OBJECTIVE:

I have a J2 (Spouse of J1)Visa till 2023. My application for Work Permit (EAD) is approved (renewable every year) and new card is being produced on Aug 12,2019. I am seeking for job opportunities in New York/New Jersey, USA as early as possible.

SUMMARY:

• Top performing and highly accomplished Mainframe Technical lead,business system analyst with 9 years and 10 months of experience in requirement gathering, architecture designs, application development, troubleshooting and implementation in Mainframe platform (Z O/S)and Windows distributed environment(Microfocus Cobol).Instrumental in many innovation and process improvement initiatives and have shown excellence in automating numerous business functionalities through Microfocus cobol, DB2,Windows shell script and Microsoft Visual Basic which have resulted in large amount of effort and cost savings.Involved in Legacy Modernization projects and Agile Transformation within Insurance Practice.Also performed as a seasoned, result - oriented Business System Analyst with experience of consulting in the Insurance Industry for IT solutions, developments, enhancements and Business model improvements.
• A strategic leader with strong interpersonal skills, I’ve worked in diverse cultures in Boston,USA and Kolkata,India.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• I have 9 years and 10 months of experience in IT industry in Application Development of Mainframe in various fields of Health Insurance including Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance and Annuities.
• Performed the role of Onsite(US) Tech lead for more than 3 and half years.
• Acted as Tech lead at Offshore(India) for more than 6 years and managed a team of developers.
• Expertise on relational databases like IBM DB2 and hands on experience in SQL programming language,DB2 stored procedures.
• Worked on both z O/S operating system and Windows distributed environment on Micro focus Cobol.
• Hands on experience in TSO/ISPF,Cobol, JCL,VSAM,Syncsort,DB2 as a Mainframe developer
• Automated business process by using Windows Shell script to run Cobol modules, execute jcl interacting with DB2 database and implement a one stop solution in Visual Basic which have resulted significant effort and cost savings.
• Have a good understanding on CICS, File Aid, Abend aid,DFSORT,Icetool, Expediter.
• Have performed the role of Subject Matter Expert in various scripting languages like Ezletter.
• Experience in using Configuration Management tools like Changeman,Tortoise SVN.
• Working knowledge in Python and keen interest in program development using Python
• Basic knowledge in Visual Basic,.NET,power builder architecture as front end.
• Implemented various risk management and business continuity plans in project as a senior technical lead
• Acted as the senior release coordinator from Application team in project starting from creation of Production tickets till production deployment involving DBA administrator, release management team and business users.
• Implemented Agile technologies like Scrum and Kanban in project and volunteered to provide support for Agile transformation for supported projects and work closely with Agile coaches to achieve customer’s vision of 100% agile adoption and transform to Scaled Agile framework(SAFe).
• Experience on project management skills including budget, billing, resource staffing, scheduling of deliverables and forecast of tasks
• Working knowledge on different Microsoft applications like Access,Word and Excel
• Implemented DevOps and orchestrated end to end software release automating release plan, continuous integration and deployment of the code using TeamCity, Fortify (Static Code analyzer) and SonarQube (Code quality analysis tool).
• Experience as On-Call 24x7 production support for Enhancement projects.
• Work with Business Analyst in translating business requirements into Functional Requirements Document
• Acted as a business system analyst to design Detailed Design Documents for the development team fulfilling all the requirements of various stakeholders.
• Responsible for end to end development across all stages of life cycle of a project and coordination of multiple teams involved.
• Prepare technical understanding document, design and coding, environments setup and perform Unit test log preparation. Configure, implement, maintain and validate unit test data using ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) quality center.
• Good Communication skills, co-ordination and communication with business data analysts and development teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating System: Z O/S,Windows

Programming Languages: COBOL,JCL,VSAM,SQL,CICS,Windows shell scriptREXX,SQL, Ez letter,Visual basic,MS Office,Python

Databases & Tools: DB2, Advanced Query Tool

Version Control: Subversion,clearcase

Batch Schedulers: ESP(CA Workload Automation Tool)

Agile: Rally,Agile Central,Scrum,Kanban

Devops tool: Team city

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Delivery Lead

Responsibilities:

• Leading and managing the rerate deliveries. Have delivered a number of business critical items this year.
• Expertise on IBM Mainframe,Cobol,Jcl,DB2/SQL,Vsam,Micro focus Cobol,CA,Dev ops tools,Teamcity,Rally,Changeman,Tortoise SVN,Windows shell scripting,Visual Basic Macro,REXX,File-Aid,CICS,MS Office.
• Made significant contribution towards the goal for innovation initiative. Multiple innovation ideas have been implemented and resulted in large amount of effort savings.
• Played an instrumental role in many innovation and process improvement initiatives and have shown excellence in automating numerous business functionalities through Microfocus cobol, DB2,Windows shell script and Microsoft Visual Basic Macro which have resulted in large amount of effort and cost savings.
• Have performed the role of Subject Matter Expert in various scripting languages like Ezletter.
• Involved in training new resources and transition knowledge and mentoring.

Confidential, Boston

Mainframe Tech Lead/Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a Onsite tech lead/Business System analyst and coordinate work of a team of developers across different geographies for more than 3 and half years at client location in USA.
• Involved in Requirement gathering and analysis to ensure that the deliverables meet their objectives.
• Responsible for stakeholder management and walkthru of requirements and requirement sign off.
• Performed Requirement analysis and communicate the gaps in the requirements to business.
• Creating the high level and detail design for the modules.
• Providing consultations to Operations on the various IT transformations and business process improvements.
• End-to End understanding of Rate revision process for the leading Long Term Care Insurer in the USA market place. The rate revision process is core to the business of the LTC insurers considering this as the single most important determinant of the Asset Liability Management cycle for them.
• Involved in Agile ceremonies to implement and facilitate Scrum Agile processes and ceremonies, including Iteration Planning Meetings,Daily Standups,Sprint Reviews/Demos,Retrospectives and using Rally for tracking
• Implemented DevOps and orchestrated end to end software release automating release plan, continuous integration and deployment of the code using TeamCity, Fortify (Static Code analyzer) and SonarQube (Code quality analysis tool).
• Acted as the senior release coordinator from Application team in project starting from creation of Production tickets till production deployment involving DBA administrator, release management team and business users.
• Developed the commission removal automation tool in Group Rerate which has saved a lot of effort and time and have received customer appreciation.
• Worked on Client Package Automation tool with Offshore team as part of process initiative in 2017-2018.
• Won Confidential Rewards Silver Award for CSI and leadership-2018

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Developer/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Senior Mainframe developer at Offshore for 6 years and been in project from scratch and developed the main modules and guided a team of developers.
• Responsible for developing major business modules, programming and unit testing and have been in this project since its beginning.
• Hands on experience in IBM Mainframe,Cobol,Jcl,DB2/SQL,Vsam,Micro focus Cobol,CA,Dev ops tools,Teamcity,Rally,Changeman,Tortoise SVN,Windows shell scripting,Visual Basic Macro,REXX,File-Aid,CICS,MS Office.
• Part of Legacy modernization project and coded various modules for the project using Microfocus Enterprise Cobol
• Using CA Automation tool in order to schedule and monitor the jobs.
• Extensive background in Project Life Cycle, Agile andWaterfall for delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that conforms to client requirements.
• Intense analytical skills for systems & performance based analysis with business and proactive participation in suggesting well received solutions to complex technical problems.
• Conducting peer reviews of the deliverables before being delivered to the client to ensure the quality.
• Prepare technical understanding document, design and coding, environments setup and perform Unit test log preparation. Configure, implement, maintain and validate unit test data using ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) quality center.
• Preparing unit test cases based on the requirements.
• Tracking all the defects and taking the corrective measures for them through RCA analysis.
• Providing QA, UAT support and generate various matrices.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Develop and hands on coding on Cobol,VSAM programs
• Involved in Inventory Analysis, Conversion of COBOL programs using CCCA and a host of in-house REXX tools.
• Testing CICS Transactions using Hiperstation .
• Fixing/resolving defects using Xpediter( Including complex analysis of COBOL Pointer related problems) .
• Used to give training to the users.
• Prepared user manual.