web-service and made sure the results were as expected.
Worked with both the line testing team and the release testing team by having meetings to explain the purpose of each story cards and also worked on closing any defects raised by these testing teams.
Worked closely with the Requirement Analyst as well as the business partners in identifying and closing the gaps in the requirements.
Tracking the progress of the identified solutions and making sure they are delivered on the planned date.

Environment: SOAP-UI,JCL,COBOL,CICS, VSAM, FILE-Manager, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, Changeman, Xpeditor.

Confidential - Charlotte, NC

Lead Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

Involved in all the stages of the development life cycle such as analysis, design, build, test and deployment of code.
Develop the mainframe in Cobol to create automated tool that offers efficiencies and controls to ensure that Confidential is in compliance with the Corporate General Ledger Account Usage Policy.
Conduct impact analysis, prepare high level / low level design.
Facilitate requirement walkthrough session with the business for new enhancements / functionality changes in the application.
Analyze the business requirements provided by the users, identify the gaps in the requirements and rectify it by working with business.
Tracking the progress of the identified solutions and making sure they are delivered on the planned date.
Evolving strategies to improve the application stability in production environment and taking part in strategy review discussions with the client partners
Managing the delivery for a team of 7 resources, set performance goals to team members and helping them in achieving the target through regular guidance.

Environment: JCL,COBOL,DB2, VSAM, FILE-AID, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, Endevor, Xpeditor.

Confidential

Cobol Developer

Responsibilities:

Analyze, design, develop, test and implement the mainframe applications.
Conduct impact analysis, prepare high level / low level design.
Encodes project requirements into mainframe (Cobol/JCL/DB2) programs.
Unit test and debug application systems.
Had daily calls with the teammates to discuss the tasks assigned.
Provided on-call support and assisted business partners and clients as an SME.
Took the lead in ensuring a successful software release, disaster recovery and installations.
Defect tracking and root cause analysis.
Conducted functional unit testing, SIT and ensuring almost zero defects.

Environment: JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, FILE-AID, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, Changeman, Xpeditor

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

Environment: Pacbase, IBM, COBOL, CICS, FILE-AID, IBM Utilities, TSO/ISPF, Changeman, Lotus Notes