SUMMARY:

• Software Industry experience of 14+ years on Mainframe Application Development and Application Maintenance with particular specialization in the insurance sectors.
• Worked extensively on Requirement gathering, System Analysis, Design, Development, Functional Testing and Implementation of numerous complex projects.
• Well versed with using languages and databases like COBOL, JCL, DB2 and VSAM. Good experience in functional testing and QA. Also has excellent experience with Release management.
• Excellent working knowledge in core application design, development, Testing, Production support, performance tuning and extensive experience in IBM utilities.
• Experience in Project Planning & Estimation, Project Management, Release Management.
• Worked in various Insurance products - Vantage One, Vantage RPS, WMA, INGENIUM and OIPA.
• Experience in Service Pack Upgrade and Conversion projects, demonstrated capacity to steer high-priority projects from planning through delivery and ensure complete fulfillment of customer needs.
• Extensive experience in handling downstreams and other vendors for the projects.
• Liaison between various stakeholders - Business users, Business Analyst, Client SMEs, Architects, Developers, QA/tester and Client Management.
• Good experience in data analysis and data mapping as part of the Conversion Projects.
• Strong domain knowledge of Life and Annuities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Quick learner.
• Team player with excellent customer interaction capabilities. Proven ability to drive initiatives that streamline operation, cut costs and mitigate risk.

SPECIALIZED IN:

Operating Systems: MVS, Windows

Data Bases: DB2, VSAM, Vantage DB

Tools: FILE-AID, Abend-AID, Changeman, SCLM, EZTRIEVE, Xpeditor, Control-D, SPUFI, QMF, Comparex, SFTP/FTP, Quality Center (Defect Management Tool).

Languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, C, SAS, REXX, HTML.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Onsite Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the changes required in the system for major/ minor enhancement, system upgrade and conversion projects involving policy administration system, new business, client management system, Policy Page and Supplemental Page print projects for both Life and Annuity products.
• System impact analysis
• Collection of requirements and its conversion from Business terms to technical terms including design and development
• Design and development for conversion projects, major and small enhancement projects, data migration
• Worked on Vantage One to WMA conversion projects for few products. Also for one of the conversion projects, helped in gathering functional requirement of previous Annuity Policy Administration system by reverse engineering
• Re-engineering of existing programs to suite the changing needs of the business
• Performing functional testing
• Analyzing defects and providing solution for them
• Running different test cycle/generating business requested reports
• Production support, providing solutions to issues within SLA, analyzing production issues and providing permanent solutions
• Performance tuning of different long running batch/online jobs which improved system response time by 25% and cut cost by 20%.
• Production Implementation/Code migration/Release/Management
• Training end-users, status reporting, estimation, planning
• Training and supervising analysts, set goals, and report on problem status and staff performance

Technology/Environment: CSC Vantage One - Data stored in both DB2 and VSAM (batch and online), WMA, JCL, COBOL, CICS, REXX, SAS, Quality Center, different mainframe tools.

Confidential

Onsite Project coordinator

Responsibilities:

• System impact analysis of major/ minor enhancements for payout system for various Annuity and Investment Products.
• Preparing design document
• Applying all changes
• Performing functional testing
• Analyzing defects and providing solution for them
• Working on Change Request
• UAT support and defect resolution
• Working on Production Implementation/Release Management
• Knowledge Transition

Technology/Environment: CSC Vantage, Data stored in both VSAM (batch and online) and DB2. SmartApp is a web interface communicating with VRPS application via GMI transactions, JCL, COBOL, REXX, EZTRIEVE and Quality Center.

Confidential

Onsite coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the requirements for Vantage RPS Service Pack Upgrade Project and Inventory generation for the service pack installs
• Preparing technical specification for major changes as part of the different enhancements
• System impact analysis
• To apply all the service pack changes and also reapply the Confidential custom changes
• Analyzing defects and providing solution for them
• Functional / System Testing
• Executing test cycle as part of QA testing and UAT support
• Knowledge Transition and review of all changes
• Work closely with business

Technology/Environment: CSC Vantage, Data stored in both VSAM (batch and online) and DB2. JCL, COBOL, CICS, EZTRIEVE and Quality Center.

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the requirements and preparing technical specification for major and minor enhancement work, Service Pack Upgrade projects.
• Coding
• Preparing Unit Test Plan and conducting unit testing
• Executing test cycle
• Providing batch production support
• Knowledge Transition and reviewing
• Executing routine jobs
• Managing day to day activities within a team of 15 people, grooming new members to the team
• Coordinating SCM, PMR and Defect Prevention

Technology/Environment: CSC Vantage One, Data stored in both VSAM (batch and online) and DB2. JCL, COBOL, CICS, REXX.

Confidential

Team member

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing the requirements for Major and minor Enhancement projects and preparing technical specification for the same
• Coding
• Providing Batch Production Support
• Preparing Unit Test Plan and conducting unit testing
• Work of process improvement and cost saving projects
• Knowledge Transition
• Code Reviewing

Technology/Environment: SOLO CORP INGENIUM, Data stored in both VSAM (batch and online) and DB2. JCL, COBOL, CICS, REXX, HTML.