EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• Over 8.5 years of IT experience in Application Development, Production Support & Maintenance using IBM Mainframes.
• Performed multiple roles during my career including Technical SME, Onshore/offshore project coordination, Project management & Business analyst.
• Worked in waterfall and Scaled agile software development models.
• End to end ownership of deliveries to production - including analysis, planning, model, design, develop, code, test, debug, document and push to production.
• Run retrospectives, daily stand ups and continually improves processes
• Hands on experience with Mainframe Z/OS 1.13, PL1,COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS DB, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve plus, File-Aid, Endevor, CA-7, CA-VIEW,CA-SYSVIEW,DB2 & IBM Utilities.
• Worked under the model of leveraging into multiple projects.
• Worked as a part of transition team to get the knowledge transfer for the new applications and brought those into sustained state.
• Maintained good customer relationship.
• Experienced in Insurance domain.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: Z/OS, MVS/ESA, Windows XP, Windows 10

Languages: COBOL, PL1,JCL, EZYTRIEVE PLUS and SQL

Tools: ENDEVOR, PANVALET, SCM,CHANGE MAN, FILE-AID, XEPEDITOR,INTERTEST, SPUFIQMF, PLATINUM, CA-7 & CA-VIEW/SYSVIEWS MS Office (MS-word, Excel, Power Point).

RDBMS: DB2

DBMS: IMS DB

Files: VSAM & Flat files

Communications: CICS, TSO/ISPF(z/OS 01.13.00)

Domain: Insurance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Following the scaled agile ceremonies like daily handoff calls with offshore, Daily stand up meeting with the scrum master to provide the story status assigned for the iteration, weekly sync up meetings with rest of the teams working in the same release train.
• Being a tech lead, I should be responsible for delivering the features on time.
• Independently develop the code and maintain the standards followed in the new web development.
• Attending the BRP(Big room planning) before each project Increment to plan the work for the next quarter.
• Preparing the analysis and design document and holding discussions with the tech lead to finalize the approach.
• Presenting the demo video to the product owners at the end of each iteration to the make sure the expectations are met.
• Maintaining the code changes in the Smart bear tool to facilitate the tech leads to review and approve the code.
• Develop detailed application designs and specifications for computer applications. May serve in technical lead capacity during project development phase.
• Involved in Functional Requirement Gathering, Preparation of Detail Technical Design, Coding, Test Case Preparation, Execute Regression Test suites (SIT, UAT).
• Develop programs using PL1, JCLs, Procs, DB2.
• Unit testing the developed code using the SOAP UI.
• Perform Integration testing once the UI changes are ready.
• Responsible for Providing Detailed Estimate and Milestone Dates.
• Review of all Artifacts before Delivery to Client.
• Prepare Implementation Check List and Ensuring Error free delivery of code.
• Prepare Revise Project/Quality plan & other Project Related Documents.
• Resource Management. Mentoring New Team Members.
• Post Implementation Support.
• Use RTC extensively to track the status of the project.

Environment: z/os v1.14 COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, EZYTRIEVE PLUS, stored procs, SCM,JSON,IMS DB,PLI

Confidential:

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering and responsible for analysis and design. Extracting the business rules was the biggest challenge.
• Co-ordinate the requirements with Business groups on enhancing existing functionalities.
• Writing the programs for Data migration and Data Integration.
• Delivering weekly status reports and make sure project is on track
• Unit and system test the code changes
• Maintain SDLC artifacts in SharePoint
• Identify and make necessary changes to the existing jobs in the Legacy system.
• Coordinating with the interfacing systems and support groups.
• Analysing the root cause for the reported defects and provide the best solutions.
• Verification & Validation Services
• Managing the overall development activities.
• Tracking the Change requests.

Environment: SyncSort, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, JCL Check, FileAid, File Master, Xpeditor, Intertest, ABEND-AID,CA-7 Scheduler.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Requirement gathering.
• Co-ordinate the requirements with business groups on enhancing existing functionalities.
• Coordination with offshore daily to make sure the he project is on track.
• Delivering weekly status reports to the customers to let them know the status of the project.
• Preparation of process flow diagrams.
• Design of enhanced system flow to meet all the requirements for all the lines of business.
• Unit testing and system testing performed on the code changes.
• Maintain the SDLC documentation in the sharepoint to be audit compliant.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Work with IT and Business users to evaluate complex user requests, projects, and clarify objectives and functional requirements for new or modified computer programs.
• Independently code new or modified computer programs into existing systems and test program effectiveness. Perform analysis of complex systems issues or changes.
• Develop detailed application designs and specifications for computer applications. May serve in technical lead capacity during project development phase.
• Involved in Functional Requirement Gathering, Preparation of Detail Technical Design, Coding, Test Case Preparation, Execute Regression Test suites (SIT, UAT).
• Responsible for Providing Detailed Estimate and Milestone Dates.
• Review of all Artifacts before Delivery to Client.
• Prepare Implementation Check List and Ensuring Error free delivery of code.
• Prepare Revise Project/Quality plan & other Project Related Documents.
• Resource Management. Mentoring New Team Members.
• Post Implementation Support.
• Develop programs using COBOL, JCLs, Procs, DB2
• Responsible for resolving tickets within the SLA, Preparing RCA document in case of a SLA miss.
• Creating fix jobs and Reviewing temporary code fixes, Recommending and providing permanent fixes,
• Initiating business and technical conference representing offshore in case of severity 1 or critical issues,
• Coordinating with different application On call persons and Support groups for resolving the issue.
• Analyzing the impact of maintenance activity and Preparing action plan with task list,
• Coordinating with different application on call persons and Support groups for the activity,
• Responsible for both pre implementation and post implementation part of the upgrade,
• Responsible for bringing up the online systems with the SLA,
• Attending checkpoint calls and technical, business conference calls all through the maintenance activity.

Environment: z/os v1.14 COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, EZYTRIEVE PLUS, stored procs, Endevor