SUMMARY:

• Over 8+ years of work experience in IT industry, with strong technical, business domain and project leadership skills.
• Expertise in design, development and maintenance of mainframe applications involving COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, EZtrieve, REXX and IBM Mainframe tools and utilities.
• Extensive experience in requirement gathering, analysis, design, development and implementation.
• Experience working with Banking and financial domain applications.
• Excellent knowledge in Waterfall and Agile SDLC methodologies.
• Hands on experience with File Aid, Xpeditor, SPUFI, QMF, ChangeMan, Endevor, BMC and CA - 7.
• Experience in open systems technologies involving Unix and ORACLE, database management using PL/SQL.
• Experience in writing dynamic SQL queries and stored procedures. ETL tool involving SSIS (SQL Server integration service).
• Experience in Performance tuning, Production Support and various types of testing.
• Experience working as onsite coordinator - Liaison with End-Users, Business partner, Stake holders to identify and present various technical solutions. Offshore coordination.
• Experience in handling multiple projects concurrently. Diverse work experience with different functionalities of the application, with development and Production Support activities.
• Experience in Technology Architecture in mainframes area.
• Ability to adjust to new applications and work environment. Willingness to learn new technologies and explore new business domains supported by IT applications.
• Very strong analytical and communication skills. Ability to work independently as well as part of a team with key focus on defect free quality deliverables and customer satisfaction.
• Consistent top performer over the past 4 years’ appraisals in Infosys Ltd.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, EZTrieve, REXX, PL/SQL

Databases: DB2, IMS DB, SQL Server, ORACLE

Operating systems: MVS, Windows, UNIX

Tools: IBM Mainframe tools: (DFSORT, FileManager, FileAid, Icetool, QMF, SPUFI, Expeditor, IBM debug, CA7, ETL tool-SSIS and File Management VSAM.

Configuration & Release management tools: Endevor, ChangeMan

Project Management: MS Project, MS office, SharePoint, MS Visio, JIRA, Nexus

Reporting tool: Content navigator

SDLC methodologies: Waterfall and Agile methodology

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Technology Analyst

• This Project involves creating a reconciliation platform utilized by various applications within the Bank to perform balance reconciliation with General Ledger.
• As part of the Financial System Roadmap project, applications are required to move from legacy General Ledger to SAP. The conversion project intends to translate the legacy data into target state, so that the reconciliation would be based on the new GL platform. As a result, this project involves new development/analysis work that transitions the legacy functional data(dimensions) to the target.
• Currently performing the role of Technology Analyst. Perform development activities and lead the technical team in order to provide technical solutions to meet user needs.
• Requirements elicitation from business partners and present various technical solutions to business partners and other applications impacted by the project and obtain signoff.
• Developed High Level Design document and detailed Technical Specification document using MS Office/ MS VISIO.
• Lead the estimation activity to establish agreed upon baselines for the size, schedule and cost for the project.
• Developed code using COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS as per design, conducted unit testing, code review and walkthrough.
• Developed recon reports using EZTrieve and upload into Content Navigator for user validation.
• Developed and executed store procedures using SQL server management studio 2008.
• Develop test plan and participate in integration, regression and performance testing.
• Participate in user acceptance testing and obtain sign off.
• Maintain project documentation, follow all processes of SDLC.
• Preparing implementation plan and install the code in production using Endevor.
• Onsite-offshore co-ordination with resources across geographies.
• Involve in production support activities, log any issues by creating incident tickets in Remedy, analyze, fix and track till it is closed.
• Conduct daily status meeting with end users and technical team and Create weekly status report and share with business partners.
• Subject Matter Expert(SME) for the application and conversion project.

Technologies - COBOL, DB2, VSAM, MVS, JCL, CICS, Endevor, PL/SQL and SSIS

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Technology Analyst

• This Project involves handling the major enhancements/Initiatives for Confidential ’s Finance technology group.
• Some of these initiatives involve mergers and acquisitions made by the bank (Country wide, Confidential ) and any new enhancements to the existing system requested by Business Partners.
• This is an end-to end application development/maintenance project involving requirements elaboration, design, build, testing, implementation and warranty support.
• Performed the role of Technology Analyst and development lead for the Financial System roadmap program.
• Gather Requirements from business partners and document the same using MS Office.
• Prepare High level design and detailed design for programs, jobs, and DB2 tables.
• Developed code involving COBOL programs, JCL, EZTrieve and DB2.
• Developed Online screens and Stored procedures using CICS and DB2.
• Task allocation to team members and offshore co-ordination.
• Conduct Code review, walkthrough and test results walk through with offshore team.
• Prepare test plans and Involved in integration, regression and performance testing.
• Created User Acceptance test scripts and Participate in user acceptance testing and obtain sign off.
• Used SPUFI and QMF to execute SQL queries and to ensure proper backup of test data.
• Preparing weekly status reports and share with clients.
• Preparing defect tracker and conduct defect prevention meetings.
• Create Implementation plan and install code to Production.
• Performed application migration and decommission activities like analyzing the process flow, identify and remove application and file dependencies, Archiving activities as part of Financial System Roadmap program.
• Provide documentation and Knowledge Transfer to Production support team.

Mainframe Technologies - COBOL, DB2, VSAM, MVS, JCL, CICS, ChangeMan, Endevor.

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Senior Software Developer

• This project deals with Travel-Expense claim system for bank associates and contractors.
• It involves adding new associates, countries, creating new expense and travel policies specific to country and associates, creating new groups, assigning associates to new groups, creating and assigning new card payment types for respective users.
• Performed requirement meetings and prepare High Level design.
• Prepare detailed design and walkthrough with the team.
• Development involving COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM and performed unit testing.
• Participate in integration and user acceptance testing.
• Prepare production implementation document and walkthrough with team.
• Executed Rapid deployments (Agile methodology) for changes requiring immediate implementation.
• Perform implementation and on call support. Production support responsibility is shared by team with each member taking turns.
• Develop and install code for any defects reported in production environment by business user.

Mainframe Technologies - COBOL, DB2, VSAM, MVS, JCL, ChangeMan.

Confidential

Software Developer

• The project involves testing the various pipeline initiatives organized at the business level. The business usually conducts Confidential for the new data feeds which are sent to the posting cycle. Confidential is a pre-planned testing initiatives where the test capture date and run date are decided few months prior to the testing. The testing is usually done with various levels of iterations and in different cycles.
• Performed the role of software developer & tester.
• Setting up the test environment in mainframes.
• Executed batch jobs for the testing cycle, generate report and send reports to business partners for validations at different break points.
• Analysis, testing job flow.
• Monitor Production batch cycle and create incident tickets for issues and errors.
• Developed and install code for enhancement of testing jobs.
• Analyzing and fixing ABENDS such as file contention errors, DB2 abends and space abends. Work on code fixes for any Job defects.

Technologies - COBOL, JCL, REXX, ChangeMan.